Looking at another harley what do you think?
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Here is one. Will post more after we get a full ride in. I didn't mention before but this one was bought as a gift for my father and we have been working on it all day together
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A gift makes it a little different, I thought you were going to buy another bike for yourself, which makes little sense.
It is much wiser to have a second fund available for a second bike if the current one broke down, versus having two depreciating vehicles at the same time. but thats coming from someone who racks up miles, and wants a decent price per miles ratio.
It is much wiser to have a second fund available for a second bike if the current one broke down, versus having two depreciating vehicles at the same time. but thats coming from someone who racks up miles, and wants a decent price per miles ratio.
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A gift makes it a little different, I thought you were going to buy another bike for yourself, which makes little sense.
It is much wiser to have a second fund available for a second bike if the current one broke down, versus having two depreciating vehicles at the same time. but thats coming from someone who racks up miles, and wants a decent price per miles ratio.
It is much wiser to have a second fund available for a second bike if the current one broke down, versus having two depreciating vehicles at the same time. but thats coming from someone who racks up miles, and wants a decent price per miles ratio.
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A gift makes it a little different, I thought you were going to buy another bike for yourself, which makes little sense.
It is much wiser to have a second fund available for a second bike if the current one broke down, versus having two depreciating vehicles at the same time. but thats coming from someone who racks up miles, and wants a decent price per miles ratio.
It is much wiser to have a second fund available for a second bike if the current one broke down, versus having two depreciating vehicles at the same time. but thats coming from someone who racks up miles, and wants a decent price per miles ratio.
Not in my case, I have two 1994 FXLR's. One is built for speed, the other is built for comfort. Another benefit of having more than one bike is never having to hurry up working on a bike to get it back together to go for a ride.
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and it is good that both of your bikes are near the bottom of their depreciation, that is the wisest choice for dual-bike ownership. I've noticed an interesting trend for sportsters...after 10 years or so the 883s bottom out at $3,000 private sales, from 3k miles to about 25k miles. If one is willing to ride an 883 like I did in highschool, you could ride for pretty much the cost of gas/oil changes and swap bikes every 2 yrs.
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ahh I see my thoughts are not resonating well with the forum ha. I'll admit that I showed a little recklessness myself when I bought a new street bob instead of a used one, I justified it to myself by paying it off in only a few months to lower total interest spent, to soften the blows....so yes I agree to a point, while riding isn't priceless, its personal worth to me is significant.
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A gift makes it a little different, I thought you were going to buy another bike for yourself, which makes little sense.
It is much wiser to have a second fund available for a second bike if the current one broke down, versus having two depreciating vehicles at the same time. but thats coming from someone who racks up miles, and wants a decent price per miles ratio.
It is much wiser to have a second fund available for a second bike if the current one broke down, versus having two depreciating vehicles at the same time. but thats coming from someone who racks up miles, and wants a decent price per miles ratio.