example ... I paid $200 for my car and 8 grand for my sporty.
My car gets neglected and is doomed to the scrapyard if it incurs any major repairs. But my bike gets to sleep in the garage and gets regular care and feeding. Anyone with any similar or funny stories?

Seirra 4x4 - Paid: nothing ; Sell for: <1000$
Integra - Paid: 1600 bucks and it was totaled. I rebuilt it and drive it, very reliable; Sell for: if i was lucky maybe 2000 dollars. I'de be better off trading it.

94' XLH 1200 - I paid 5800 for it (sadly), Sell for: ~5000 if i found the right place to advertise.

I drive a '91 Honda Accord DX, and ride an '06 XL1200C... you figure out which is worth more. ;)

my sportys worth more than my 91 mercury grand marq but i love them both the same

I bought it new in '96, but now it's worth about 5,000 and last July I bought my 1200 custom new, so it's woth more right now. Since I got my bike (over 13,000 miles now) the Seirra has become a second mode of transportation, used maily when it's rainy, below 40 degrees, or to haul stuff.

My wife's New 883L is not though, she has a Tahoe. She just got it last week, and I expect she will use it to commute to work some, but mainly for weekend trips.

My 17 yr old son's Ninja is practically his only posession, worth about 2,000. It's his only mode of transportation excepth his Nikes & Mom.

The car I drive now is the most I paid for a car - $4000. It gets what it needs to survive and nothing else.

The bike stickered for $8600, and I must have another $4000 into it by now.

My car is worth twice what my Sporty is, but if some disaster happened and I had to come up with more cash than I could get by cashing in my investments and the equity I have in my house, I would sell the car before I would sell the Sporty....

Does that count? :wonderlan

My truck (1994 Explorer) was purchased used for $3800. Could probably sell for $1200. My bike (04 Custom) is worth at least $7K. I actually have a guitar + a couple of keyboards that are worth more than my truck. Everybody has different priorities - If I could, I'd love to get a new Pontiac Solstice, but I'm more likely to buy another Sporty before I do that.

My bike cost more that what I paid for both of my cars combined and I have had one for ten years and the other for 6 years. But my wife is getting sick of hearing "one more year".
89 Chevy Celebrity wagon
92 Chevy Lumina
05 1200R

What I'd like to know is if anyone here has a car that's worth more than their house?
I'd love an Aston Martin. Please.

I currently have 3 cars. 96 Monte Carlo Z34 $300, 94 Jeep Cherokee Sport $3000, 93 F150 $300 all with less then 92Km miles. 2004 XL883 $7300n under 1000 miles. I am puttin more money into mods on the Sproty as well. If I can just be home long enough to ride it I would be happy.

My bike is worth at least four times what my cage is worth.

94 Chevy Beretta 1,000 ..... 05 XL883C 8,686 out the door + 1,200 in upgrades since.

My car is worth twice what my Sporty is, but if some disaster happened and I had to come up with more cash than I could get by cashing in my investments and the equity I have in my house, I would sell the car before I would sell the Sporty....

Does that count? :wonderlan

Yes, Preacher, I believe that is a sign. :p

Been that way a long time :smoke

I paid more than twice for my truck than what I paid for my Sporty, but my Sporty is worth more to me! :tour

I drive a 1991 ford festiva that I paid 1600 for about 5 years ago she is my baby but I paid 5 grand for my sporty and the sporty means a little more to me than the fester.

What I'd like to know is if anyone here has a car that's worth more than their house?
I'd love an Aston Martin. Please.I do....

http://www.snidelyworld.com/Humor/Photos/Limousine.jpg

Gazza

What I'd like to know is if anyone here has a car that's worth more than their house?
I'd love an Aston Martin. Please.

i'm with gary. i live in a mobile home (trailer for all us white trash :roflblack) paid 23k for it 10 years ago, my 03 f150 cost me 27. good thing is i should have the house paid off in 6 or 7 months, both bikes are paid for, all i have left is the truck. gotta love that :banana

My Sportster $8000
My Jeep $2000

Wife's gs500e $1600
Her Intrepid $13,500

Spare Truck $1000

So Yeah, I guess I paid more for my bike than my jeep (but the jeep was purchased from an Uncle). But the Wife's car was the highest. Not sating too much about it though....we generally buy the car new for her and she drives it 200K miles before trade-off. We get our $$$$ worth.

Mav

registration on my 95 S10 cost $47.50 per year,goes down each year:clap
registration on my 2K Sporty cost $98 per year,goes down each year:clap
truck taxable value about half of the XL:rolleyes:
Both due by the end of the month.... birth month at that, how about that for a nice birthday presant?:censor tax & registration collectors......

I am going to have them derate the tax on the s10 this year, it has 120k on the odometer and is 11 years old. that should cut yearly registration fees about 50% on the purple 4wd. older vehicles here are subject to reduced tax in Ky.

Well I own,

'95 Cavalier - My car, bought it with a bad motor cheap, It's a great car though!
'94 Taurus- Wifes car, had it since the end of high school, it aint bad either.

'04 Sporty - Bought it new, 1200C put at least $3K into it and 21K miles on it
'01 Dyna - Bought it used for $11,500 havn't done much to it yet
'82 XS400 - work and back bike
'82 XS400 - For sale.

So, MUCH more money in bikes! but house is still worth more at $80K or so

I might be a redneck, my sportster cost more than my fist 2 houses. First trailer 3000, second 3500 see the upgrade? Not quite like that now 30 yrs later happy to say both my truck and house cost more than the sporty.

no, not even close. But I had my bike before my car....does that kinda count?

Car?
What's a car?

hahah I am an urban redneck so here comes the list.

Bike 883 hugger worth maybe 5 or 6 g's if i found the right buyer Paid 8 g's for it and have probly dumped another 2000 to 2500 into it.

Car one 96 cavalier paid $1000 for it. worth about that now
Car 2 94 BMW 325i Paid $400 for it with bad ball joints off a kid worth 7 to 8 g's
Truck 85 ford f150 pair $2500 for it have been offered $5000 for it (mint condition)
95 chevy bus paid $500 worth about $1500 or more if i really tried to find a buyer (tour bus set up for a band)

So in total I have spent more money on my bike than all my vehicals combined. and at the moment it is the only one not running (damn motorcycles)

My car is worth twice what my Sporty is, but if some disaster happened and I had to come up with more cash than I could get by cashing in my investments and the equity I have in my house, I would sell the car before I would sell the Sporty....

Does that count? :wonderlan

Of course that counts.
The Sportster is worth more to your heart.

Ain't got no car

:roflblack :roflblack :roflblack :roflblack

Got a car, pickup, bike.......spouse has pickup 03 Dodge 3/4 ton diesel, bike 04 wideglide. Here's the catch for me.....bought the car because it was relatively cheap...good on gas....and a good deal.... 04 Alero. The pickup is a 96 Dodge 3/4 ton....hauling hay etc. So, I'm not to hot on what my ride is as far as a vehicle goes.........Now my bike ...that gets alot of attention.....Like my mother said when she once borrowed my car , " what if I put a dent in it"....I said no problem...it's not my BIKE. I place alot more value on my bike.

Let's see ...

2006 XL1200R ... $10K new ... paid cash
2005 V6 Mustang ... about $23K new ... wife's car & her payments
2001 V10 Excursion ... $25K used ... my truck & payments
1997 car trailer ... $3K new ... paid cash
1966 Ford GT40 replica ... I built it with about $20K invested ... paid
assorted bicycles ... not worth assessing

Other than the car trailer, the Sporty's my cheapest ride. BTW, gonna' build a trailer for the bike, too.

I have a 96 blazer, I KBB'd it the other day, it's private party value was $2,400. I hope the Sport is worth more than that!

wtf's a car??????:smoke

'97 Plymouth Neon not worth much
'04 1200R worth less than I owe, but I like it! I should have gone 883 to 1200 for MSRP, but didn't know any better 'til finding this most excellent XLForum!!!

Next time ...

My Sporty is worth twice as much as my 1991 4x4 truck now, but my truck cost twice as much new as I have invested in my Sporty.

or something like that.:wonderlan

1991 Chrysler 5th Avenue......Kelley Blue Book value is $1200.

2004 Sportster 1200 Roadster...... N.A.D.A. value is $7495.

I have over 24K in receipts including the price of the bike. My car is new but a little cheaper. The list of items I tried is very long. also 4 paint jobs and a couple of top end rebuilds and the money is long gone.

1996 civic... my bike is worth more :)

We have three mini-vans and a Monte Carlo.

Two of the vans are at the end of their Blue Book values... I use one for Scout camping trips and the other for local runs. The latest mini-van is a 2006 and cost about $20K.

I bought the used Monte Carlo for my son when he entered college, then I bought myself the XL... they both cost $4K each.

So, we're about even with the value of the growing "fleet" of vehicles at Chateau Bradbury.... Thus far, we haven't determined what we're going to by for the twins, who are also in college.

J.W.

TRUCKS
91 2WD S-10 = $800
79 Dodge Power Wagon 4WD = $450
BIKES
77 XLH = roughly $ 3000 (if I found the right buyer)
81 XLH = $4000 (what Ive got in it)
BOATS
92 Lowe jon boat and trailer = $1000
72 Jet boat = $4500


So yup my bikes are worth more than my other vehicles, with the exception of the boat

My bike must be worth more than my car as I don't have one. The truck I have is rented off a friend.:tour

Bob

'04 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab PreRunner SR5 and TRD pkgs. $24k out the door-New

'05 883 Custom $6311.00 cash +++ $1500-$2k in stuff

'06 Mazda 6 (wife's car) $20k- traded in the '00 Jeep Cherokee for $2k- can you say bend me over with out the Vaseline!!!

I thought about getting rid of the truck and getting something without a payment since I have the bike, but I love my truck too much. Still worth
$18-19k.

No wonder we're forum diehards - it really surprises me, the number of us that have cheap cages - it's clear we have our priorities straight - though I'd love to buy a new Pontiac Solstice - it's a great looking car - maybe in 6 or 7 years!

To me bike is worth more. I dont even drive my truck anymore (97 1 ton chevy pickup 4x4). When I cant ride the bike to work I ride with the wife in her car (04 Impala).
Is a sporty worth more than a 65 mustang??
I will say yes since I park the bike next door at my mothers and the bike is in the garage and her 65 mustang sits outside.

Rebil

1987 F-250HD 4x4 460 XL 2500-3000 to right buyer(i paid 1600 but i got a great deal)

2006 XL1200R if i had any sort of thought of selling it, prolly be worth about eight grand i suppose.

I have a 98 Ranger 4x4 and an 06 1200 Custom. Think my bike might be worth more.

Not yet, but if I keep adding mods to the Harley, and given the way these bikes hold their value so much better than the new cars- I may be there in another 5 years!

My Car:1993 Nissan Pathfinder
My Bike: 2005 1200 Custom

Not to hard to figure out which is worth more.

My car: '92 Explorer XLT worth about $2500 Cdn
Wife's car: '89 Taurus worth about $10 :p
My Sporty: '98 XL1200C that cost $7500 Cdn
My house...just appraised at $240K Cdn. Gonna take alot of bike/car to top that! LOL

The only vehicles I've owned that were worth more than the bike were the two hotrods I had...a '23 Ford T-bucket roadster and a chopped '48 Chevy pickup I built. Got rid of them so I could get back into bikes.

mmmm..

don't own a car but I have about a dozen bikes...


:D:D:D:D

Two '05 883s (one low, one custom)
One 1994 Ford Ranger with over 200K miles
One 1989 Acura Legend with 140K miles

Yep, bikes definately worth more than the cages

mmmm..

don't own a car but I have about a dozen bikes...


:D:D:D:D

My Hero!:D

I remember an older friend in my teenage years who, for years, never owned a car. I always thought that he was so cool. He finally got soft and got a car, but his vocation has always been working on motorcycles. Today he works at one of the local HD dealerships.

My Sportster is worth more. I have a 94 Mazda B4000 4x4

I don't own a car. I've worked for the same company for 25 years and they have, since 1986, supplied me with a new truck every four or five years, my latest being a 2005 F150 XLT. The only vehicles I've owned in that 20 year span are motorcycles.
My motorcycles are definitely worth more than my car.:)

Hmmm...this was easy:

76 VW bus
77 VW bus
78 VW Westfalia
85 VW Scirocco
86 VW Scirocco
88 VW Fox Wagon

Don't think the lot of them would equal the price of my Sporty...and it wasn't expensive :roflblack

Kim

...I have a 1981 Dodge St. Regis Police Car...no brainer there. On the JeeP front however I would have to say the Cherokee has the advantage.


Scott

My car is still worth more than the bike, but it sits in the garage covered for months on end...should I just sell it?

Lets see 1992 Chevy Cavalier every time I fill it with gas I double it's value. Hey, it runs and as the Beach Boys once said "I got the pink slip daddy". Actually, I've had it for 5 years I think. I got it from an older lady who died (just a bit of lipstick on the tail pipe) had almost 15,000 miles, think I paid the family $1,800 whatever "blue book" was. I'm just getting to 80,000 miles, besides for a battery, tires and brakes I just change the oil. It gets me to work then home every day in :censor style, okay maybe not style. Now the other day I left it in a parking lot, keys in the ignition and the windows down, when I got back there was just a note on the windshield, said "No Thanks" :roflblack Hell, I'm pretty sure that my 1985 Honda CH250 Elite (scooter) would fetch more but again when I need the cage she has taken me where I need to go. So the reply is the :tour "Sporty":tour is worth much more.

:shhhh rICK

The VW Golf IV TDI I bought for 10K 2 years ago, brought me 3.5K a couple months ago when I sold it...(150K miles on the clock!!)
The 02 Sporty ran me 7K last year when I bought it, and I've dumped around a G in it so far in mods...
If I still had a car, then the Sporty would be worth more, and even if it wasnt...I'd still love it more!! :)

Yep. I'm afraid to think what my '97 Monte Carlo w/ only 42000 miles isn't worth.

Crazy to think that something with 1/3 the cylinders and half the wheels probably is worth more.

Aaah, the joys of depreciation.

...I have a 1981 Dodge St. Regis Police Car...no brainer there. On the JeeP front however I would have to say the Cherokee has the advantage.
Scott

Oh.... my..... gosh.....

You live down south don't you.... those have rusted into oblivion where ever they put salt....no, water.... on the roads. I think here in Ohio, those returned to their base elemental form sometime around 1985.

Can't beat inexpensive transport tho... more $$ to spend on the bike!

ahh shoot, my '85 Corolla that i bought from my dad cost me $3000, and it only had 50k on the odometer in 2000. With the price of gas it's been a godsend!

by contrast i paid $7500 for my '05 1200R. (used had 94 miles on it)

I don't regret either purchase.

pos 92 chevy blazer=$500
beautiful 02 883 xlh=$5000

i try very hard not to drive the blazer its got over 180,000 only has about 3 miles left before the wheels fall off,engine falls out, tranny passes me,or the whole body falls off havent decided whats gonna happen first.

94 Jeep Wrangler bought used for $7500 a few yrs back. 93 Ford Ranger bought used for $7500 a few more yrs back. Also have an 83 Suzuki for less than $800. Collectively, all 3 are worth less than my bike. :tour

a 98 Bonneville and an 04 Sporty, the bikes worth more. I want an older truck something to haul the bike if need be.

I own 20 cars rite now, and 4 Sportsters. Every one of my Sportsters is worth more to me than any of my cars. PERIOD.

'97 Mercury Sable with XM/MP3/two 10" Kicker subs - $3000
'96 Mercury Villager - $2700
'05 XL 1200C with acessories - Pricele$$




example ... I paid $200 for my car and 8 grand for my sporty.
My car gets neglected and is doomed to the scrapyard if it incurs any major repairs. But my bike gets to sleep in the garage and gets regular care and feeding. Anyone with any similar or funny stories?

My bike is worth at least twice as much as my old truck. When I bought the bike I was thinking I should really be replacing the truck but then the irrational part of my brain kicked the shit out of the rational part. Thank god. :roflblack

91 Ranger - $600
01 Sportster - $15,000 total
01 Aprillia - $ 7,000
05 GSX-R 600 - 8500
04 KX 125 - $4,000

05 Ford F-150 Supercrew, sticker $40,035, paid $28,000
02 883 Custom, paid $5800

Will be saving for probably an Ultra Classic

2004 Chevy avalanche 43.000 plus snow plow 3000.00
2005 GTO 31.000.going for 2007 Impala SS asap
1995 Camaro (paid for and rocks)restoring 4000.00
2004 Sporty 1200 custom (paid for + tons of chrome)12.000.00 with add ons
new and bigger garage needed !

yep.

my car's worth about $3-4 K i believe

i have no car.. so i guess that means the sporty is worth more than the value of the car ($0).

thinking about buying 2 more bikes but no thoughts given to a car.

Got an 07 Nightster quite a few mods, and a 97 Nissan 200sx with 200 some thousand miles and beat all to hell but really dont care about the car. The keys are in the ignition if anybody wants the car.

cars are only good when it's snowing

1999 Ford Escort ZX2 worth about 2 grand
2001 1200 priceless to me however the computer in its wisdom tells me it is worth roughly 5 grand.

car free so any bike i own is going to be worth more :), but in reality car £10K, FLSTC £14K, sporty £4K this time i will not be giving the sporty up - the metric has been replaced with the sporty

I paid $6,000 for my 1987 van in '96
I paid $600 for my '88 Eldorado in '06
I paid $13,012.27 for my '03 sporty in '03

I still have all 3!

all I have is my 05' 1200 c. I will go without a car as long as I have my bike.

Are we talking the racecar or the street car?

The sport may be the cheapest thing I can ride in/on.

AW

According to KBB my hail damaged '01 Dakota QuadCab 4x4 with 80k miles is still worth twice as much as my bike. But my bike is still valued at $1500 more than I paid for it 3 years ago.

With every thing I have done to the sportie, I am sure it is worth as much as my car.

2006 Tootya Tundra - $33,000

2002 Yak Grand Prix - @ $7,000 (will morph into a 2008 Audi TT coupe on Christmas day) - $45,000

2002 Saturn (kid's) - @ $3,000

1989 Bike (frankly I don't know what the hell to call it at this point, the forum members have me soooooo confused) - $10,000 by the time it comes home from the shop.

I do....

http://www.snidelyworld.com/Humor/Photos/Limousine.jpg

Gazza

I got a spam message regarding "Mobile Home Refinance" - let me know and I'll forward -- I'm sure they could help out . . . . :D

’00 Chev Cavalier bought in '03 from salvage yard as a wreck.
’07 XL883 bought new from dealer

No need to look them up in the Blue Book, the Sporty is worth way more. :tour

Car for nothing [company] HARLEY $25000

I payed more for my sporty than I payed for ALL the cars I've ever owned in my life, and I'm 42 and have had quite a few cars in my life .......




well, not really, I spend about 500 for a car and run it for a few years then get another when I'm bored with it

any one got a cheap wrangler for sale???????

around $1500 , cj preferred :smoke

I payed more for my sporty than I payed for ALL the cars I've ever owned in my life, and I'm 42 and have had quite a few cars in my life .......


Same here and I'm 36.
My limit on ANY vehicle is $20,000 although I've never even gone past half of that.

I with most here,

91 F150 4X4 supercab short bed
(171000 miles) payed $12,000 total in 2001 but been payed for now for over 3 years.

93 Plymouth Sundance $1250 payed(car was free it cost that to have it brought up to Ak on a car hauler from Seattle)for with just under 61000 orignal miles. The car gets the most use in the winter. 30mpg is why.

Car and Truck worth less then my bike.

2007 1200C $10,500 out the door after $2000 dn.

House worth way more and not even in the same ball park.

My Duc's mufflers are worth more than my 98 XLT Ranger pickup.

88 chevy nova 4 cylinder
94 ford taurus
92 chevy astro van
----------------------
2000 bucks total

http://xlforum.net/photopost/data/500/medium/smallIMG_1449.jpg

These old things; priceless.

I paid $500 for my 1993 Geo Metro... Paid 8K for the Sporty :-)

My wifes car is a 04 Honda Element, $18K.

My car is a 07 Ford Expedition, $46K.

My bike is a 05 Sporty, $10k.

You guys got some sucky cars. :D

I paid $4k for my (used) '95 Pathfinder + a couple of $k for repairs.
I paid $10k for my '01 Sporty (new) + a couple of $k for "upgrades"

I don't know blue book, but I'd guess the bike is worth more.

My 05 1200 R is paid for and worth ??????
My 03 Vette is worth ??????

I love the Sporty......but if it got right down to the bare essentials........................................ .:doh
I guess I'm on/in 4 wheels:laugh
Not to mention the other 3 vehicles in the drive and the 3 duck boats:doh:doh

WTF is wrong with ME:doh:doh:doh:doh:doh

You guys got some sucky cars. :D

C'mon Paulie.....don't pull your punches......tell it like you mean it!:laugh:D

I own something like 22 cars and trucks, some high dollar collectables, and no, I don't have a junk yard! And I have 6 Harleys, from 64 to 04, and any one of my Harleys is worth more, ( by book value), than any of my cars or trucks.

And, of course as everone of us knows, they are each worth a hell of a lot more than book to the owner!!

My Bike is worth more than my Truck AND the grocery Getter...

I drive a 77 Chevy half ton, short wheel base, in line six cylinder engine, with a 3 speed on the column. She's worth about 1500 maybe, but worth a lot more to my heart. My Sportster, according to some, is dropping in value, but I guess she's still worth about 5,500. I got past all that fancy shit a long time ago. I am my own man and don't care what other people think about me, or need their approval either. If I can get up and look at the mirror and like the man I see, I am ok. I do depend on God though. Maybe that's why I love the Sportster.

Stuck in Kuwait without my Sportster

Reb

91 Ford Explorer
2001 Ford ZX2
2004 XL

Wife says don't you think it's getting old.. and told her Harley is having a sale on 2008's Some have no Humor :)

'95 F-150 which has been given away 4 times (I was the 2nd and 5th owner) ~ $0.00
'04 - Chevy Aveo - KBB ~ $5,530
'05 - Sporty 883 Custom - KBB ~ $5985 (Holy depreciation Batman!)

So yes, my Sporty is worth more than all of my other vehicles combined!

92 lumina euro paid $400.00 needs $200.00 worth of work to make it a $1500.00 car. will do it in the spring to sell it. last car i had didn't put enough miles on it to have to change the oil in a years time. paid $8000.00 for my 05 1200c stage 1 with brand new avon venom tires and new harley syn in both holes in august.8200 miles and 1 new rear tire ,1 dyno run, and numerous jet changes add about 300.00 more to that. riding on weekends priceless. rick

Yep, car was free, bike was $5999. She sleeps in the garage, car gets the driveway.

I have a '98 Caviler that I paid $3000 for (had it for years). My Sporty I paid $10k + extras for (had it for 2 years).

I decided to buy the bike instead of a new car. I love my Sportster, but I still want a new car.... I only have afew years left on the loan, I hope my car last that much longer with out any major repairs!

$2,400 for my 1988 Lincoln

$8,124 for my 1999 Custom