Worn Out Bikes

[Bounce]

Just found this: https://tinyurl.com/nsada

A 2003 FJR (street and touring bike, 750cc's or over) should have no more than 15,600 miles accumulated according to Kelly Blue Book. Do they think they wear out or something?

They must be smoking crack.

 

[markjenn]

Just found this: https://tinyurl.com/nsada
A 2003 FJR (street and touring bike, 750cc's or over) should have no more than 15,600 miles accumulated according to Kelly Blue Book. Do they think they wear out or something?

They must be smoking crack.

That's just the average mileage for valuation purposes. There is no judgment on KBB's part that higher mileage is a problem - just that bikes with more mileage will probably be worth somewhat less than their valuations otherwise indicate.

- Mark

 

[Ignacio]

So George with 60,000+ on his 2005 might be high mileage?

 

[Rogue]

So George with 60,000+ on his 2005 might be high mileage?

All he needs to do is put enough on it to turn the odo all the way to 00000 before he sells it. :blink:

 

[Centerline]

Those KBB mileage numbers were set to make Harley owners think they put really big miles on their trailer queens.

 

[PapaUtah]

"Average yearly mileage on the estimated 1,000,000 "actively" ridden Harley-Davidson™ motorcycles is 1,500 miles per year."

Read the above sentence carefully. It states "average". I know you have a friend with 85K miles on his 2005 H-D™ LKJENHGKBHBC SuperUtlraKingDynaFatWideGlideRoadRod Custom but there are hundreds of other that offset his that simply gather dust in their "owners" garage or are trailered to their final destination. Your friend is the exception, the dust gatherers/trailer queens are the rule.

The statistic mentioned above was gathered from multiple sources(dealers, used bike ads, etc.) by a very large brokerage house in one of the recent reviews of the Motor Company™.

:blink:

 

[Groo]

1500 miles a year????? ****... I better shut it down for the next 12 months after this past weekend.... crap... guess Reno is out of the question too, since I could only make it 3/4 of the way out there from my House before I'd have to motel it for 12 months.... :eh:

 

[PapaUtah]

A quick check on cycletrader.com resulted in the following:

I searched for Harley-Davidson™, 2000 and newer, keyword: Invested. It returned in excess of 200 results. Only the first 200 will be displayed. Interestingly the top 10 bikes for sale returned a top mileage of 6,000 for a 2004, and a low of 965 on a 2006. The average for the group was 1,572 yearly, nearly identical to the previous study. I understand the self-selection and skewness introduced by my search, but the results are in the right church, just maybe not the right pew.

What was even more interesting was the pricing. These bikes ranged from $48,000 invested to $12,000 invested. The current owners are willing to take an average 20% reaming to unload their bike. The ’06 owners average “cost of ownership” is 16%, the ’05 owners pony up 21% and the ’04 owners paid an amazing 25% for the Ownership Experience™. One owner of a $47,000 Harley-Davidson™ was willing to take the “first reasonable offer.” Shocking in that every Harley-Davidson™ owner I have ever talked with sold their Harley™ for a minimum of its’ purchase price or made a king’s ransom on the transaction and purchased two new Harley-Davidson™ motorcycles with proceeds. (I wonder why the buyer never thought to do this???) Perception and reality in conflict???

Not picking a fight…just reporting what I see…feel free to rebut.

 

[Centerline]

2005 H-D™ LKJENHGKBHBC SuperUtlraKingDynaFatWideGlideRoadRod Custom :blink:

"2005 H-D™ LKJENHGKBHBC SuperUtlraKingDynaFatWideGlideRoadRod Custom "

Ain't it the truth. Such a bewildering array of nonsensical x's L's etc. etc in the Harley showrooms.