There are some good deals, but you have to be willing to buy it on the spot. There is a 99 Ultra for sale in our Craigs for about the same price with about 100,000 miles.
What you have to watch out for are scamers selling bikes at a dirt cheap price. Their objective is to get your Email address. I always try to first respond by text or phone to learn if the seller is legit. But they are also pretty easy to spot because the price is usually crazy low and the description doesn't fully match the picture. Transmission is almost always listed as automatic. And the price is typically a funny number like $2030.
What you have to watch out for are scamers selling bikes at a dirt cheap price. Their objective is to get your Email address. I always try to first respond by text or phone to learn if the seller is legit. But they are also pretty easy to spot because the price is usually crazy low and the description doesn't fully match the picture. Transmission is almost always listed as automatic. And the price is typically a funny number like $2030.
Beary
Usually in capital letters.
Salvage tittle, might be why you'll need the spare frame.
For me NO... I wait for legitimate deals on complete bikes, needing some TLC or even real identified problems. For the same $$$s or less in the past 3 years I picked up a FLSTN and a FLHR after putting hand on both and doing a few preliminary test. Put $900 + time in the FLSTN and $600 + time into the FLHR.
If it can indeed be legally titled as a '99 and does run at all with most the missing stuff (all big ifs) ya could throw $5k at it (if ya do most your own work) and come away with your own personalized bike worth about the $7500 in it (if done right). But I am not excited about stock bikes... and have never seen most the "deals" you guys talk about...
But I am not excited about stock bikes... and have never seen most the "deals" you guys talk about...
In our area it cycles (no pun). When the oil patch and construction are booming all the young guys and even those who should know better, buy like there's no tomorrow. When the layoffs hit there are 4x4s, boats, ATVs, and Harleys flooding the market. The
FLHR was a trade in the dealer didn't want to repair, clutch installed incorrectly, and the FLSTN was running on one cylinder. Cash in hand and patience. I'm sure SoCal - Cal is a quite different market.
12-08-2016, 01:02 PM
