selling a bike

I have a GPZ500 I've been trying to sell for a while, and I think it will be
better to wait till the weather is better.
The problem I have is the MOT has now expired. Would it be better to get it
MOTd before, or will it make no difference?

 

Given your name, that is an insanely stupid question. How can it *not*
be better to advertise a bike for sale with a new MoT?

 

When it's £100 and brought to you in the back of a gas powered Volvo.

 

Basket cases are a different kettle of penguins.

 

Maybe it was a bit of a blonde question, but does it really make that much
difference to the selling price, if anything?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Insanely Sensible

Yes.

HTH

YTC

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Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

It does.
In a way.
All I need to do now is find a willing bod to take it to the MOT station.

 

Insanely Sensible says...

MOTd bikes always sell for more money. Any decent dealer will pick it up
from you and deliver if you haven't got licence/insurance for it.

 

Thanks

 

So what you planning now?

'Hog

 

Take it yourself, you lazy git.

 

I would if I could.

 

Nothing, sadly.

 

It certainly can do as no MoT gives a prospective buyer a great
haggling point. But the important thing is the difference it makes to
the sellability.

Those in the know realise that an MoT doesn't really mean anything,
much like a full service history. But most people see it as a guarantee
of mechanical soundness, especially if it's a new MoT.

 

Thanks for the very useful reply.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Preston Kemp

It's more the other way round, IMHO. "No MOT? Why not? What did it fail
on that they don't want to tell me about?".

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

Oh?

'Hog

 

Back-to-front rearsets probably

 

Given DAS up as a bad job, various reasons.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Preston Kemp

LOL.

FOYRNB.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"