saltyrider
New member
New member here, I live in New Hampshire and got back into motorcycles a few years back, just when Covid started. I’m presently riding a G650 x country and it’s great for riding locally and the many miles of dirt roads in my town and the surrounding area. Recently I rode it over to Portland Maine, around 95 miles to do some work on the boat I keep there. That ride got me thinking a touring bike might be a great way to get over there, I’d enjoy the ride more and use a lot less fuel that taking my truck. I’ve been looking into used RT’s in my area and thought that I should solicit some input from the folks in this group about what I ought to be looking at when I go to check out bikes for sale. Most of the ones I see that are in the price range I’m comfortable with are 2005- 2010 ish at around 50k miles or so. I could spend more but my budget for a bike is limited by my collection of other toys, boats, sleds, antique cars etc. there’s a 2016 in the next town that’s got 52k miles for $9k there’s another 2007 with 42k miles for $4k and a second 2007 with 29k miles for $6500 that I’m interested in. There’s a lot of others that are similar but those are further away. I’d be grateful for input on what bikes I ought to be looking at, whether they are ones that I’ve mentioned or not; and how best to evaluate ones I go check out. Should I look to private sales or go through a dealer, anything you think might benefit me in my search would be helpful. Thanks in advance!