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Posted by greenbarn
- August 01, 2014, 21:40:01 PMQuote from: zig on August 01, 2014, 17:25:15 PMI'm actually thinking about selling my 900 classic in order to buy a second. Am I losing my mind?
Nope, Zig, just getting smarter.... 
Nothing wrong with 2 drifters....
Posted by pcarrell
- August 01, 2014, 19:14:24 PMQuote from: zig on August 01, 2014, 17:25:15 PMGaining piece of mind I'd say!I'm actually thinking about selling my 900 classic in order to buy a second. Am I losing my mind?
Posted by zig
- August 01, 2014, 17:25:15 PMQuote from: DC on August 01, 2014, 12:00:06 PMIf I had the money and the room, I'd be buying them up like hotcakes.
I'm actually thinking about selling my 900 classic in order to buy a second. Am I losing my mind?
Posted by DC
- August 01, 2014, 12:00:06 PMIf I had the money and the room, I'd be buying them up like hotcakes.
Posted by John Hopkins
- August 01, 2014, 06:14:54 AMI'm not even in your country but I think this would be a great time to buy a 1500, the Polaris Indians are starting to sell and there will be trade ins, the Indian dealers will not want a trade in Drifter on the shop floor so they will off load them..I've seen the new Indians on the road and although they tweak my nostalgic feelings I think they would lose in an endurance ride against a Drifter..Shop around for the best deal and think about this, If the bike is for sale it is because the owner wants to get rid of it, so it is likely they will drop the price for a no hassle quick sale..
John.
Posted by greenbarn
- July 31, 2014, 22:08:15 PMLast fall when I bought my 1500, I had done lots of shopping on CL and Ebay, looking all over most of the US. The great majority of bikes I saw at that time were listed (asking) for $4500-6000. You'll see a few for less and quite a few for more. I won't say that $6000 -8000 is too much for a Drifter - because if somebody thinks theirs is worth that, and they can get it, then that's great - but there are a lot (or at least there were) listed in the 45-6000 range. Searchtempest.com is a good tool.
I was looking for a bike with as many of the "major" (expensive) accessories that I wanted on it - Corbin 2-up, Roadhouse exhaust, folding passenger boards, windshield, bags. Found one 40 miles from me for a price at the bottom of the above-mentioned range, so I thought I had found a good deal. And it had my "target" mileage - 20K.Like PC said, consider how much you'll have to spend to add the stuff you want, when you figure the price. The blacked out ones are harder to find, but not impossible.
Posted by zig
- July 31, 2014, 18:41:06 PMYou can check ebay and cycletrader to get an idea on prices. Like you said, prices are scattered. I've had my eye on one in Beaumont for 4500 but there's a 2003 in the Dallas craigslist for 6800.
Posted by pcarrell
- July 31, 2014, 16:40:31 PMFirst off, welcome to the forum!
The number of options is really important to the final $ figure. Blackout bikes are getting REALLY hard to find optional parts for. In fact, it's so hard that a lot of folks are buying chrome parts and having them stripped and powder coated in order to get their black parts.
So, you're looking at a teal colored one? Is it the 2000 model then, or has this been custom painted?
I'll give you a starting point........I bought my 2001 1500 in 2008 with 18,000 miles on it. Now that is a while ago, but the economy was already falling pretty fast by the end of November when I bought it. My bike came with nice, though a bit tired looking saddle bags, the saddle bag struts and loops, a Nomad style windshield, Vance & Hines Longshot exhaust, the stock solo seat, and a Fire & Steel Corbin 2up seat with all the hardware to mount it (affectionately known as "the horseshoe"). I paid $5000 and I had to drive from Indianapolis, IN to Chicago, IL to get it. The miles were a bit higher then what I was hoping for, but the extras made it well worth it!
Posted by Jeff
- July 31, 2014, 12:20:04 PMTeal Green Blackout 1500 with under 20,000 miles in very good condition, I have been researching these and you can't go by the bluebook and the prices are all over the map, any opinions on what would be paying too much for this bike.
Thanks