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New user here and also potential first time HD owner (I own a Yamaha Vstar now)!!! I like this board. Been reading around for the past couple of hours (eyes are sore
) and seems like a good group of people here.
I was looking at a new Sportster 1200 or Dyna Wide glide. I really like the Ultra Classics but by the time I add accessories, helmets, etc. it will be well over $20k.
My friends' dad has a 1997 Ultra Classic Fuel Injected Shriners edition (he is a shriner) that he is going to sell. It only has 1300 original miles on it (he had one of his legs amputated due to a spider bite about six months after he bought the bike). It has been garaged and he fires it up regularly but obviously can't drive it. He has about $3000 worth of chrome add-ons and will sell the two microphone helmets and all of the original chrome pieces he replaced with it.
The one drawback is that the bike was wrecked by my friend (not his dad) but was 100% repaired by the same dealer he bought it from. He slid off the road in a curve and it rolled once. Almost all of the fiberglass was replaced and the gas tank. It looks like it should still be on the showroom floor. he is going to let me keep it for about a week to drive it and see if I like it.
So my question is: He will sell it to me for $18k otherwise he is going to advertise it for $20k. Is $18k a fair price? This bike is very sentimental to him and he would like to see it go to someone he knows. The shrine is very important to him.
Thanks for any help!!
New user here and also potential first time HD owner (I own a Yamaha Vstar now)!!! I like this board. Been reading around for the past couple of hours (eyes are sore
I was looking at a new Sportster 1200 or Dyna Wide glide. I really like the Ultra Classics but by the time I add accessories, helmets, etc. it will be well over $20k.
My friends' dad has a 1997 Ultra Classic Fuel Injected Shriners edition (he is a shriner) that he is going to sell. It only has 1300 original miles on it (he had one of his legs amputated due to a spider bite about six months after he bought the bike). It has been garaged and he fires it up regularly but obviously can't drive it. He has about $3000 worth of chrome add-ons and will sell the two microphone helmets and all of the original chrome pieces he replaced with it.
The one drawback is that the bike was wrecked by my friend (not his dad) but was 100% repaired by the same dealer he bought it from. He slid off the road in a curve and it rolled once. Almost all of the fiberglass was replaced and the gas tank. It looks like it should still be on the showroom floor. he is going to let me keep it for about a week to drive it and see if I like it.
So my question is: He will sell it to me for $18k otherwise he is going to advertise it for $20k. Is $18k a fair price? This bike is very sentimental to him and he would like to see it go to someone he knows. The shrine is very important to him.
Thanks for any help!!