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mhenry 02-12-2013 06:14 AM

Miles
 
I have a question for everyone I am going to trade my sportster in for a bagger looking at a street glide or up my question is how many miles is too much for a used bike im looking at one that is a 2009 Ultra Classic Electra Glide with 25,550 is that too many miles to buy used

LivingontheRock 02-12-2013 06:22 AM

I dont think that is high milege at all, should have the kinks worked by now. I keep all my maintenace recorded in the back of my manuel so I know what was done when and if I sold the buyer would know that it was taking care of.
Looking at a dealership or private owner?

emwolb 02-12-2013 06:23 AM

the 09 should be a great bike for you. it's the new style frame, and i know i sure liked my previous streetglide. mine was an 08 and had the old style frame, but i never had any issues with it at all. i changed out the rear shocks on my 08 sg with stock ones from an 09 roadglide and it gave me an added inch of rear suspension=quite a bonus if you ride on rough roads. you should be fine with the miles as long as it wasn't abused and the maintenance was taken care of regularly.

grbrown 02-12-2013 06:33 AM

It's done around 6k miles a year, which is fine. If you carry on riding it at that rate you have at least 15-20 years to look forward to. How long are you planning on keeping it?! :icon_naughty:

santajim 02-12-2013 06:59 AM

I have a '09 Ultraclassic with 56,000 miles on it and she still runs very strong, suggestion if it doesn't already have a stage one on it put one on makes a lot of difference.

BigDawgQC 02-12-2013 08:08 AM

That's nothing for mileage on that 2009.

bmaier 02-12-2013 09:32 AM

I have 53K on my 09, not even broken in yet! Buy it!

Bowhunter61 02-12-2013 11:14 AM

47K on mine and still running strong. Like someone said, ask to look at the maintenance records. That will tell you a lot about how it was taken care of and if the bike had any problems. I have all my service receipts from warranty work done at dealer and all my receipts from work I did myself.

One thing to maybe check is the brake pads at that mileage, I did mine at 25K and they needed it.

hdbob2006 02-12-2013 03:48 PM

94,000 on my '06.Runs great!

EricD10563 02-12-2013 04:57 PM

I don't think it's a lot of miles but I wouldn't consider it a low mileage bike either considering whats out there. My 09 Road King had 62k miles when I traded it in, I traded it in becuase of the miles even though it was running just fine. If you're going to ride 15-20k or more miles per year then you'll have a lot of miles real soon.


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