How Can I Save Money when buying a Harley Davidson Motorcycle?
Saturday, October 31st, 2009 at
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The way i save money is to pay cash. That way I am not paying on interest and the dealer is often willing to come down on price alittle with cash.
If you don’t have cash try and get a loan before you go in and do not tell the dealer you have the loan until everything is agreed upon.
Do what you can but don’t fret. If you take real good care of it, it will always go up in value. Just don’t but a sportster. One exception to the rule.
Buy a used one. You get soo much more than you would if you would buy a new one. Harley owners always put cool stuff on the bike after they buy it. If you buy one used, you get the bike and the cool stuff all in one shot for less than a new one. They don’t appreciate either. That is a myth, otherwise I’d be able to sell mine for more than I paid for it but, that’s just not the case.
First, dont buy it new!!!! you will lose a few thousand dollars just driving it off the lot… Also i would try EBay… or another auction… you will be able to save alot of money.
If your handy with a wrench…Buy a fixer upper I bought Mine from http://www.wreckedharleybikes.com/
Dont let the name fool you…they have some nice rides on there that are road ready…and they deliver to anywhere in the US.
I you’re mechanical buy a rebuild-able wreck, check the papers before and after events like Bike Week and such, if you have friends that work for the Post office, UPS, etc. ask them to keep an eye out for neighborhood for sale signs. But used is the way to go. A lot of the used bikes don’t have many miles as well. Good luck and welcome to the club.
First of all Harley’s are a lot easier to get at a sale price than any other bikes. Not because they’re any less of a bike but because they’re overpriced brand new. There are a lot shops that carry used bikes that are already decked out. They might be able to help you locate that one bike you’ll fall in love with. Check some of them out in your area. Good luck and enjoy a heck of a ride. He’s right don’t buy a sporster.
I bought a brand new Harley Heritage Softail…why the heritage? Simple, it came with everything I wanted already on it (Windshield, saddlebags and chrome). If you are going to buy a new one wait until December and then look around for the bikes that they didn’t sell yet…that is what I did and I got the bike 2,300 bucks cheaper (1500 off MSRP and the rest was powercommander -free, stage 1 – free, and pipes – half off price).