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I've pm'd a few owners of the VTX that have a Busa as well, but I wanted to asked anyone who owns a cruiser AND a Busa, or swapped their cruiser FOR a Busa.
I'm looking hopefull for opinions from the 1500cc classes and higher, as I currently have a VTX 1800.
I'm looking at an 04 Busa LE. The reason is that I want something that is truly fast (check), that is a little, not a lot sportier (check?), and that can meet my touring needs as well (check from pashnit's website). What I don't know is weather I will regret the decision. I know most are going to lean to the Busa, and I also know in the end it's my decision, but there seem to be a decent amount of cruises here that swapped and I wanted some hands on thoughts.
Another part of my question, I live in Plano, and used Busas are a bit rare here. Slightly rarer than I would like, there is an abundance of new ones, but I want a used one, I'm not paying depreciation again if I can avoid it.
But this stealer wants almost $9800 for a consignment STOCK 04 LE. Nada and KBB say that its worth about $8500, and having worked in the car industry I know that it could go for about $90-92 at the highest, but they won't budge. So my second question is for a 2 year old bike is it unreasonable for me to be asking ABOUT 9k for this bike? That's still 500 over book, and I think it's silly personally.
I want this LE because it's the red color, and I like it, but I already have 2 bikes (VTX 1800 and a 98 Bandit), I'm willing to sell them both, but I have no intention of making them 1000 bucks richer simply on the prospect of "I say I can".
Any and all thoughts are welcome. Thank you all!
I'm looking hopefull for opinions from the 1500cc classes and higher, as I currently have a VTX 1800.
I'm looking at an 04 Busa LE. The reason is that I want something that is truly fast (check), that is a little, not a lot sportier (check?), and that can meet my touring needs as well (check from pashnit's website). What I don't know is weather I will regret the decision. I know most are going to lean to the Busa, and I also know in the end it's my decision, but there seem to be a decent amount of cruises here that swapped and I wanted some hands on thoughts.
Another part of my question, I live in Plano, and used Busas are a bit rare here. Slightly rarer than I would like, there is an abundance of new ones, but I want a used one, I'm not paying depreciation again if I can avoid it.
But this stealer wants almost $9800 for a consignment STOCK 04 LE. Nada and KBB say that its worth about $8500, and having worked in the car industry I know that it could go for about $90-92 at the highest, but they won't budge. So my second question is for a 2 year old bike is it unreasonable for me to be asking ABOUT 9k for this bike? That's still 500 over book, and I think it's silly personally.
I want this LE because it's the red color, and I like it, but I already have 2 bikes (VTX 1800 and a 98 Bandit), I'm willing to sell them both, but I have no intention of making them 1000 bucks richer simply on the prospect of "I say I can".
Any and all thoughts are welcome. Thank you all!