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Old Apr 24, 2014 | 01:09 PM
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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.

Thanks for any info.
 
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I wouldn't buy a used Harley with 40k miles on it, especially one as new as that. That's a pretty fair price though considering the miles.
 

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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.
 
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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".

Thanks again.
 
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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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