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IdahoMtnSpyder said:
Play hardball. Start at $9500 or $10k and slowly move up to $11k. NADA low is under $11k and high is $14k. All m/c's sell a lot closer to NADA low than high. I sold my 2013 base RT with 25k miles for $12k three years ago.
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This is good advice. Check out the SL for sale site. See what is NOT selling. Many ads near the high end of NADA. Five hundred lookers and NO takers usually means price to high.

I have a nice 2011 RT for $11K (magnesium silver). No calls or lookers in a couple years now. But...I am in AK.
 
vindex1963 said:
I'm going Sunday with my wife to make an offer on this bike. 2012 RT S 2400 miles $13,999 I'm going to offer $11,000. My wife wants her own bike
but she has had double knee replacement in the last year so I think the Spyder is perfect for her. She's never had a street bike so this will be a first.
I'm 55 and she's 53. We're wanting to start doing road trips on our own bikes, for me this is a dream come true!!!!


I started riding when I was eight on a Montgomery Ward's mini bike so something like 1971 and I wore the tread off the tires. Later on when I was 21
I bought my first street bike a 1978 KZ750 that I rode for a short time before selling it and buying a 1979 FXEF Superglide in 1985/86 and rode it 19 years,
167,000 miles. Next came a 2004 Harley Softail Standard I rode until 2009 and I think 48,000 miles. I traded for a 2009 Harley Ultra Classic and her
and I would do 1200 mile weekends frequently. The Ultra became way to much bike for a mostly work commuter so I parked it and bought a used 2004
Victory Vegas with 6200 miles on it in 2011. 2015 the Vegas had 52,000 on it and the Ultra was sitting so I sold the Vegas and traded the Ultra for a
2015 Victory Cross Country. The Cross country has been on two ironbutt rides and all over the Southwest. When Polaris kicked us Victory riders to the curb
I decided I needed a low cost work commuter to keep the miles off of the Cross Country so I bought a dealer left over 2015 Suzuki DL650 Vstrom that had
five miles on it in April 2017. The Vic sees road trips the Strom sees everything else. The Strom is pushing 18,000 miles.

I like to ride, a lot. I have a 2007 Ford Ranger with 65,000 miles on it that sits in the garage on a battery tender.


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:welcome:

You've gotten all sorts of advice already. So I can only add GOOD LUCK in your quest for that RTS! My first Spyder was an '11 RTS, and it was a great machine. I've heard that the '12s have a good reputation.

Be careful, though. After you and your wife get to some of the Spyder rallies and start socializing with other Spyder owners, you're going to want to farkle, upgrade, farkle, and farkle again!

As aside . . . car and bike dealers in this region are all closed on Sunday. Too bad for them. They've lost some impulse purchases from me.
 
Wrongway said:
We're ALL sitting hear waiting to hear how it went today!!! Don't forget to let us know.
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My wife is the proud new owner of a 2012 RT S!!!!!! I rode it home and am amazed how nice it rides, tomorrow I'll ride it to work (50 miles round trip) and up to my house North of here
this weekend (200 miles round trip) through the mountains.

Here is everything they did to make it ready for sale. I know what some of it means but not all. I was glad to see the oil and filters, battery and coolant are all new I don't have to mess with them and can get down to learning to ride this thing!!!

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now the fun begins ! watch out. you might soon have 2 in your garage.
mine is way more comfy than the cross roads was. and you dont have
to hold it up. but im 70 and youre not . enjoy the ride!! :yes:
 
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50 mile round trip to work, 75 mph on the way in and stop and go to 75 mph on the way home. My confidance is growing, I'm picking up the quirks of the machine.

Now to get past the "feels like it's going to throw me off" feeling making sharp turns. I upped the pre-load on the front shocks, by the owners manual I needed to click one up from factory (3). I'm 215 lbs.
 
Feet on pegs or boards

vindex1963 said:
50 mile round trip to work, 75 mph on the way in and stop and go to 75 mph on the way home. My confidance is growing, I'm picking up the quirks of the machine.

Now to get past the "feels like it's going to throw me off" feeling making sharp turns. I upped the pre-load on the front shocks, by the owners manual I needed to click one up from factory (3). I'm 215 lbs.
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Keep your feet on the pegs / boards when you are making sharp turns - press down and it holds you in a good position.
 
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