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Jess from VA
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« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2022, 06:07:43 PM » |
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The smart move is to look at Cycle Trader, Craigslist and any other large bike selling sites, and see what they are asking (asking may not be selling price, but it's a ballpark). And pay more attention to adds more local to your region than nationwide.
Start at the upper end (with a lower price you can live with in mind). Never say price is firm, unless you will list it at lower end of comparable sales. Better to sell now than winter.
Also, taking the time to set up a really good add pays off. I've sold a number of bikes, and I took good full sun pictures, listed all the extras (one picture was all the stuff I had that went with the bike, laid out), I found some excellent on-line reviews of the bike (even though they were old) and included links to them in my add (there were lots of great reviews of Valkyrie). If you have a file of service and maintenance records and receipts and a factory manual, say that in the add. The idea is to make your add really stand out from the pack. The fact you took the time and effort to make a great add makes buyers think you took the same good care of the bike. The last two bikes I sold, the first guy that showed up bought them, and paid my asking.
Never let someone ride off on it with no motorcycle operators license.
No one rides my bike unless he rides his own over to look at mine (not a Vespa). Then I ride his bike behind him on mine, and I tell him if he wrecks my bike, I'm wrecking his. Otherwise, I ride the bike in demonstration for him, just around the house, or he can chase me in his car.
Some will let a guy ride the bike, if he pays cash in full before the test ride. If you do that, put it in writing, and that if he wrecks it, it's his and the money is yours. Signed and dated.
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