"Dealer Used" bike.

I'm assuming a "Dealer Used" motorcycle was new when the dealer got
it, and it has been used for demos. In other words it's a dealer
owned & maintained bike, or the best category of second hand bike
you'll get. Is that correct?

Is there anything to watch out for? Presumably if it's an ex-demo
bike with no scratches, there's nothing wrong with it except it's last
year's model. Right?

 

Yes that's right. If anyone uses the term "Dealer Used" on a bike that
isn't perfectly maintained by the original seller the Dealer-Police will
immediately arrest them and prosecute them for Dealer-Used
fraudification (and they're bloody vigorous too!)

The only thing to watch out for is the hugely overinflated price-ticket
and the Dealer-bullshit spin.

Buy off Ebay (or at auction). Then at least you know someone else thinks
it's worth something.

 

I agree

also, I know of people that make a full time living out of buying
damage bikes and fixing them up and their major clientele is bike
shops, they like the repaired bikes because they have new shiny paint
jobs..

this is not the case with all, or probably most second hand bikes at
shops, but does happen

mh

 

In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:40:02 -0700 (PDT)

So much depends on the shop itself.

A place that mostly relies on the rep of its workshop will probably
have decent 2nd hand bikes, although check if they are on consignment
or being sold by the shop. If on consignment, ask if the shop did the
work.

A place that sells 2nd hand bikes as their main source of income needs
to get them in and out quick smart[1] and won't be spending a lot of
money on them.

Dealer or private, you have to have some idea of what you are doing to
buy 2nd hand. But at least with a dealer you can have some idea of
who they are and what their rep is.



Zebee

[1] unless they are like a shop that was infamous in Adelaide many
years ago for rather obviously *not* making money from the bikes they
sold, but for making it selling less legal things. Which is why they
could buy a bike and not sell it for a year but also not move a cent
on the price on the floor.

I sold a dying bike to that place as I refused to sell it privately,
they sold it on a month later (as discovered by meeting the new owner
on the street) lying like a rug as to the condition and putting
90weight into the crankcase to shut the dead big end up...

Zebee

 

In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:03:29 +1000

I guess it depends a lot on the place.

I mostly deal in Eurobikes and that world is very small indeed...
Plus the first thing you should ask about a prospective 2nd hand
Eurobike is "who did the work?". If I was buying from a shop and the
bike was on consignment I'd expect them to say "we did" or else "Not
us, the owner said so-and-so".

But usually "we did" as owners who sell on consignment tend to get
their workshop to do the selling.

In the world of relatively new Jap bikes it probably is different.

Zebee

 

LMAO I have been a total cretin. Sorry for wasting your time.
http://www.bikesales.com.au/ - it's even on the home page.
You can choose between "Dealer used bikes" or "Private used bikes" I
suppose that answers my original question.

 

No, the best category of used bike is one bought and lovingly doted
on, but had to sell their pride and joy due to ill health, wife
directive, financial hardship or "what was I thinking upgrading my
scooter to a motorcycle?"

Yes..one case of a bike put up for sale recently ...120km on the clock
for one of the above reasons. Another case.. heart attack within weeks
of riding off the showroom floor.

As for a dealer demo bike..considered less than ideally and lovingly
run in, probably only barely adequately serviced and most definitely
ridden by everyone in a less than considerate manner.

Not a fan of demo bikes...

 

D'oh double cretin! it says ex-demo in the description.
http://www.bikesales.com.au/all-bikes/dealer/details.aspx?R=8599179
That's it - I'm going home. Have a nice weekend, everybody.

 

In aus.motorcycles on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:38:50 +1000

ONly if you have the understanding that you are not the next Gary
McCoy.

Otherwise you get riders such as the gentleman who wiped out a demo
bike by crashing it at 160kmh in the street behind the bike shop.
Lost control with front wheel in air, killed self and bike.

They *hope* the possibility of loss of money might stop people from
being stupid, but as it hasn't cured stupidity and overwhelming
belief in own ability in any other sphere...

Do it anyway is my motto.

The Guzzi manual says you should run the bike in at varying revs and
the best way to do that is to take it to the mountains and get stuck
into the twisties...

Zebee

 

Demo bikes are still worth considering but beware of the dealer spin
or impression that it's just as good as new and only been in the hands
of the dealer.