retiredatfifty
Recycles dryer sheets
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In the market for a new bike (been bike-less the past 2 years) - have located a 2001 FXD Dyna-Glide with 18k miles. Has saddlebags, short sissy bar, shorty pipes, luggage rack, extended forward foot controls .... otherwise it's pretty stock.
Fellow has come down to 5k on it and has agreed to take it over to my trusted mechanic (recommended to me by others) who will give it a mechanical/electrical inspect including test ride & put it through it's paces for only $30. I rode it for about 10 minutes myself ... feels real comfortable, seems to fit me well. (I am 6'2 185 - the forward controls feel real good) My previous bikes were a Yamaha RD-200 when I was a teen, a 1981 XLH (1000 cc bored .80 over with a hot cam), a Yamaha, TW-200, and a Suzuki Volusia 800 ... so this will be the biggest bike I've ever owned. I rode my previous bikes a lot when I owned them & have taken an MSC, so feel pretty comfortable about riding.
Current owner has only had it a year. Bought it from a Navy kid & doesn't know the bikes prior history, except that he's been riding it twice a week on average with zero issues. Rubber looks good, brake pads about half-worn. Cosmetically, 1 small dent in the tank & the alum on the front fork legs could use some polishing.
Plan on riding it by myself, no passenger --- mostly local jaunts down county highways out in the country once or twice a week & 3 or 4 times per year I plan on two to three week trips to visit friends across the country & ride approx 200 mile per day with 2 to 4 days in between legs.
Anyone have experience with this particular year/model? It's a carb - they didn't start doing fuel inject on this model till a couple years later.
Thanks in advance for any opinions/advice.
Fellow has come down to 5k on it and has agreed to take it over to my trusted mechanic (recommended to me by others) who will give it a mechanical/electrical inspect including test ride & put it through it's paces for only $30. I rode it for about 10 minutes myself ... feels real comfortable, seems to fit me well. (I am 6'2 185 - the forward controls feel real good) My previous bikes were a Yamaha RD-200 when I was a teen, a 1981 XLH (1000 cc bored .80 over with a hot cam), a Yamaha, TW-200, and a Suzuki Volusia 800 ... so this will be the biggest bike I've ever owned. I rode my previous bikes a lot when I owned them & have taken an MSC, so feel pretty comfortable about riding.
Current owner has only had it a year. Bought it from a Navy kid & doesn't know the bikes prior history, except that he's been riding it twice a week on average with zero issues. Rubber looks good, brake pads about half-worn. Cosmetically, 1 small dent in the tank & the alum on the front fork legs could use some polishing.
Plan on riding it by myself, no passenger --- mostly local jaunts down county highways out in the country once or twice a week & 3 or 4 times per year I plan on two to three week trips to visit friends across the country & ride approx 200 mile per day with 2 to 4 days in between legs.
Anyone have experience with this particular year/model? It's a carb - they didn't start doing fuel inject on this model till a couple years later.
Thanks in advance for any opinions/advice.
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