If you offer them less and they say no way you might want to counter offer by asking for a 1000.00 in store gift card I have been told by more then one Saleman that most dealership have more lead way with the gift cards then mark downs. Then with the gift card you can start down that dust road called the Modification Highway. It look like a pretty good deal go luck let us know what happens.

 

I bought an '09 last spring from an individual. Had similar goodies on it. The bike had 1,104 original miles on it, yep, that's right, 1,104. Gave the man 17K and never haggled a bit. Put a few other trinkets on it to make it mine. I put more miles on it in a week than he did in 2 years. Oh yea, don't be tempted to put your bell on the crossover above the front fender, learn from my mistake, I customized the fender a little too! Be advised there was a recall on the bike for a rear brake light switch replacement. Don't ask, MAKE them bleed to brake system after replacement.

 

Maybe where you live. None of the rentals I've been around were black.

 

Ditto that.

If they won't meet your price, try to get a few goodies from them.
You know, some chrome, diff. exhaust, service contract etc.
Good Luck.

 

Test ride good and your a had dad. Get HD ESP and ride till it breaks.

 

All great advice guys. But, keep in mind this is a small indie shop/repair place. So the "service", "goodies", "gift card" plan may or may not work. Well service might. I got back there today and gave the bike a good visual once over (couldn't take it out today, for my own reasons not theirs, though). It really is immaculate. I plan on getting it on the road Thursday for the test ride.

Thanks again for all the input, greatly appreciated.

Have a great week.

 

All great advice guys. But, keep in mind this is a small indie shop/repair place. So the "service", "goodies", "gift card" plan may or may not work. Well service might. I plan on getting it on the road Thursday for the test ride.

Congratulations on your new bike......You're Hooked

 

Lusian makes sense. 10K miles on a 2 year old bike tells me it was owned by a serious rider who put some highway miles on it. I like that it is relatively unmodified. Someone who hasn't been making perfomance modifications to their machine is less likely to have been trying to ride it to see what those modifications a capable of-ergo riding the snot out of it. Make sense? Make a serious offer contingent on having an independent mechanic evaluate the bike. Even if you pay $17,000 for it, that doesn't seem like an unreasonable price for that bike from what I've seen. Keep us posted. I'll check back and hope to see what you end up doing. Or send me an e-mail. Good luck!

 

P.S. Damn Typos again. I F---ing HATE ANDROID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!

 

Make sure it's a "clean" title and not a "salvage" title. The only bikes that I've seen in that price range and year tend to have a "salvage" title.