Let us know how you make out

 

If this was me - I'd walk on it.. 17k is a lot of cash for an 09 anything.. I know its a CVO... 17k buys ALOT of 2016 bikes...


But that's not what you asked - If you need to cure this Jonsing, 16750.00

 

....... if it's the yellow one you've got for an avatar, just give'm whatever they want, it's worth it !!
..... ask anyone who's got one'a them babies & they'll tell ya the same thing .

 

Make your offer low and haggle. That's actually a decent price for an 09 CVO touring bike. I am going to guess the mileage is the reason it's below book retail. KBB has a stupid low annual expected mileage for touring bikes.

In July of 2014 we found my wife's CVO Fatbob with 5K on the odometer and paid 14,900 after haggling, which was 2.5 K under retail at the time, the PO had debadged it to make a sleeper drag bike the CVO and 110 emblems had been removed. It's had big cams and a nice tune done, man it runs like a striped ape when it gets up over 3K

Current retail is 13,750 for a used 8 year old naked cruiser.

We've since removed the tacky ride to live junk and football air cleaner and returned it to CVO trim, with the exception of her skull derby cover and the grips are heated grips now.

 

Cash is king. I take a wad like that and put it in $5,000 cash straps and some in $2,000 straps all one hundred's. Lay out one stack at a time until you get to 12K and watch the body language and eyes of the salesman. If he balks after "talking to the manager". Pick up the stacks and prepare to walk off and see if they change there tune.

 

Not really...

The up front for selling the paper and the back-end for the dealer if the customer makes the first 2 or 3 payments on time is usually better than an all cash deal.

Negotiate a deal based on financing and see what happens when you change your mind and just buy outright.

 

I'd agree with this. From my experience, cash is only king for private sales. You walk up to a seller that is hurting and needs the money and start throwing around stacks of hundreds, yea you might get a little further.

For a dealer, they don't care if you you come in with pennies, checks, hundreds, or talk to their finance department. Actually, they probably prefer you talk to their finance department because they are getting something for getting you signed up for a loan (besides a sold bike).

 

 

I had the same bike, but in orange, (sig pic) Lots and lots of stuff done. Motor completely gone thru, lots of cool extras, custom wheels, the whole shabang. I got 18,500 and I was happy, didn't take too long to sell, a guy from Indiana bought it. Maybe give you an idea. The bike was great, new style frame, everything much better from year before. I recommend the bike, You just got to play with it a bit to make them cool.

by the way that was about 4 months ago

 

A dealer doesn't care what you bring or how you bring it. Joe Schmoe down the road gets excited over stacks of hundreds. Adam Smith's Harley has 7 stores and couldn't care less how you pay as long as you pay.

The whole cash argument is way over blown, especially with dealer kickbacks for financing. They make less on a cash deal.