Dudewado
Well-known member
As previously discussed, I need a replacement for the '03 I totalled and sent to a new home.
I was in Eugene, OR today to get a release to go back to work,(Collarbone much better), and I decided to drive on up to Sublimity, OR and check out a used 2010 a dealer had, plus they listed 3 2013's in stock, and turned out they just got a 2014 in.
It was a large dealership in a small town, they even had a seperate building full of the used bikes.
I had seen their pics of the '10 on Cycle Trader, and it only has 15K miles on it. I was pretty surprised to see how much wear and tear someone can get on a bike w/ 15k.
I took a test ride and felt it ran OK, but the steering was very heavy,(possible low air in front), and the rear shock and front forks clunked like crazy.
When I got back, I started looking more closely, and kept finding more things that bothered me.I tried to ignore the fact that it hadn't been cleaned for sale, but the tank was dented, there was oil dripping from under the front cowling, (maybe from a sloppy oil change? But still.), one of the upper fairing panels was cracked from a over-tightened screw, the Sargent seat didn't fit right and the cover was coming off, it had Chinese FZ mirrors that flopped around like crazy, and a few other things that I found with a cursory exam in poor light.
They were asking 10,499 for it and wouldn't budge. I looked at the 2014, and they wanted list $15,890. I looked at the 2013, and they wanted the same list as the 2014, except the "Demo" model, which was 14K.
Anyhow, I'm not in a hurry and I'm sure the right deal will happen.
I was in Eugene, OR today to get a release to go back to work,(Collarbone much better), and I decided to drive on up to Sublimity, OR and check out a used 2010 a dealer had, plus they listed 3 2013's in stock, and turned out they just got a 2014 in.
It was a large dealership in a small town, they even had a seperate building full of the used bikes.
I had seen their pics of the '10 on Cycle Trader, and it only has 15K miles on it. I was pretty surprised to see how much wear and tear someone can get on a bike w/ 15k.
I took a test ride and felt it ran OK, but the steering was very heavy,(possible low air in front), and the rear shock and front forks clunked like crazy.
When I got back, I started looking more closely, and kept finding more things that bothered me.I tried to ignore the fact that it hadn't been cleaned for sale, but the tank was dented, there was oil dripping from under the front cowling, (maybe from a sloppy oil change? But still.), one of the upper fairing panels was cracked from a over-tightened screw, the Sargent seat didn't fit right and the cover was coming off, it had Chinese FZ mirrors that flopped around like crazy, and a few other things that I found with a cursory exam in poor light.
They were asking 10,499 for it and wouldn't budge. I looked at the 2014, and they wanted list $15,890. I looked at the 2013, and they wanted the same list as the 2014, except the "Demo" model, which was 14K.
Anyhow, I'm not in a hurry and I'm sure the right deal will happen.
