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2001 Harley Ultra Classic....1 owner, never down.... 5000 miles?!?!http://huntsville.craigslist.org/mcy/1669441336.htmlHow can someone buy a touring bike, and only put 5000 miles on it in 9 years????? Not to mention spend that kind of money on a bike, keep it 9 years, and only put 5000 miles on it??? Sorry, I just can't comprehend it at all....  Dave |
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« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2010, 08:03:53 PM » |
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I've got a friend that bought a brand new 2000 Valkyrie in early spring of 2000...
By 2007 he'd put under 5000 miles on it...
His wife told him to ride it or sell it, so he put it up for sale. Had a potential buyer show up, guy had cash in hand, just wanted to SEE it being ridden...
My friend hops on it, and hot dogs it down his street...
...right into a brick mailbox... Totaled the Valk right then and there, seconds away from selling it...
*sigh*
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6jugzz
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« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2010, 08:21:57 PM » |
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Since Harley went to a 6 speed tranny & 106 ci, the older one's got alot cheaper....real quick. Me and two buddies come out of Cody Wyo. last summer....slipped by two guys on the classic sleds and decided to see if they could keep up with us..........not a chance. One hour and ten and 100 miles later, we had topped off,and drinking an rc cola with a moon pie when they finally rolled in. One walked by and said...DAM!!!  I guess he was talking about one of these.  |
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Tundra
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« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2010, 03:19:54 AM » |
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I guess he's one of them Hardley "OWNERS"... not much of a Hardley "RIDER"
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If you can't be a good example: be a WARNING!!
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Cliff
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« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2010, 05:12:06 AM » |
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So called "status" symbol.
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RLD
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« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2010, 05:19:29 AM » |
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I prefer "butt jewelry"
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Dress for the slide, not the ride. ATGATT
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Tropic traveler
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Livin' the Valk, er, F6B life in Central Florida.
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« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2010, 07:49:39 AM » |
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2010, 07:53:49 AM » |
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I only rode my Harley 7 or 8 thousand miles between 1998 and 2006...  -Mike "it's not like it's a Valkyrie you know..." |
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Oss
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« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2010, 08:29:47 AM » |
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fellow I bought my 2000 interstate from had only ridden 4k in 2 years
But he also had an anniversary addition ultra glide and road king harley to play around with
and a boat - which is an addiction all to itself as those with boats know
a hole in the water surrounded by wood or fiberglass into which one pours money
thankfully the boat bug has never bitten me
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« Reply #9 on: March 31, 2010, 12:26:15 PM » |
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With a Harley I can understand only 5000 miles. When I found my 2002 Valk 11 months ago with 5000 miles, that I didn't understand. Redline  |
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fudgie
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« Reply #10 on: March 31, 2010, 02:47:52 PM » |
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How can someone buy a touring bike, and only put 5000 miles on it in 9 years?????
I never understood a touring bike on a trailer myself. ??? |
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« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2010, 03:01:05 PM » |
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It is not only Harleys, I bought a 98 Valk last June that only had 7,200 mile on it.
I should double that by this June. In the PO's defense, he had a bad back and could not ride anymore, it just took him some time to actually let it go.
Jim
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« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2010, 03:43:01 PM » |
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they buy'em for the people up and down the street ... the neighbors  something to talk about at starbucks sunday morning ...  ride'em a few time and it scared the piss out of'em ...  rolex riders ... nutz ... i know a few ....  |
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« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2010, 05:17:20 PM » |
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yep not just HD's. Bought my 2002 Valk last summer with 11K on it. Must admit I was a little light on the miles also. I was a little gunshy since it was my first riding since I kissed the pavement a year before that.
The guy I bought it from was putting his year old HD on a trailer and heading west with a pocket full of cash and a smile the day after I bought it. I hear he has another new Harley again this year.
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« Reply #14 on: March 31, 2010, 07:10:03 PM » |
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I prefer "butt jewelry"
I like that much better than "status symbol" |
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