Thats a trouble spot especially for something that you are gonna have to tinker with a decent amount! For those who do have the Buell XB12X we have parts for it listed in the description though ;)
Folks sell used up, dented, scratched fuel tanks for WAYYY too much on E-Bay. Be careful if you buy one on this website 'cause the sellers just lie about the actual condition. My nephew paid 600 bucks for a so called "Perfect" VT1100C Honda Shadow tank. I did a bunch of glue pulling and paint correction on it to make it passible. If I say so Myself, It looks ok now as a result of my attention. The Shadow 1100 is a nice cruiser too but they ceased production of that bike in 2007. One would need to be ready to overhaul, Carbs, Fork Seals and a few other issues to make it reliable.
Check out the full video where we messed around and did three race styles. The Dirt Bike obviously kicks butt when it comes to speed, but you'd be surprised where the mini jeep held its ground!
Noticed no Suzuki's or Honda Shadows. I also thought there was a Yamaha V-Star 950, that should be roughly in that range. For the money, the Vulcan 900 Custom is the one I recommend the most.
The Yamaha Roadstar is by far one of the best cruisers out there. I love mine. They will go 200k miles with basic maintenance. Plenty of power, good suspension, and can be built into exactly what you want.
They absolutely will go the length when you take good care of them! like you said basic maintenance will take them a long ways! How many miles do you have on yours?
That’s also a worthy mention, we just feel like it doesn’t stack up as well as the 5 we mentioned. It is a pretty reliable bike, plenty of them out there, good starter bike. There’s plenty of great bikes out there under $2500 but we were limiting ourselves to 5, and wanted to get a variety of displacements up there.
Yo! we skipped out on the Kawasaki 454 LTD because it was only made for a limited amount of years, its super cheap. not overly reliable and is undesirable by a lot of people. so its just a bit obscure for the list here.
Hey! Check out the link in the description, that will take you to the full inventory for our KTM and other stuff. Let me know if you have any other questions!
Thanks for checking this video out! the video in the link goes into depth about the Excelsior Henderson, about how it was owned by a very well known bicycle company, why production stopped, and what brought someone to revive the brand for only one year in 1999!
