Motorcycle and Scooter appreciation

@PhilDAS it counts if you do an actual auction/BIN, but not if you list a classifieds ad.

Good luck selling. Seems like buying and selling bikes in the UK is still the Wild West.

I was part of a XSR forum but it is mostly US based.

Last time I listed a bike on Facebook MarketPlace, I kept getting messages like "£50, cash in hand, today, will not ask for keys or V5"

It was by far the worst platform of them all but hey, I need to sell it while it is summer so will just deal with it

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Sounds like Craigslist over here. If you think London has annoying weirdos....LA is next level. The swap requests can be hilarious.....

Speaking of Craigs...there's a 2015 675R locally for 7400 with low miles and nice bits....Damn. I still really would like a Daytona, the late model 675Rs with the gold are so choice.

The last few cars/bikes I've sold were on either eBay or Autotrader. Both classified ads and priced to sell, so far it's been worth the price of both ads running at the same time with quick sales.

Whenever someone mentions Daytona...

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I had to dymo tape 'Flashers OFF' onto my thumb's for my big bike test.😂

Cube on a Daytona! Cool.

Wish Triumph weren't such dicks and started making a 765R (but not the Moto2 thing they're flogging for silly money.) Guess the money is all in fake vintage and adventure bikes these days.

Yeah the adventure commute or the faux off roader.

Imo the spondon framed street fighter in pink was the greatest thing. Even the two round headlamps were great at lighting the road.

Tho the original Tigger was fun. Absolutely poor suspension until tweaked for a fat fucker like me.

Last bikes I sold were stripped, cleaned, bearings greased and full fluid service. They were immaculate...and still fuckloads of chancers. But then I am one of those chancers...but I look at the vehicle at least and barttered on the work needed.

But it back to standard and sell off all the goodies.

Not excusing the time wasters at all, but in terms of constructive advice, looking at the ad I would:

• make headlight stock
  
• thoroughly clean - get that black popping, maybe buy a specific matt black product (you can bring back the exhaust with one of the really strong harpic bleaches I think I'll see if I can find a link)
  
• nice photos in a nice location - sell the image / lifestyle
  
• proof and correct typos / formatting
  
  

Also a proper classified might be better. But yeah I'm surprised by the number of dickheads and lack of interest. At £3k and that bike, this time of year you'd have thought loads of people would be looking at it for their first big bike. I was at the time.

Maybe the market is also being depressed by the lack of mod2?

This stuff :

https://youtu.be/FCc3Q0Dllgw

I must have got lucky, the last buyers didn't even take a test drive or haggle on the price. Baffling. Agreed you've always got to try knocking the price down, no excuses.

My bike met en older relative today.

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2001 commuting weapon!

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I will give it a good wash at the weekend and follow your advice - hopefully it will make it easier to sell.

That Harpic trick is magic!!!

RIP Konica, Minolta, and the age of affordable film cameras

This is sweet! Have not seen that colour way before - how many miles?

@Vince - that gumtree screenshot is utterly hilarious. Feel for you...

35k - I’m pretty sure they’re replacement fairings after a few years as a track bike and they should be blue to be accurate to the Konica-Minolta team but I like it more than the original paint from 2001.
The mid-late 90s CBRs had the best colourways!

There must be a bit of no Mod 2 involved but generally people won't have been riding much and I think a lot of people are still worried about what's going to happen next.

Someone is hopefully coming to buy Mrs Hammers low-miles-but-lightly-dropped scooter tomorrow. What’s the best way to handle test riding/etc? It’s not currently taxed or insured but has a fresh MOT.

Let them ride it once they’ve paid for it in full.

Mega Motorcycle here in Swindon have one of their mega discount things again. Race boots £50, shitloads of Oximisers £15, Base layers, indicators, top boxes, leathers, textiles, etc etc. Worth the trip if you have some ponies burning a hole in the wallet

Pair of old supertrapps for giggles? Yay or nay?
Can I tune them to be quiet and work with stock jetting?

Do it. Report back.

I really wanted to get one of those disc type Supertrapp cans for the DR350.... I actually kinda wanted one on the GN125!