What is this Fat Boy Worth
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What is this Fat Boy Worth
I saw a 2004 Fat Boy, 9654 miles, tons of extras, chrome everything. Top shape with custom paint, Cobra pipes. The dealer wants $15000 and its $17300 out the door tax liscence etc. Is it worth that? Looks great sounds great.
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What's This FatBoy worth?
A check on ebay with 16 completed items for 2004 FatBoys shows 3 selling. One with a salvage title for $8000. One with 5507 miles sold for $11,450, and one with 6716 miles sold for $9600. I assume that all were private owner sales. Not much bidding action above the $10,500 mark.
Check with NADA reveals a low retail of 11,175 and an average retail of 12,985, again as a private party transaction. The asking price, therefore seems high. I don't think the miles are high for a 5 year old bike as long as it has been serviced regularly. Should have had a rear tire and brakes probably by now. Obviously a dealer is going to want significantly more than a private party, but this price seems too far out of line. Lots of extras, although extremely costly, do not, unfortunately, usually add a significant amount to the vehicle.
Check with NADA reveals a low retail of 11,175 and an average retail of 12,985, again as a private party transaction. The asking price, therefore seems high. I don't think the miles are high for a 5 year old bike as long as it has been serviced regularly. Should have had a rear tire and brakes probably by now. Obviously a dealer is going to want significantly more than a private party, but this price seems too far out of line. Lots of extras, although extremely costly, do not, unfortunately, usually add a significant amount to the vehicle.
#5
I would look at it this way, Dealer dosen't give you nothing extra for add-ons when you trade a bike in and then they want to turn around and charge more for the bike because it has extras already on it. With almost 10'000 miles on it and being 5yrs old I would consider buying a new 09 fatboy at $15'900. But if you really like that one I would really try to get the price down by 1-2 grand. Hope it works out for ya.
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Dealers will always charge more for used bikes than they can be had for private party. If youa re willing to pay that it is worth it. PErsonally, I would search cycle trader, HD trader, Craigslist, and ebay till I found what I wanted, but that is jsut me and I am a poor fool. I have never bought a bike new or from a dealer out of the 13 I have owned. Never had a problem either...
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