I am looking at buying my wife a sportster. I have found an 04 1200R. It is great shape, with a little cleaning I could have it looking like new. It has 16,500 miles. He is asking $5,000. Basically stock except air cleaner and SE mufflers. Is this a fair price and what problems should I look for with that many miles.

 

That's a very good price. Jump on it.
Should be plenty sound with only 15k on it.

 

check out Ebay. That will give you anidea of price vs miles.

 

Has she drove 1 before? I'm just saying take her with,I suprised Dawn last year for her B-Day with 1 and she wasn't comfortable with it.[:@]Now she says she regrets selling it though. I have no clue why cause' she wanted to try and ride my Shadow & still won't ride

 

Ditto that. Look for the usual replace-ables like tires, brake pads. It's not a "first bike"...she has some saddle time I presume.

 

ditto on the good deal.

to add to what's already been said,

besides not being a beginner bike,

it's also the tallest of the bunch, so you may want to have her sit on a new one at the dealer if she's short and you're not planning on lowering it right away.

i'm 5'9" with a 30" inseam and it can feel tall to me sometimes throwing a leg over it...

 

Ditto on great price...just check over very carefully so there will be no suprises and as the others have posted, make sure it fits her and her it.

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Sounds like a pretty good price. Check the service history - should have 1k, 5k, 10k and 15k service done. You can confirm dealer service by calling the dealer(s) with the vin. They will tehll you what service they have performed - but not what others may ahve done. Good luck.

 

She is going to check it out with me this weekend. Thanks for all of your responses.

 

It's a 750, right? If she feels uncomfortable on that, then I dunno...maybe go shopping with her and get her aBuell Blast with 25" seat, or a Rebel, 250 Virago, Kawi Eliminator,Suzuki GV 250,or something like that! But, I think if she really wants to ride, then she'll ride the Shadow...unless it's an 1100.

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