Estate sale bikes...what would you pay? Fat Boy/Heritage
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08-25-2023 | 09:41 AM
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I think I'd avoid them unless there's something about them that is desirable to you. Given the trade in values above, spending $1500 on each of them to be left with $2500-4000 tops worth of motorcycle isn't something I'd do unless I liked them. And in my case, I don't particularly care for Softails anyway, so unless they were free or very cheap, I would probably just pass.
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08-25-2023 | 10:18 AM
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08-25-2023 | 10:22 AM
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08-25-2023 | 05:40 PM
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Well Rounders, I am not going to get into much of a discussion with you on this. Those of us who have been buying/selling fixing/repairing motorcycles for 50 years or so know the drill.
If you cannot see and hear the bike run, you have no idea what the engine is like inside - trashed, rod knock, bad valves/cam/clutch etc. Any of these items may render the the cost above what the bike is worth.
Also the items I listed are bargaining tools for the astute among us who know what we are doing.
If you want to gain some knowledge and become astute in these matters, suggest you take a read of the attachment I provided in my post above.
It should be a good read while you sit around deer camp, cook the food, tend the fire, and keep the place clean for the men who are out hunting.
If you cannot see and hear the bike run, you have no idea what the engine is like inside - trashed, rod knock, bad valves/cam/clutch etc. Any of these items may render the the cost above what the bike is worth.
Also the items I listed are bargaining tools for the astute among us who know what we are doing.
If you want to gain some knowledge and become astute in these matters, suggest you take a read of the attachment I provided in my post above.
It should be a good read while you sit around deer camp, cook the food, tend the fire, and keep the place clean for the men who are out hunting.
Those bikes didn't come with hydraulic clutches either.
If you could read, you would know the heritage has Delphi.
Go shoot a senior citizen.
I've been wrenching on bikes for years.
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08-25-2023 | 07:08 PM
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Where did the auction come from?
The other thing is, are you trying to make money or new bike to ride? If you want to ride, as I have said, many things are just maintenance items for any bike you own. You put new tires on, you got new tires to ride until you need another set of new tires. Flipping it, and they hold air, and are not cracked, I would sell, and just tell them they are old. Many people ride old tires that hold air and are not weathered. Many people won't.
The bike I am getting ready to sell, I am just going to tell them the tires are old. Not going to get the money out of new tires in the sale.
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