Big Tease
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Road Master
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Big Tease
I have a 06 Ultra on order.
A buddy of my brothers called me today and asked me to check out his 2000 Ultra - 6800 miles.
He has two other HD's in the Garage both very cherry. My brother assured me this bike has been well taken care of.
It has - you can just tell!
This bike is showroom clean. It has Stage 1 with some nice sounding pipes.
He's asking $14,900.
The dilemma......
2006 - $22,000 OTD - my bike, my mods, my colors, & new warranty
Or
2000 - $14,900 His mods, It is blue, No Warranty
Hmmm What to do?
A buddy of my brothers called me today and asked me to check out his 2000 Ultra - 6800 miles.
He has two other HD's in the Garage both very cherry. My brother assured me this bike has been well taken care of.
It has - you can just tell!
This bike is showroom clean. It has Stage 1 with some nice sounding pipes.
He's asking $14,900.
The dilemma......
2006 - $22,000 OTD - my bike, my mods, my colors, & new warranty
Or
2000 - $14,900 His mods, It is blue, No Warranty
Hmmm What to do?
Ultimate HDF Member
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From: Rhode Island
RE: Big Tease
Well I was going to buy new, but found an 05 Classic with 2500 miles on it. Lot's of extras and still has factory warranty. I went with the used because it was showroom quality. If it was older I would have chose new. Already have an older lowrider to tinker with.
Road Warrior
Joined: Dec 2005
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From: MONTGOMERY,AL.
RE: Big Tease
&7,000.00 IS NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT BUT IF THE MONEY IS NOT SO IMPORTANT I WOULD GO WITH THE 06 FOR THE REASONS YOU HAVE MENTIONED AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THE FACT THAT THE 06 HAS THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN THE DELPHI INJECTION SYSTEM AS OPPOSED TO THE MAGNELLI MERRILI INJECTION SYSTEM WHICH IS FAR MORE TROUBLESOME AND MORE DIFFICULT TO TUNE.
Road Master
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From: Baghdad, Iraq
RE: Big Tease
The new bike order sounds like you've set it up exactly like you want, so work from that base thought. For the 7 grand diff, you could have new paint done on the old bike, and have a custom job that no one else has. You could further mod out the older bike, maybe getting more soup in the engine in the end than you're getting on the new one. Or you could put it in the bank for a rainy day. Clearly 7 thousand is not gonna give you all three, but, depending on what you decide to do, it might get you part of 2 of 'em.
If I were in your position, I would be thinking that the 22 thou is already committed, so what can I get outta that money on either bike? If I get more of what I want on the new one for the 22k, then new one it is. If I get more on the older bike with 22k in it, then that's where I'm heading.
Good luck, and let us know what you decide.
If I were in your position, I would be thinking that the 22 thou is already committed, so what can I get outta that money on either bike? If I get more of what I want on the new one for the 22k, then new one it is. If I get more on the older bike with 22k in it, then that's where I'm heading.
Good luck, and let us know what you decide.
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RE: Big Tease
Another bit of food for thought, werent the first couple years of the twin cam engines the years prone to bearing failure? Just another thought. I would go for the new one, When your talking about spending 14,000 or 25,000 I would make sure Im getting what I want and not just settling for something else to save some $$$.
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