There is an auction coming up soon with a number of 2006-2008 retired police bikes. I know these things are ridden pretty hard and they all have about 40-50k miles on them. Anyone know what they usually sell for? Is it worth picking one up?

 

From what I understand, they are very well maintained. One member on here (boogaloodude) really likes his!

 

I have had two different Police Bikes, Road king and Electraglide models, and I thought they were great. I bought both for less than $13,000 and they both had less than 10,000 miles on them when I got them. With over 50,000 miles, I wouldn't go much over $8000. Just my opinion.

 

Those bikes are ridden hard, but mostly hwy miles and they are very well maintained.
Can't help you with the price.

 

There is nothing written in stone that says they are well maintained or have mostly highway miles. It's a big country. Just because one agency does it this way or that way, doesn't mean they all do...Ours hardly ever see anything but stop and go traffic. They get the basic maintainence as called for by the book....using HD dino oil.

Personally, I wouldn't want one with 40-50k miles on it unless it was dirt cheap and I planned to rebuild it, anyway.

 

Just a little FYI, I bought an 05 Road King (FLHPI). 10,000 miles, $9999.00 Would do it again without blinking an eye. Absolutely nothing wrong with it except the bags and front fender which I had planned to change anyhow. Strong, strong motor, shifts good and quiet. They civilianized it, so it also had new rubber.

 

01 Police Electra Glide. I love it so much that if i buy another bike, it would definitely be another police bike. I bought it last year from bikerbill.com and i paid 7995 for it.

 

Thanks for the responses. The bikes in Las Vegas probably do not have highway miles; they are hard ridden urban type miles in the heat. Sounds like unless I can steal one its not worth it.

 

Check with Visalia HD. They lease RK and UC Police models to several departments and always have recent models, many with under 10k miles. Not that far from LV.

 

You definitely have to look closely at them. I'd figure on replacing brakes and clutch unless it's been done recently. Some jurisdictions maintain their bikes fastidiously, others maybe not so much.

I bought this one because it was the least expensive way to get into a 103/six speed bike, which I really wanted at the time.




I like to do as much of my own work as possible,



Even after swapping tins, having the custom paint done, adding a Dragonfly fairing and building up the engine, I've still got less in it than if I'd bought a used '07 civilian Road King.




The bikes being sold at auction should be able to be picked up fairly cheaply. Lots of guys try to avoid a bike with 40 to 50 thousand miles on it, and the police bikes are generally quite a bit cheaper than civilian bikes anyway. So I'd think somewhere around 6K to maybe 8500 depending on condition and miles.