I buy new bikes and cars...except for one bike and one car...because they have warranties and how do I know a used bike has been serviced right and has everything in it, the seller says it does?

 

Oh my. I can just imagine someone's wife going over the credit card statement and asking her husband "What was this $150 you spent on Ruby Edwards at Poontang, Inc.?"

Thank you for NOT saying you "pulled the trigger" on the 17 RK.

 

I strongly encourage people to buy new and the latest and greatest. Doing so ensures I have plenty of options when I buy my next used bike.

 

Harley-Davidsons hold their money really well in Britain. I recently traded in a 12 month old 48 for a CVO Breakout, the 48 was an ex-demo I bought at what I deemed to be a good price. I racked up over 3000 miles on it and traded in for $1200 dollars less than I paid for it. If the desire is strong enough and the money there why not buy new? My latest acquisition is a keeper so any depreciation doesn't really feature at all.

 

Look at Me, Look at Me !!!! It's a cry for attention, the need to be noticed. And if they stopped and thought about it, for about half of what a "same-as-everybody-else" new bike costs they could have something like this. Talk about drawing a crowd where ever you go.

 

I like old and new. New is good. Without new we would all still be cave men.

People strive to come up with a better mouse trap. Billions are spent every year on R & D in an effort to part us from our dollars $$$. If a model never changed there would be no reason to upgrade and the company that builds them would die on the vine.

We all benefit from it one way or another, now or later.

Happy New Year

 

Unless you were 5 year old when you started buying 2 used bikes every year, at around 65 or 70 it must be really hard to find time to ride. Either you stay busy buying and selling used bikes or you have a huge garage full of old ****.

 

You've never had more than one motorcycle at a time?
I've had as many as six at one time and never have less than two. (I currently have 3)
Having 100 motorcycles in your lifetime is actually not far fetched at all.

Old ****? Really?

 

I trade up often for several reason. They do not like to take bikes in on trade with over 50K miles on them, especially one thats 3 years old. Learned that with my wife 09 heritage. It had 77K on it when we went to trade it.

So we trade right around 45K miles on our bikes. This is usually right at the two year mark. I do like to have the latest updates also, especially with improvements like the 09 frame, or the 15 Rushmore road glides, or the 17 M8 and suspension.

Wife and I both traded 15's this year for 17's.

Her 15 Road Glide Special had 46,700 miles on it, she's on a 17 Road glide special.

My 15 CVO Road Glide Ultra Had 43800 miles on it. Im a 17 CVO Street Glide, which in 3 months I have 7200 miles on it.

We both have a second bike, and I have a 3rd.

 

Yup.