Nope. Not a boat, but rides like one. Also not a sweet watch or 1911.
I was not really looking HD because there are so few I like that are not sweet choppers.
The wife said she would be fine with be buying a bike as long as it’s a cruiser she can more easily ride on the back of.
100% of the work done to it was at dealers with every single receipt. Including a warranty light bulb replacement and all the stage 3 upgrade/dyno tune. Why do people pay $250 for an oil change?
Should be interesting for a summer or two. I’m really out there checking my old man boxes. Corvette, Harley, new balance. Once I decide to get a full sleeve Tattoo I can check the mid-life crisis box too.
My buddy has the same bike. He came with me when I bought my Night Rod Special (VROD) and kept sitting on the thing in the showroom. I bought mine that day and a day or two later he bought the Breakout. I gave him shit cause I said if he just bought it the same day we probably could’ve worked a deal to buy two bikes at the same time. The breakout is comfy, the only issue he’s had is his battery kept going bad within 1 year even when left on a trickle charger, he’s had to replace at least 2 of them.
Edit: when I initially looked at the Dyno I thought to myself, those numbers are pretty high til I reread your post and saw in the bottom left of the dyno that it’s cammed.
Another edit cause I’m slow: If the grips on that don’t already have it, I would highly suggest a G2 throttle tube. I bought Avon grips with the additional option of the G2 tube and it made going WOT 10x easier because the stock pull on the HD throttle’s is so long my wrist was damn near backwards:
My only problem with the Avon model I chose is the rubber on the grips wore in pretty quickly (within 2 years)
I’ll check into that throttle tube deal. DMVs are closed today, so I’m stuck waiting until Monday to get out there on it.
As for grips, the previous owner had the dealer swap them out and add a bunch of parts.
Grips. pegs, pedals, extra more comfy seat, low sissy bar, cruise control, garage door opener, pop up gas cap, battery maintainer mating cable.
Battery and tires were just replaced at the end of 2023, so hopefully that helps.
Does your friend keep his keys near the bike? I hear that kills car batteries with keyless ignition.
Engine work included an SE8-498 cam, S&S oil pump w/cover, S&S lifter cuffs and a vented dipstick. Not sure how useful that would really be.
I also now have all of the original parts to deal with. I doubt they are worth much unless I find a salvage breakout that could use them and the OEM pipes.
He does not keep his fob near it, it’s possible it still picks up the range but his garage is detached from his house but maybe 30-50 feet away from his house. On my vrod, the battery that was in it when I bought it (2015 bike, bought in 2018) was all fine and dandy, then I rode it one night, came back home, the next morning completely dead. I went with a lithium antigravity battery and CTEK charger it’s on whenever parked. Going on 6 years with the antigravity and no issues and my fob more than likely is picked up from the bike in my room. Eventually I’ll get one of those faraday containers to put my fobs in. My battery puts weight on the front forks so it was a large weight savings there.
If I were you I would replace the fob battery for extra insurance. I keep some with me in my backpack as a just in case.
Sit on the bike with it off in your normal seating position and just see how bad the pull is on the throttle to go WOT. It’s possible that grip on there already has a different tube in it. I mention WOT but the G2 tube also helps simply with take off from a dead stop because you don’t have to twist as much. It made my VROD infinitely more enjoyable to ride. I also went with Oberon adjustable levers but mine has a hydraulic clutch, I believe the breakout is a mechanical clutch. I have very average size hands/finger length and my bike has a slipper clutch, the stock lever pull was so long, my fingers were nearly fully extended in order to fully engage the clutch. The oberons have 6 or 8 different settings to be closer/further from the grip. This might not be an issue for you based on your hand size/finger length and having a mechanical clutch.
Also as a note in case you haven’t ridden a 240 tire before, my vrod was my first bike, I had ridden a couple dirtbikes as a teenager but no street bike experience. Everyone told me 240s are hard to turn and whatnot. A couple years after getting my bike I rode a sportster and a ducati diavel (also has a 240). The sportster revealed to me how much extra effort I was putting in to turning my vrod with the 240 but I didn’t realize it because I didn’t have the experience on other bikes. A downside to both the vrod and the breakout with the 240 is our lean angle sucks. We have very little angle before the pegs hit the ground which did get me into trouble a couple times on unfamiliar roads and entering turns too fast. The Diavel has a much higher center of gravity so even with the 240, I found it far easier to turn than my vrod.
I have racetech suspension waiting to go on that I asked them to set up the rear I think it was half an inch higher than the stock suspension to give me a bit more angle.
The 240 wants to stay up straight so it does take some effort especially if you’re trying to get into the throttle mid-turn.
I did ride bitch once on the breakout because my friend decided he was going to be an ass and not grab his truck when I was dropping off my bike for service lol. At the time, 5’10, 190lbs and it was a very comfortable passenger ride lol
Nice. Did you lean into your friend and smell his neck
Throttle does not seem worse than my FZR and you are correct that I have never ridden a fat tire bike. I’m basically expecting to ride like an even older man for the 1st week or two.
I’ve been reading up on how “bad” the lean angle is. I’m sure it will be fine. If I wanted to turn at speed, this would not be the bike.
The whole acquisition happened very fast. I’ve been watching for deals on something like a DRZ 400SM, or hypermotard for years but the wife was never on board.
When this bike popped up for 12k, I thought it was a scam, but it was a real listing.
Took the wife to Rochester stealerships to see all the bikes and cost.
Then on the way home we stopped and looked at this one.
made the sell easier.
Haha I was full helmet and gloves feeling like a doofus but with the backrest on the bike and the size of the passenger seat, it was super comfy. It was a good laugh. Between the size of my vrod’s passenger seat, the footpeg position, and how close the passenger is to me, I despise riding 2 up on my bike. My ex was forever bumping the front of her helmet against the back of mine. The Breakout was infinitely better on that front.
12K is a great deal for it depending on mileage. When he bought his new it was around 25K.
Question, if the picture I posted is the same headlight as yours, you can probably disregard. Many of HD’s stock headlights are legitimately dangerous. The first thing I changed on mine was the headlight because I simply couldn’t see at night the stocker was so dim and yellow. I went with a Hoglights Australia headlight and it’s a world of difference. I don’t remember if the breakouts come from the factory with HD’s “Daymaker” which I believe is an LED one similar to mine.
20k miles. high, but the stage 3 was done at 14k and the guy literally never turned a wrench.
He bought it new in Vegas and paid 27k out the door in 18.
It was not a great deal, but condition and maintenance could not be better.
Tires alone were almost 1k installed.
Yeaa tires got me a couple times. Original set lasted me several thousand miles and I caught a nail in the rear. Less than 500 miles later another nail in the brand new 240, less than another 500 miles later ANOTHER nail in the brand new 240. I stick with Michelin Scorchers on mine and the tires have been great to me, road trash not so much. I haven’t priced the 240 in a while but it was costing me just under 500 each time for just the rear. I think I was paying 350-400 for just the rear.
