Hi, all - as some of you will remember, I had problems with my "dream bike" 2007 VN900LT early on 2 years ago. We finally got everything to where it's doing better than when I bought it, but I really am not sure that I trust it for me now. Have a possible on a 2007 VN1600 dressed, and wanted to get some input on the reliability there for a 7 year old bike with about 2700 miles for US $4200.
Gotta say that if I have mech problems in the next couple of years, this will be the end of me and a bike. Wife isn't happy that the mostly "bullet proof" VN900 has cost me a grand in repairs, a year off the road while paying for it, and still has less than 20K miles. All in just over 2 years now. Original 2008 Korean Hyosung 250cc cruiser bike that most of my friends were against me buying went 6 years and almost 30K miles with few problems that weren't covered by a warranty. Kinda hard to fight a reliability battle there...
Please, folks - can anyone give me a decent idea if going here is a good idea in general? I know that no one can predict the future, but I'm grasping at straws right now. And since our combined weight is around 500lb, I think that the VN1600 is probably a better way to go overall anyway. Can't think that we qualify for loans overall that are better than we were 2 years ago, so if I can do a decent deal, the VN1600 might be our best bet.
Anyway, gotta hand it to SFair and Romans for their help last year - and sorry that I hadn't updated sooner.
Mac.
Gotta say that if I have mech problems in the next couple of years, this will be the end of me and a bike. Wife isn't happy that the mostly "bullet proof" VN900 has cost me a grand in repairs, a year off the road while paying for it, and still has less than 20K miles. All in just over 2 years now. Original 2008 Korean Hyosung 250cc cruiser bike that most of my friends were against me buying went 6 years and almost 30K miles with few problems that weren't covered by a warranty. Kinda hard to fight a reliability battle there...
Please, folks - can anyone give me a decent idea if going here is a good idea in general? I know that no one can predict the future, but I'm grasping at straws right now. And since our combined weight is around 500lb, I think that the VN1600 is probably a better way to go overall anyway. Can't think that we qualify for loans overall that are better than we were 2 years ago, so if I can do a decent deal, the VN1600 might be our best bet.
Anyway, gotta hand it to SFair and Romans for their help last year - and sorry that I hadn't updated sooner.
Mac.