Miles Question
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From: Pacific Northwest
+1 on the service records. I wouldn't consider 17k high miles, but if the bike hasn't been regularly serviced, it could spell trouble down the road. Plus there are many low mile bikes to choose from (at least in my market).
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From: Nebraska
Thanks for the info! Yes I'm buying it through a dealer who will do the 20K service, new tires, and I'm checking on if all other maintenance was done to the bike. I'm thinking it probably was due to the fact that the bike looks immaculate.
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It all depends. How much are they asking for it? When I bought my Heritage I was seriously looking at an 06 Deluxe, very nice bike with 13000 miles on it. They wanted $14500 for it and would not budge. It did have bags, windshield and some other goodies on it. My wife was with me while I was looking at it and she looked at me and said ..."are you nuts? For $3500 more dollars you can get a brand new Heritage sitting in their showroom with 9 miles on it and a two year warranty."
I bought the new Heritage the next day.
I bought the new Heritage the next day.
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From: TOAK western branch
Nothing to worry about. These bike are ment to be riddin! I got 97,000 miles on my 07 FXST. I did the cams last month and it looked great inside including the tensioners. The engine had 195 psi on both cyl.
Echo what the others have said. Besides, you're buying it from a dealer & they will have looked it over good.
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Road Captain
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 726
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From: Pacific Northwest
It all depends. How much are they asking for it? When I bought my Heritage I was seriously looking at an 06 Deluxe, very nice bike with 13000 miles on it. They wanted $14500 for it and would not budge. It did have bags, windshield and some other goodies on it. My wife was with me while I was looking at it and she looked at me and said ..."are you nuts? For $3500 more dollars you can get a brand new Heritage sitting in their showroom with 9 miles on it and a two year warranty."
I bought the new Heritage the next day.
I bought the new Heritage the next day.
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Joined: Mar 2010
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From: Chicagoland
You start riding a 5 year old bike that only has 300 miles on it, and I'll show you a bike that's gonna start pukin' out from behind every seal in a few thousand miles.
For an '07... 17k IS low miles. ****** that girl up and ride like the wind.
For an '07... 17k IS low miles. ****** that girl up and ride like the wind.