How many miles?
Its got about 28k miles - seems kind of high, but from what I've been reading its something of a pseudo touring bike (the owner just bought an r1200r, and is keeping the luggage/saddle bags and all that jazz). Will definitely try to negotiate with him a bit more, see if he'll toss in a windshield (has 2 of them). My only hesitation is maintenance on a BMW anything... I guess a lot of people do the routine stuff on their own, but its a bit daunting for someone w/ zero experience hehe.
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Great advice, appreciate it bro! Will update if/when I pull the trigger. +1!
I've got to tell you, and I mean no disrespect to anyone else's bike, but that's the prettiest Harley I've ever seen. Very nice! Black exhaust is beautiful, the line on the seat-pan surround is awesome. Like the blacked-out motor, too.Never thought I would ever own a Harley but I fell in love with the XR1200X and this is my current ride with minimal customization. I have since swapped out the mirrors pictured here with the typical round bar end mirrors and that does clean up the front a lot better. She doesn't sound anything like a Harley with the FMF Apex Slip On's which is a good thing
This should give you an idea of what it sounds like although mine seems to sound a lot deeper than this guys.
Still sounds more like a Harley than any bike I'll get. But that's just my own bullshit opinion. My bike is as quiet as a car, and it lets me hear the cars around me.
Just a textile jacket from Icon. In foul weather I have an Icon rain jacket and pants that fit over it. Even if it's not raining I find that the windproof-ness of the rain jacket keeps me a lot warmer than with just with mesh jacket. I don't like most biker fashion, the fixation on skulls and crosses and stuff is fucking retarded. All my gear is plain black, although my mesh pants are red I guess.
This is good advice. That amount of mileage is actually pretty low for the bike and the year. It's ten years old and its got 28k...even my friends on sport bikes will do 3k/yr (if they somehow manage to keep a bike for ten years). I bought an R1100 awhile ago as my first bike and have had a good time working on it. $4k is good, at that price you probably won't feel too bad if you fuck something up while wrenching on it or drop it (both of which I've done on my $3k bike). BMW people in general are really helpful and you can subscribe to the ibmwr mailing lists for advice. I got a German master mechanic here who works out of his farm about 45 minutes away and I think most people have similar relationships across the US.
