Biker's Cafe Chatroom

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unKle said:
You've got two problems here, one is there are a shedload of Street Triples for sale and the other is the time of year, lots of people are selling their bikes up as the summer (for them) is over. Basically flooding the market with bikes before the summer is actually over.

The mileage isn't such an issue as if it's a well looked after and spec'd bike then it'll sell, maybe with room to haggle.

I just think you're either going to have A. Wait and sell it when the market isn't so crowded or B. Sell it at a loss and take it on the chin. Dropping the price down is the only way you're going to sell at this time of year.
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Yeah that's true, i don't enjoy riding it anymore so i want it gone now, i'm willing to take a loss on it, i never expected to get back what i paid for it.
 
The fact you've owned it a short time, only just dropped the best part of £300 on tyres and just fitted a brand new not cheap tail tidy is also probably going to ring an alarm bell or two. It always makes me think twice when someone's apparently just dropped hundreds of pounds on a bike and then suddenly decides it's time to sell.
 
tom_e said:
The fact you've owned it a short time, only just dropped the best part of £300 on tyres and just fitted a brand new not cheap tail tidy is also probably going to ring an alarm bell or two. It always makes me think twice when someone's apparently just dropped hundreds of pounds on a bike and then suddenly decides it's time to sell.
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Maybe i should remove that part then? The tail tidy was only £50 so wasn't expensive.
 
I don't see how having a nearly new set of tyres is a bad point, means it's been looked after - plenty of people only keep their bikes for 6 months or so TBH. You're not going to sell a bike with almost bald tyres... :D

People think about this stuff when buying (or at least I do!) - for instance there's a 1500 mile from new 2007 Tuono up for sale for £4.5k, instantly I'm thinking "how old are those tyres? - They'll need replacing as they could be 5+ years old, that's £300 right there". Then the cans are standard, that's another £400 on a set of decent cans.

Ultimately if you want rid of it fast you'll probably have to take a cheeky offer, or if you want to get as close to £3k as you can you'll have to wait a few weeks for the right buyer. The choice of street triples is plentiful, and for another £500-1000 there's lots to choose from.
 
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Clov!s said:
It's on Gumtree, Autotrader, Ebay and in the local paper, no interest by phone or email. I'm ready to start searching for a Nuda 900r but until this bike has gone, i can't get one. :(
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Ide even stick it in MCN as well, just to reach the max possible audience.
 
For me I think the alarm bells would begin to ring the fact that you sold it earlier and now it's back up for sale again a few hours later. People might see this as a scam and avoid like the plague.

Might be worth taking some new photos of it and re-list it in a weeks time.

As TallPaul says I don't see anything wrong with putting a bike up for sale with brand new tyres.

As well as MCN there is Pistonheads too, bought a bike off there before with no issues.
 
I wouldn't open up the advert by saying I've not owned it very long and it's got (in bike terms) high miles. I know it's not really high but when there is a choice of bikes out there it is a put off. I would simply say average millage for age of the bike. I'd not mention duration of ownership, if someone wants to know they can ask.

Also change lowercase 'i' for capitalised 'I'. I'd cange the 'my' part so it's depersonalised and remove the '!' so it's more professional. I'd explain why there are free parts being included left right and centre - perhaps you're after a new bike and don't have time to sell individually? The images are a little washed out color wise, I'd definitely take some new shots if possible, ideally, somewhere scenic to set the scene rather than at home.

Hope this helps
 
unKle said:
For me I think the alarm bells would begin to ring the fact that you sold it earlier and now it's back up for sale again a few hours later. People might see this as a scam and avoid like the plague.

Might be worth taking some new photos of it and re-list it in a weeks time.
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Aye the whole ad wants a rewrite, ide also leave out
if the bike is collected i'll throw in a tank of fuel!
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as it makes it look like your desperate to sell it, which is never a good impression to give.
 
In my opinion the bike looks good enough to sell itself. If possible read a 5 minute tutorial on photography and take new pictures with a better camera. Cut out all the babble in the advert and just keep it about what extras the bike has, obviously if someone asks you how long you've had it you tell them but by then they are outside your house gazing lovingly at the bike.
 
It's a bad day! I have finally dropped my bike :mad::D

Just leaving the house, going literally 1-2 mph, somehow stalled and slipped on leaves at the same time. It seems the hand guard took the brunt, it bent and pulled out of the end a bit. Apart from that, there's no other damage.

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I rode in and it felt OK. So just need to pull that hand-guard support back in to shape.

It was mostly embarassing as my wife and daughter were standing nearby to wave me off to work :o
 
That sucks :( glad you and the bike are OK though!

I bet your wife was stood there thinking to herself 'He should have kept that 125' :p
 
Yeah that sux...
my bike had 950 miles on the clock, I parked on the street in a motorcycle bay for 10 minutes, when I came back it was on the ground... someone knocked a bike, in another bike that knocked my bike down, mine was the last one...

One thing I don't do anymore, is to park near a covered scooter, I've seen so many of them dropping with just the wind.
 
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