I don't know about the market in your area - but in the Cincinnati area you can buy incredibly nice used bikes in the $3,000 - $5,000 range.

It jut takes some time shopping to find the right bike.  There are a lot of folks that bought bikes and then found out they don't like riding, or had life changes that keep them from riding.

The new Enfield twin I am excited for also.  Finally a common sense motorcycle.
Not a rocket ship.
Not a over done adventure bike.
Not a sha na na Harley want a be.
Just a motorcycle...  

Springman ,

Did ya go back for another ride ?    You been wanting one of those little Indians for a long time .

You can get some decent bikes in this area in th $3-5K range. I just haven't found the one I have to have, yet.

The Enfield's do look interesting.

The quandary in which I find myself is that one day I say I want another light bike, the next day I say get the heavy one while you can still muscle it around. So I seem to like the Honda CB500X on one end, and the Yamaha V-star 950 (or even the 1100) on the other end.

The other potential issue is that my youngest son, with whom I have been car pooling for the last 4 years is graduating from college next month and has already started his after college job meaning we can no longer car pool. Meaning I may have to buy a new car. Right now I have been riding the bike in to work on good weather days and my old 05 Saturn Vue on bad weather days. I am considering putting some money into the Vue to make it more of a daily driver, but I need to have a good hard look at it first to see if it is worth it.

Lancer, you have a good point there. Unless I get in a bind where I have to buy immediately, I will probably just keep an eye out to see if anything worthwhile at a decent price catches my attention.