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criticalveteran

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Hey guys!
I am waiting for the bank to get me my money, but Wednesday I am hoping to buy a 2016 Fury with 23,000 miles, home.
I been bugging the seller for almost a week with questions and trying to arrange things. I have been looking at the Fury on and off for several years now. Past, I went down in 2010 totaled my Suzuki TL100 (not a bad crash.) I havn't riden since. My wife does not share my passion for the open and freeing experince of motorcycle, but I got her conviced to let me get it. :) I am in my forties and I know my sport bike days are done. I am very excited to own this bike, for me it is a bit of nastalgia from the 60-70s films that I love. Also, my internet research tells me this is a pretty safe and reliable bike.

Anyways, The local guy buys auction bikes. This Fury was from a Harley Dealer, it does look like maybe down on right side. Very light scratches on the Cobra pipes, however the left mirror is missing. I know a honda motor should run forever. What do you guys think about 23,000 on the clock and its 7 years old, anything I should be worried about?
 
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If it went down you'll probably want to...make sure the forks are straight and work properly.

Beyond that, OEM parts from forum members are cheap...we're always taking them off when putting on aftermarket parts. A little patience and your bike will be "like slightly used" for minimal expense.

OH, one thing. You'll maybe have to prove you took the reflectors off first, we have a "thing" about that.
 
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criticalveteran said:
Thanks Hedgehog, I dont even own the bike and I have already been shopping for a sissy bar. lol

I should test ride and take to a local motorcycle shop get it looked at?
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I would test ride it for sure. I was able to test ride my Fury when I had cash in hand.

As far as taking it to a motorcycle shop to have them look at it, that's up to you. I didn't take mine to a shop because I knew enough about motorcycles and was getting a pretty good deal, so I didn't think it was necessary. I was paying what felt like "well below" book value and usually when I am in those situations, I just risk it.

If you are paying close to book value, I would get it inspected.
 
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criticalveteran said:
Hey guys!
I am waiting for the bank to get me my money, but Wednesday I am hoping to buy a 2016 Fury with 23,000 miles, home.
I been bugging the seller for almost a week with questions and trying to arrange things. I have been looking at the Fury on and off for several years now. Past, I went down in 2010 totaled my Suzuki TL100 (not a bad crash.) I havn't riden since. My wife does not share my passion for the open and freeing experince of motorcycle, but I got her conviced to let me get it. :) I am in my forties and I know my sport bike days are done. I am very excited to own this bike, for me it is a bit of nastalgia from the 60-70s films that I love. Also, my internet research tells me this is a pretty safe and reliable bike.

Anyways, The local guy buys auction bikes. This Fury was from a Harley Dealer, it does look like maybe down on right side. Very light scratches on the Cobra pipes, however the left mirror is missing. I know a honda motor should run forever. What do you guys think about 23,000 on the clock and its 7 years old, anything I should be worried about?
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I believe the average mileage is roughly 3K miles a year for a bike and the age of the rider is a moot point .... some of us are in our 70's! AND in my case, I have the Fury AND a sport bike (a small 300cc Yamaha R3), just for something different and ease IF I drop the damn thing!. I TOTALLY agree about a demo ride prior to buying, just for you to get a feel of the Fury AND IF you 'detect' something amiss with the running of the Fury you are considering to buy.

Welcome to the Fury Family, we got a lot of SMART people here.
 
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The big thing to worry about is the gear shift. Furys kind of shift hard when below 65°F kind of klunking into first. They require a solid shift into any gear, but should make it into every gear as long as you're sure-footed.

If they're sloppy then you might have it looked at because a bent shifter fork and/or worn gears is expensive to fix.

If the bike won't stay put with the clutch pulled when shifting into first while the engine is cold that's a sign of the wrong oil being used and the clutch basket getting baked (--in my opinion, others will argue it's lack of oil due to an early design shortcoming). Either way, a clutch repack usually solves the issue. If it is a "wrong oil" issues then expect the problem to resurface at some point, depending on how much the clutch is used.

However, to complicate the clutch issue, it could be the clutch was unpulled for a long time and the oil pressed out of the clutch basket and the plates are sticking. The trick to that is pull the clutch, put the bike in neutral, start the bike and work the clutch while the engine warms up. Stop the engine, put it in 1st with the clutch pulled, keep the clutch pulled and tap the starter and see if it already broke free or breaks free by hitting the starter a few times. That's what has worked for me, though there might be a better way to do this, I'm open to suggestions.

It is a long, long bike, and it was dropped, so before starting the engine test that the throttle snaps back to closed, the brakes and clutch work and without sticking, the kill switch won't let the bike turn the starter motor when in the STOP position, the break and clutch leavers aren't bent like a pretzel, the forks compress and spring back, the fork seals don't leak badly, the engine oil level is between the marks when the bike is upright (see pg 88), etc.
 
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WI_Hedgehog said:
it's lack of oil due to an early design shortcoming
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If you've been in there and done one, you can see this design shortcoming. The issue was on the VTXs long before our bikes.

If one has to try and break the clutch pack up with various tricks, then something isn't right. Design flaw or not, it's not something you did need to do. When it starts to get dangerous is when you can't break the clutch pack up and the whole rotating mass is slammed at once. That's what creates the unpredictable and dangerous jump in first.

It's also easily fixable while you're in there...if only there was a write-up on the forum for it...
 
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If you've been in there and done one, you can see this design shortcoming. The issue was on the VTXs long before our bikes.

If one has to try and break the clutch pack up with various tricks, then something isn't right. Design flaw or not, it's not something you did need to do. When it starts to get dangerous is when you can't break the clutch pack up and the whole rotating mass is slammed at once. That's what creates the unpredictable and dangerous jump in first.

It's also easily fixable while you're in there...if only there was a write-up on the forum for it...
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Somebody really should do a write up and post it...
 
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WI_Hedgehog

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It's also easily fixable while you're in there...if only there was a write-up on the forum for it...
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Well, I didn't want to overwhelm him with help, he'll perhaps think we're a cult drawing him in or something... ;)
 
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criticalveteran said:
omg guys..
OK OK
Im sitting at my dinner table waiting for the guy to drop the bike at my house....I will do a write up soon on my experience, the bike is not exactly as advertised. Its been hard down. :oops:
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Lol everyone is just messin around (pertaining the clutch mod). I've already done the tech write up. Everyone is just havin' a time with it so it's fun to give some of the old timer's hell when they say "yeah, that clunk and lurch is normal. Just do X, Y, Z, then close your eyes and open them again, THEN you can put it in first and take off on your Fury". They're just too lazy to do the mod and would rather perform the voodoo tricks to break up the clutch pack and grumble under their breath that it's "completely fine...this is fine". A lot of shit gets thrown around here but it's all in good fun. Welcome aboard
 
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Lol everyone is just messin around (pertaining the clutch mod). I've already done the tech write up. Everyone is just havin' a time with it so it's fun to give some of the old timer's hell when they say "yeah, that clunk and lurch is normal. Just do X, Y, Z, then close your eyes and open them again, THEN you can put it in first and take off on your Fury". They're just too lazy to do the mod and would rather perform the voodoo tricks to break up the clutch pack and grumble under their breath that it's "completely fine...this is fine". A lot of shit gets thrown around here but it's all in good fun. Welcome aboard
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Oh yeah
I understand, I was giggling about it all....
 
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