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Hey guys, looking at picking up my first Touring bike. My local dealership has a beautiful Scarlet Red SG. It's everything I want (except for the fast it has a pro-pipe), but it has 40,000 miles on it. Is that "a lot" of miles? I have had my Standard for 4 years and have only put about 15,000 miles on it. I don't plan on doing much long haul riding, just something comfortable to take the Mrs on for longer day trips.
They're asking $14,500 for it, and was wondering a) How long does a Harley "last", and b) what kinds of issues creep up with these kind of miles.
I traded my '09 SG in at 38k miles because i was starting to get concerned about reliability on trips. It had never let me down though.
My cousin has 68k on his '09 SG, no major issues on his either.
Good deal. Thanks for the input guys. How about company demo bikes? Local dealership has a '13 with 5,000 miles. Wondering if those are like rental cars and "ridden hard".
I think you would be better off finding a nice low mileage bike from an individual. Plenty of bikes out there. I wouldn't get hung up on buying from a dealer.
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