Too many miles?
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I've watched Harley owners spend lots of money on their bikes instead of riding them. Most Harleys will run fine for 100k-150k miles just just usual maintenance. A few things will need to be replaced,but left near stock they will tour the USA many times. Lots of folks want to hop up the bikes to obtain more power than stock. With any motor, once one starts doing that, reliability goes down as too many folks are not detail oriented enough to properly do the build.
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I've watched Harley owners spend lots of money on their bikes instead of riding them. Most Harleys will run fine for 100k-150k miles just just usual maintenance. A few things will need to be replaced,but left near stock they will tour the USA many times. Lots of folks want to hop up the bikes to obtain more power than stock. With any motor, once one starts doing that, reliability goes down as too many folks are not detail oriented enough to properly do the build.
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From: Raleigh NC
A 2014 Limited is for sale at our local dealer for $9995. It looks great, seems to have been cared for. It does though have 95500 miles on it. Curious what experienced riders might think of this deal? How much can really be expected out of a 14 Limited engine. Dont mind replacing it eventually but just dont want to have to too soon. Thx for any thoughts.
It's hard to sell a bike with that level of miles,when there is a glut of low mileage bikes available
Personally.... I can rebuild my '05 FLTRi front to rear, for less than the down payment, on a new bike, and with 16x,xxx miles, no one in their right mind would pay me what it would take to separate me from it
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Joined: Sep 2011
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From: naples fl.
I would spend a little more and get a bike with under 10,000 miles, Tons of bikes out there for sale Cycle Trader is great. I never bought a new bike ,just used, My used ultra had 300 miles on it, My 16 streetglide had 1800 miles, Just sayin theres a lot of people who buy them and never ride them!
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From: Lake City, Florida (Native)
Engine-wise...95k on the clock isn't much.... price wise.... you could/should be able to buy a '14 limited, with under 30k for around 12-14
It's hard to sell a bike with that level of miles,when there is a glut of low mileage bikes available
Personally.... I can rebuild my '05 FLTRi front to rear, for less than the down payment, on a new bike, and with 16x,xxx miles, no one in their right mind would pay me what it would take to separate me from it
It's hard to sell a bike with that level of miles,when there is a glut of low mileage bikes available
Personally.... I can rebuild my '05 FLTRi front to rear, for less than the down payment, on a new bike, and with 16x,xxx miles, no one in their right mind would pay me what it would take to separate me from it
Exactly how I feel about my Dyna only way would part with it would be if someone offers at least double what the Market says it's worth ..
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