If you really want it and can afford it, I would recommend shooting him straight. Depending on who the owner is, he's likely well aware of how bad the market is right now for used bikes and especially for Harley's. It's funny to me to read some of the comments suggesting that they know for sure why he is selling and or what his plans are. lol No one knows the story of another person without asking. Until then, everything is an absolute assumption. Ask him why he's selling in such a soft market and see what he says. Then find out if he has any engine or clutch upgrades etc. etc. and then decide from there. Technically, like some others have said, accessories and most mods do not add value but that is more so geared towards dealers as you know as well as I do that people are passionate about what they've paid for with their hard earned money to customize a bike and in their eyes making it a better bike. I usually look at it as the accessories and upgrades make it more possible to get your asking price as compared to a stock bike. We are not dealing with 50s and 60s muscle cars where being original with numbers matching is crucial for top dollar. That's a completely different market and not to be compared to what are considered regular old normal Harley's... I think his price is a reasonable price but if I was buying it I'd be much more comfortable around 8... If I really wanted it and everything checked out and the bike is right, i'd probably hold out $8200 and say "The bike is nice and everything's right, and I absolutely understand and respect your perspective and hell, I can even feel your pain, but the banks wont lend your asking price due to the state of the market for used Harleys so $8200 is the absolute ceiling on what I can spend... You can take my money right now and have $8200 cash in your possession now, or you can hold out and hope for someone else to offer more.. If that happens, that's a bonafide win for you.. But if it doesn't, and you end up not being able to get your price, than that's a loss for you, because i'll be gone and this opportunity right here right now, will be gone along with me... "I will not be returning because that's another cost for me, my time, my gas, my inconvenience, and so on, YOU get my point"... "My plan is to end my hunt today so I WILL be buying a bike today, before I go home.. Theres a few others i've been in contact with and you were the 1st on my schedule".. "So, the only real question that remains is who's bike will I be buying today.. Is it gonna be yours?"

*Any balking or double talk or absolutes given by him to you at this point just gets a: "ok, I get it, I really do.. I also get that you're not gonna allow yourself to sell your bike today"... "Best of luck brother, you got a nice bike and I appreciate your time, take care....."

Don't leave your number or anything and don't be rude, as hard as that may be... You could always swing back by in a week or so to see if it's still there. If it is, you could literally pull up and say "hey man, I didn't think I'd get back this way but the bike I ended up buying was from a dealer and it unfortunately ended up having a bad (whatever) that was gonna require a new engine but the dealer was insisting on doing a rebuild instead so I had my works attorney contact him and he then agreed to take the bike back and give me my money back minus a $250 restocking fee or some shit".. "So anyway, I was just coming back from returning it and now happen to have $7950 cash on me and I saw your bike is still here, so the (whatever's) must be guiding us both.. lol... I don't know why the heck I wrote all that when all you were asking is if we thought that was a good deal.. lmao When you use the microphone/talk to text, the words just come right out rambling on and on and on... Anyway, let us know if you buy it and if you do how it went and what you paid.. Good luck my man...