I´m written you from Europe, Spain.

I need your help, cause i need to make a big decision.

As soon as possible (1 month) I want to change my XL2005L and buy an Electra Glide Standard.
My Evolution carb now runs perfect but I know that my new bike will be an EFI´s one.

What do you thing about the first EFI Big twins 2004-2006? Do you think that it´s better to buy a new 2009 Electra and expend more money?

I would like to make myself the services.
I use to do 20.000 miles/year and use the bike every day to go to work aprx. 20 miles.

Sorry for my english.

 

If you have the means...spend the money on the 09. Many improvements have been made to the 09. I do my own services as well and it's no big deal with standard mechanic's tools. Buy a good torque wrench and a service manual.

 

Two thoughts come to mind. Because there have been a LOT of updates for the 2009 baggers, I would probably go that route if I could. The other thought is because of these upgrades, the older bikes could lose their market value and you could get a better deal. I have seen a lot of people trading a 2007 for a 2009 and getting their butts ripped but they know what they are getting into when they do it. You could probably get a real good deal on the 2007 models. You could also wait till the 2010 models come out and somebody will likely want to trade their 2009 for one.

 

Thanks for your replys

The "problem" is that here at Spain the new one Electra Standard cost in the Dealer
26,851.19 USD then I would like to know if the diference betwen the 2004-06 and 2009 it´s enough to spend this money, I´m not really sure.

The second hand 2004-2006 it´s near 19,000- 20,000 USD.

 

Hell...I'll sell you my 09 SG for 26,000 the way it sits now....

Maybe then I wouldn't have to worry about storing it for 6 months on deployment and I could get one sweet 2010 when I get home.

For 6000 difference you would have to make the choice. Nothing wrong with the 06 as long as the cam chain tensioners have been upgraded. A lot of the cam chain tensioners on pre-07 twin cams fail before 30,000 miles. Just make sure they are either upgraded or swapped for gear drive cams. Since that upgrade would cost way less than 6000 I guess you would just have to judge how the rest of the bike stacked up against a brand new one. Youy can probably find a good used one with a lot of upgrades already done to it and save the cash you'd have to spend on the new one to do the upgrades.

 

There are many differences on the 2009. If ou have the money for either than ride them and see which you like better.