My experience has been the longer you keep them the more they are worth.Had a Shovel SuperGlide over 10 yrs.sold it for near 3 times what I paid for it.

 

keep till the wheels fall off the only bike i would consider trading for would be an FXR3 or a FXR4

 

keep it if you have money in it.

 

Keep the old one andmake room inyour garage for more. Only trade it in if you are "done" with that bike and want to move on to a bike that you perceive as better suited for your style of riding.

 

I have no intentions of trading my bike in. One of my biggest regrets was trading in my 1973 Triumph Bonneville, years ago.
Tom

 

thanks for all the opinions! I think Hackd nailed it: I'm concerned about big repair bills down the road, and also losing the value of my investment.

I'm thinking it might be better to keep her....

- at some point it will stop losing value; at some point its value will keep up with inflation (?)
- three or four payments = major repair
- it is carb'd so it may pick up in value
- it has a spoked rear wheel, which I like better than the current mag rear wheel
- I've read that the newer ones with wider back tires don't corner as well as the older ones with narrower tires (??)
- my seat collection won't fit a new bike
- I like it!

(in a few minutes I'll change my mind. Or lose it!!!)

 

lets see if I can post a photo of her (noob!)
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FOREVER

 

what was I thinking??????
I'm keeping her!

 

Well you're definitely a loyal bunch, butsome of you (that are new to bikes) will find that once you've done everything you want to do and torn it down a couple of times, you'll get bored. I haven't had a bike more than 4 yrs. Half of my enjoyment, is working on my bikes in the winter, but once I'm done, that's it.....time to move on to the next project. I build for 6 months, ride for 6 months - over a 4 yr (or less) period - then I sell it.