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Cruiser
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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
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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?
Looking at a dealership or private owner?
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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.
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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.
One thing to maybe check is the brake pads at that mileage, I did mine at 25K and they needed it.
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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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