When I traded in the R1150R a few days ago, I paid what I thought was a
little over the top for the "new" bike, but was fairly happy to do so as
the trade-in value for the boxer was a lot more than I expected to get
for it and was actually more than I paid for it when I bought it at the
height of last summer.

I was intrigued to see what he'd get for the boxer when he came to sell
it, and was quite surprised to find that with 4 days to go, it was
already up to what he gave me for it.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-R1150R-R-1...mZ190374117878

I'd perhaps not have been surprised in April/May/June, but Feb? When
it's snowing again?

I'm intrigued to see what this goes for in the end

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Gyp wrote:
> When I traded in the R1150R a few days ago, I paid what I thought was a
> little over the top for the "new" bike, but was fairly happy to do so as
> the trade-in value for the boxer was a lot more than I expected to get
> for it and was actually more than I paid for it when I bought it at the
> height of last summer.
>
> I was intrigued to see what he'd get for the boxer when he came to sell
> it, and was quite surprised to find that with 4 days to go, it was
> already up to what he gave me for it.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-R1150R-R-1...mZ190374117878
>
> I'd perhaps not have been surprised in April/May/June, but Feb? When
> it's snowing again?
>
> I'm intrigued to see what this goes for in the end

They sure seem to be on the up

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Gyp took a blunt brush and painted...
>
> I was intrigued to see what he'd get for the boxer when he came to sell
> it, and was quite surprised to find that with 4 days to go, it was
> already up to what he gave me for it.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-R1150R-R-1...mZ190374117878

That's cleaner than the 1150GS I used to have, which was a 2006 one.

Less miles though which might go some way to explaining it.

TBH I'm suprised you traded it in for only £3k.

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frag wrote:

>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-R1150R-R-1...mZ190374117878
>
> That's cleaner than the 1150GS I used to have, which was a 2006 one.
>
> Less miles though which might go some way to explaining it.
>
> TBH I'm suprised you traded it in for only £3k.
>

I traded at £3.2k. Despite sharing a significant number of common parts,
the R has never has the same cult following as the GS, and as such
prices have been significantly lower used.

When I bought this one last year, a GS in similar condition etc would
have cost me around 1500-1800 more.

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Gyp <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:hlrqvj$r7n$(E-Mail Removed)-
september.org:

> frag wrote:
>
>>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-R1150R-R-1...FUL-CONDITION-
BIKE_W0QQitemZ190374117878
>>
>> That's cleaner than the 1150GS I used to have, which was a 2006 one.
>>
>> Less miles though which might go some way to explaining it.
>>
>> TBH I'm suprised you traded it in for only £3k.
>>
>
> I traded at £3.2k. Despite sharing a significant number of common parts,
> the R has never has the same cult following as the GS, and as such
> prices have been significantly lower used.
>
> When I bought this one last year, a GS in similar condition etc would
> have cost me around 1500-1800 more.
>

There was an £1800 differential in the new price in 2003, so the R is doing
quite well to maintain the same differential in the used market

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> Gyp <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:hlrqvj$r7n$(E-Mail Removed)-
> september.org:
>
> > I traded at £3.2k. Despite sharing a significant number of common parts,
> > the R has never has the same cult following as the GS, and as such
> > prices have been significantly lower used.
> >
> > When I bought this one last year, a GS in similar condition etc would
> > have cost me around 1500-1800 more.
>
> There was an £1800 differential in the new price in 2003, so the R is doing
> quite well to maintain the same differential in the used market

Well as in "not doing well at all" I take it.

For it to do the same the price differential % should be the same, to do
well, the % should be less.

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