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Preybird1
Posted on Saturday, March 14, 2009 - 06:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I notice a lot of the x1's have very few miles on them and most are highly modded and modified.

I can't see why people are selling these bike at such a low mileage

It's a trend i really don't like or understand, I would never sell my tuber even after it took me a lot of toil and frustration to get it to a sweet ride!
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Ducxl
Posted on Saturday, March 14, 2009 - 06:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I'm not planning on selling.But i hope the value is high.Mine is BONE stock.I like it that way.
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Danny_h__jesternut
Posted on Saturday, March 14, 2009 - 07:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Mine is beat to all hell, it ain't worth nottin. Been raced, did track daze, been crashed 3 times, I don't think I could sell it if I wanted to. It's tried to kill at least four different riders that I know of. I don't think it would be civil of me to sell it to some poor unsuspecting soul not knowing this X1 is evil/demon possessed. When I done with it, it must be melted down,I must spare the public of this menis.
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Sstlouisjak
Posted on Saturday, March 14, 2009 - 09:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

lol...thats very thoughful and considerate
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Flxmanlethal
Posted on Saturday, March 14, 2009 - 09:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I'm not planning on selling mine either i wish i had more money i would buy an S3T (scotty in N.H)and enjoy these wonderful motorcycles.
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Texastechx1
Posted on Saturday, March 14, 2009 - 10:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

NO WAY I'm lettin mine go!
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Whitex102
Posted on Saturday, March 14, 2009 - 10:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Mine is not going anywhere. Better than any drug and a great stress reliever.
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Dave_02_1200
Posted on Sunday, March 15, 2009 - 05:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

My X-1 is an S-3T.

Every time I think of selling it I get sick - but a short ride always makes me feel better.

If I did sell it I would think of it often - but then I couldn't ride it to make myself feel better.

So you can see that I really can't sell it.

I think I will go for a ride now.
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Bbbob
Posted on Sunday, March 15, 2009 - 10:38 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Probably just a sign of how bad the economy is, I wouldn't sell mine either, unless the choice is the bike or food for my family.
I just found a job after 9 months, my fiance has been out of work 5 months counting. I'm fortunate it didn't get to that point.
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Natexlh1000
Posted on Sunday, March 15, 2009 - 12:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

People do this cap all the time with bikes in general.
$5000 bike + $3500 stuff = $4800 bike with stuff.

people buy stuff and dress it up like a Barbie but don't actually ride the damn thing.

Then they lose interest and dump it and start over.
I never understood this pattern.
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Flxmanlethal
Posted on Sunday, March 15, 2009 - 01:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

harley davidson guy's do that....A LOT.
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Eshardball
Posted on Sunday, March 15, 2009 - 04:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I can't Imagine selling my S1 unless my financial situation had become hopeless and it was Buell or food. I could let the Road King go if needed but my Buell is my lifeline to my sanity. That and my furry kids.
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Kyrocket
Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 09:38 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Just be glad you weren't one of us who bought new ($10,900) then added stuff ($2000+) and have an optimistic $4800 bike. Good thing I want to keep it 'cause my 401 is hemmoraging enough for both.
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Limitedx1
Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 11:15 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

i was the guy who bought the 4800 dollar bike with the 2 g's of stuff on it already!!! too bad the guy never looked at his rear isolators.........
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Natexlh1000
Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 11:23 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yep.
Mine was about the same money.
Good think I don't have to sell it!

I would probably only sell it to save my house but that's it.
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Preybird1
Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 01:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I will live in a tent before i sell my stuff
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Kalali
Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 01:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Today is my first day of joblessness (six months forced furlough) and the only thing that brings a smile to my face is the sight of my X1 in the garage waiting or me to ride it. Like a faithful horse.
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Preybird1
Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 01:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I have been without my bike for a week now and it is really starting to bum me out! Every time i see a bike riding by it piss's me off that people are cruising around and i can't. But tomorrow i will be on the road. I am just waiting for some parts.
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Babired
Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 01:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Not selling mine! I can hardly wait to get it out from under all of the goo I put on it for winter storage. K
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Limitedx1
Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 03:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

just put a k into mine. i plan on ridin my moneys worth this summer. only put 1500 on it last year due to job being so close, now i got a 20 mile ride and new isolators so its gonna be smooth!
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Guell
Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 04:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

40 mile round trip to work for me, i plan on taking the scenic route as much as possible too. This summer is going to be great with the x1 front on my m2.
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Fasted
Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 06:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

our bikes are not investments, they are tools and/or toys. our mods are for us.

don't expect potential buyers to want to pay more than a small fraction of what the mods cost. (it is better to be surprised than disappointed if they do)

enjoy it at whatever level of variation you have it for yourself.
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Bhillberg
Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 06:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

65 miles one way to work. I bought it late in the season last year but plan on getting a lot of miles on her this year. I am in the crowd already that will never sell this bike. I mean unless some unforseen financial tragedy happens but she is paid for and I know I won't get a whole lot out of a sale. I will definitely try to add bikes but will always keep this one.
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Jstfrfun
Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 06:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

My '99 is not ridden as much as I would like, but it's mine and I'm not lettin' go of it for a paultry 3500 which is the "market" price for them these days!
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Phelan
Posted on Friday, March 20, 2009 - 02:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I've noticed this too, and it's really makin' me itch, cuz now I want one!
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Preybird1
Posted on Friday, March 20, 2009 - 04:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yeah now i want another one
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Dave_02_1200
Posted on Friday, March 20, 2009 - 06:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I have never regretted a motorcycle purchase, but I have regretted selling almost every time.

That's why I have two Buells.

The original plan was to buy two, an S3T and an M2, and see which one I liked the best, then sell the other one.

That plan didn't work.

I like them both and neither one is going to be sold.

Now I think a nice S2 might be a needed addition when I can afford it.

I guess Buells are like that.
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Standingdeadwood
Posted on Friday, March 20, 2009 - 09:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

If I were unemployed, I'd sell the car. The X1 gets 50+ MPG. It's a matter of economics and maintaining my sanity. You gotta get away.
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Flxmanlethal
Posted on Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 01:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

WELL!..When things start to get better at my house a Ulysses is gonna be added to my stable of motorcycles....CAN'T WAIT!
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Buelleaver
Posted on Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 10:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I’d tried to sell my X1 a while back . I had a few offers, 3 trade offer for 90’s era cars with book values of $1500 or less. Another guy emails me and tells me he might be willing to go a little over $2000. I was looking for about twice that. It got to the point where checking my email got on my nerves. So I’m keeping it. I took less then I wanted for my last jap bike. No way in hell am I going to do that with this bike. This bike is too much fun to give away.
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Littlebuggles
Posted on Monday, March 23, 2009 - 07:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Mines not a x1 but I've got to chime in, I've paid it off twice now, once the original purchase, then my bank gave me a secured loan against the bike that I used to consolidate and pay off some misc bills.

Then, when I got hit on it - the money I saved buying used parts and doing my own repairs helped pay the hospital bill for my daughter's birth!

The bike is not named but she's been such a blessing I'd never part with her. If money got really tight I'd prolly borrow against it again rather than selling it, it has gotten me through too much already to let it go easily, not to mention it helps keep me sane and puts a smile on my face when nothing else will.
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