Help a potential buyer out?

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Good luck, Verdecken. We'll be waiting to hear how you get on.

Thanks!! As a talking point while I let craigslist do its magic, I would like some opinions. If you (members of CB1100 forum) are buying a 2014 standard, would you pay 6300 for used with 3k miles, or 8500 for new?

If the bike was cared for and broken-in responsibly...you're ahead with the used one. That's scarcely enough use to burn the wax off the headers.

If you get a brand-new one, and you want it to last...you have to baby it for the first 800 miles or so. That's a pain.

If you can get a better financing deal with the new (my credit union loaned me at two percent) then go that way. Otherwise...two grand is two grand. That's some serious money; and this being a Honda and a substantial machine, it WILL last - maybe longer than you can ride it.