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Old 06-22-2008 | 08:47 PM
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ORIGINAL: wallyMN99

I am looking at a 2005 Road King in St. Paul, MN. the owner is asking $13,200. The bike is in great shape but has 19,000 miles. My question is how many miles is too many? i am new to harley's so i wanted to get some opinions on if this bike has too many miles. should i be concerned? and how many miles can you expect from a bike like this.
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do the math... 3 year old bike, 19,000 miles. 6300 miles a year on a bike that's made to TOUR.... barely got the oil warmed up.... as far as used bikes go... I believe that a bike that gets ridden, will be more likely to have been maintained, as a rider will "know" something needs adjustment, and an "owner" will have no clue...
 
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Old 06-22-2008 | 09:20 PM
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Barely broken in.
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Old 06-22-2008 | 09:27 PM
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Traded my 2005 Electraglide a year ago for an 07 Ultra. My 05 had 25000 on it.
The stealer called it high miles but still gave me $13000 on trade and turned around
and sold it for 14500.
 
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Old 06-22-2008 | 09:41 PM
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54,000+ on my 2005 RKC, runs better than the day I took delivery.&nbsp\\; Looking forward to many more miles.

 
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Old 06-22-2008 | 10:52 PM
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19,000&nbsp\\; just getting started,,,&nbsp\\; living in mn. youve got many years&nbsp\\; left in that bike
 
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Old 06-22-2008 | 11:28 PM
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Good as new.
 
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Old 06-23-2008 | 02:21 AM
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That's not bad, I have over 21,000 on my 07 RKC
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Old 06-23-2008 | 02:49 AM
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Bike is barely broke in. Several years hard riding left to that scoot. can&nbsp\\;say with regular&nbsp\\;maintenance you should expect 60-80 grand easily.
 
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Old 06-23-2008 | 03:22 AM
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I have one friend that puts on 60k a year, and another with a 99 EG with 100k no problems, go for it
 
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Old 06-23-2008 | 03:56 AM
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19K is a walk in the Park....

Its NOT how many miles it has Its HOW IT WAS TAKEN CARE OF DURING THOSE 19K
 


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