What should I be paying for a new 48?
6th Gear
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From: Monroe, Louisiana
I paid $5,500 for my 2011 48 with 6,000 miles. Would this be considered a good deal? Saw it on Craigslist and called the guy up. He was a 60 year old man with a hearing aid and he bought the bike for a first. Then bought a Softail. My bank sure as hell didnt mind giving me the loan on it.
Road Master
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From: Indianapolis
Just throwing in my $0.02. The dealers in Indy sell all new bikes for MSRP + fees. If you don't want to pay that they tell you too bad, because someone else that day or the next will come in and pay it. Motorcycles (especially Harleys) are a luxury item not a necessity like cars/trucks and that's how they sell them here. Plus they don't have to sell bikes to stay a float. They have clothes and accessories that they make their money off, so they don't have to sell the bikes to make money like in a car dealer. Around here, the only time they negotiate new bike prices is when you have a trade and you can negotiate the price they give you for it. But they almost always throw in $500-1000 worth of accessories and the 1000 mile service free which is pretty nice.
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I paid $5,500 for my 2011 48 with 6,000 miles. Would this be considered a good deal? Saw it on Craigslist and called the guy up. He was a 60 year old man with a hearing aid and he bought the bike for a first. Then bought a Softail. My bank sure as hell didnt mind giving me the loan on it.
Cruiser
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From: Milton, Canada
That's more than a good deal!!! Good find....
I paid $5,500 for my 2011 48 with 6,000 miles. Would this be considered a good deal? Saw it on Craigslist and called the guy up. He was a 60 year old man with a hearing aid and he bought the bike for a first. Then bought a Softail. My bank sure as hell didnt mind giving me the loan on it.
6th Gear
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From: Monroe, Louisiana
Dude. You should have seen my *** running out of work after i saw the asking price. My boss (a hot chick) rides Harleys. I ran back and told her I found a bike and I had to go. An hour later the bike was mine. I've been checking out that Crazy Orange thread you and BMXATV frequently visit. Those are some sick bikes.
Road Warrior
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From: South
This is what I have heard from a Harley dealer giving advice to a non customer friend.
If you get $1000 off the final price you have had a good deal. Or, try to waive the freight and set up charge. And/OR get free service, credit for accessories.
Best deal to me is not buying new. Right now I am looking to buy a 48 and I am looking at one with 1200 miles for under $8300, with at least $600 worth of extras. Maybe much less with negotiation. It is still under warranty.
The only point of buying new is that you get two full years of warranty. But from laptops to motorcycles to cars the length of warranty is estimated by likelihood of things that can go wrong withing that time period. In other words, the odds are within 2 years you are not likely to use the warranty for major repairs anyways. But there are exceptions of course.
If you get $1000 off the final price you have had a good deal. Or, try to waive the freight and set up charge. And/OR get free service, credit for accessories.
Best deal to me is not buying new. Right now I am looking to buy a 48 and I am looking at one with 1200 miles for under $8300, with at least $600 worth of extras. Maybe much less with negotiation. It is still under warranty.
The only point of buying new is that you get two full years of warranty. But from laptops to motorcycles to cars the length of warranty is estimated by likelihood of things that can go wrong withing that time period. In other words, the odds are within 2 years you are not likely to use the warranty for major repairs anyways. But there are exceptions of course.
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From: Hotter Than Hell, AZ
Out the door for a Brand new 2014 FortyEight with only 7 miles cost me $16k after all those fun fees then my $1200 trade in credit.
So $14.8k.
That included the Volcanic Orange Hard Candy paint, 3 year unlimited mileage warrenty(as opposed to the 2 year), free tires for life(as long as I get about 8k out of each tire), free Short Shot slip on exhaust, and a two year maintenance package.
Then the dealership offers two free t-shirts and a helmet. The t-shirts are $40 tisue paper thin shirts that say the name of the dealership. I eneded up just asking for the credit for the shirts and got my dad a gaurdian bell and 5 pairs of riding goggles.
The helmet was cheapo Fulmer Full Face that retails at $120.
Then of course because of all the leaking crap I had to deal with, I'm getting free labor on a Air Cleaner and Dyno Tune.
So $14.8k.
That included the Volcanic Orange Hard Candy paint, 3 year unlimited mileage warrenty(as opposed to the 2 year), free tires for life(as long as I get about 8k out of each tire), free Short Shot slip on exhaust, and a two year maintenance package.
Then the dealership offers two free t-shirts and a helmet. The t-shirts are $40 tisue paper thin shirts that say the name of the dealership. I eneded up just asking for the credit for the shirts and got my dad a gaurdian bell and 5 pairs of riding goggles.
The helmet was cheapo Fulmer Full Face that retails at $120.
Then of course because of all the leaking crap I had to deal with, I'm getting free labor on a Air Cleaner and Dyno Tune.
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Cruiser
Joined: Dec 2012
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From: Illinois
Last January I bought a 2012 1200c for $9,262 plus tax, title, and license making it $10K even for the two tone sunglo/merlow color. It was over $1,500 off MSRP and delivered to my garage.
You have to get a dealer at a time they want to push it out the door rather than having issues keeping the in stock.
I was talking to a 2010 48 owner who said he slapped $1K down and told the dealer that he needed his payments to be less than $200/month and payed another $10K or so on that. This is why it is hard to get them below MSRP because so many just go after what they want and don't care about the cost as much as becoming the dealers dream customer.
I only bought new because I couldn't find whati wanted used and I got a new one for what many used ones were going for in other areas away from me. The 48 owner out another $7000 into it and you can buy it now here for a fraction of total investment. http://iphone.reimanshd.com/index.ht...d71585_p_2Ehtm
You have to get a dealer at a time they want to push it out the door rather than having issues keeping the in stock.
I was talking to a 2010 48 owner who said he slapped $1K down and told the dealer that he needed his payments to be less than $200/month and payed another $10K or so on that. This is why it is hard to get them below MSRP because so many just go after what they want and don't care about the cost as much as becoming the dealers dream customer.
I only bought new because I couldn't find whati wanted used and I got a new one for what many used ones were going for in other areas away from me. The 48 owner out another $7000 into it and you can buy it now here for a fraction of total investment. http://iphone.reimanshd.com/index.ht...d71585_p_2Ehtm
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