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#31
08-02-2023, 07:06 AM
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Yes but ignorance is bliss, I concur that if all youve ever ridden was a Sportster you dont know anything else. It wasnt untill I bought my Dyna that I actually took notice of the "big V twin" difference...I rode a Sportster for 7 years before that...I still ride my Sportster when I am on a quick local ride not too much baggage and I want a lighter bike to toss around
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#32
08-02-2023, 07:56 AM
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#33
08-02-2023, 05:34 PM
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#34
08-02-2023, 06:03 PM
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That is only a year old. Plus you had a warranty?? My concern is not discovering issues while still under warranty, and internals rusting or drying.
I just don't see the point. A bike with 5 or 10k miles, isn't old, and you will put those miles on the first year. My only new harley, I set 5k test run period before trip. It made it 4.5.
Components fail at the beginning and end of their life.
I just don't see the point. A bike with 5 or 10k miles, isn't old, and you will put those miles on the first year. My only new harley, I set 5k test run period before trip. It made it 4.5.
Components fail at the beginning and end of their life.
#35
08-02-2023, 07:29 PM
Road Captain
I can totally see how low mileage happens.
My wife got her license around the time I did, 2012. I got a bike and started riding. She decided in 2016 she wanted to get a bike so I got her a new Honda Rebel. She rode it about a month, laid it down one day (no damage), and was scared of it never rode it again.
It sat in the garage 6 years with me riding it once a month or so to keep it fresh, changed fluids once or twice. Sold it to a local dealer with 600 miles on it.
My wife got her license around the time I did, 2012. I got a bike and started riding. She decided in 2016 she wanted to get a bike so I got her a new Honda Rebel. She rode it about a month, laid it down one day (no damage), and was scared of it never rode it again.
It sat in the garage 6 years with me riding it once a month or so to keep it fresh, changed fluids once or twice. Sold it to a local dealer with 600 miles on it.
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#36
08-02-2023, 08:57 PM
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That is only a year old. Plus you had a warranty?? My concern is not discovering issues while still under warranty, and internals rusting or drying.
I just don't see the point. A bike with 5 or 10k miles, isn't old, and you will put those miles on the first year. My only new harley, I set 5k test run period before trip. It made it 4.5.
Components fail at the beginning and end of their life.
I just don't see the point. A bike with 5 or 10k miles, isn't old, and you will put those miles on the first year. My only new harley, I set 5k test run period before trip. It made it 4.5.
Components fail at the beginning and end of their life.
@AkaReaper scored, and you can't resist the urge to tell some BS story about "your bike" that we have never seen.
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#37
08-03-2023, 05:56 AM
Road Master
I can totally see how low mileage happens.
My wife got her license around the time I did, 2012. I got a bike and started riding. She decided in 2016 she wanted to get a bike so I got her a new Honda Rebel. She rode it about a month, laid it down one day (no damage), and was scared of it never rode it again.
It sat in the garage 6 years with me riding it once a month or so to keep it fresh, changed fluids once or twice. Sold it to a local dealer with 600 miles on it.
My wife got her license around the time I did, 2012. I got a bike and started riding. She decided in 2016 she wanted to get a bike so I got her a new Honda Rebel. She rode it about a month, laid it down one day (no damage), and was scared of it never rode it again.
It sat in the garage 6 years with me riding it once a month or so to keep it fresh, changed fluids once or twice. Sold it to a local dealer with 600 miles on it.
#38
08-03-2023, 07:35 AM
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#39
08-03-2023, 01:37 PM
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#40
08-04-2023, 01:48 AM
Tourer
Bought a 2003 XLH1200S, Anniversary Sportster Sport. Had 3,000 miles on it when I purchased it in 2020, been nothing but a good machine.
That is about 180 miles per year. Went through it, put new tires on it and have been riding it ever since when I feel like scooting around town. Trike for long trips, Sporty for short ones.
Ya got to know what you are looking at and sometimes take a chance to get a good deal.
100 year Anniversary Model, last year of the Sportster Sport, last year of the hard mount engine to frame.
That is about 180 miles per year. Went through it, put new tires on it and have been riding it ever since when I feel like scooting around town. Trike for long trips, Sporty for short ones.
Ya got to know what you are looking at and sometimes take a chance to get a good deal.
100 year Anniversary Model, last year of the Sportster Sport, last year of the hard mount engine to frame.