How many miles?
Road Master
Joined: Nov 2008
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From: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Resale value, as in all things, depends on the market. Right now there's more bikes than buyers so prices aren't too good for the older, high mileage Harleys. But, as others wrote, buy to ride not to sell. My 06' SG has 22,500 miles and I'm planning on taking it 100K and beyond. It is a great machine which I bought used with 12,400 miles on the ticker. And I'm pretty such that the 6000 mile point on a bike is right around the 6,000 mile mark.
Grand HDF Member
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Edmond Oklahoma
My personal opinion from my experience is 20000 is the mark where folks want a bike with lower miles. You can still get the price of a bike with 10000 miles, but you have to sit awhile. 30000 is where you need to dropped the price $2000 to compete against an identical bike with less than 20000 miles. But it seems that a bike with 50000 will get the same price as a bike with 30000. Go figure. I also agree with the 10 year old drop. But the interesting thing I found with harleys is once the reach that 10 year old price, they hold there no matter how old they get. A 10 year old Sporty is the same prices as a 20 year old.
Beary
Beary
Road Warrior
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My '06 has 35k right now and will be close to 50k by the end of this year. I got it in July '07 with 4.5k on it. Mine is under warranty w/unlimited mileage until 8/2013. I plan on having well over 100k on it by then. I'd say 6k miles on a bike is about 3 or 4 months worth of riding.
Cruiser
Joined: Jun 2008
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6,000 is just getting broke in. The first Harley I bought (03 Superglide) had 18k on it when I bought it and 32k when I sold it. I would say that there is a good drop at 10 years and a smaller drop at 10k miles.
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From: eastern oklahoma
look at it this way. you've not got a kawasaki voyager XII, a goldwing GL 1200, or suzuki intruder, right? you got a harley. and they hold their value. so get out there and get your knees in the breeze.