There goes the bottom

**** me. Just checking out prices on Ebay, so I have a clue what I might get
for the 9R.

Out of interest looking at R1s (as one does on Ebay), limited the search to
2001/2002s, as they fit within my pikey world view.

2001 - the six ending soonest have rustled up a massive zero bids between
them.
2002 - seven ending soonest, one bid between them.

ZX9Rs, there were five 2000 bikes on there, only one had been bid on (the red
one, natch). I might watch that auction.

I wonder what people are doing when their bikes don't sell, because they ain't
selling, that's for sure.

--
TD
1991 VFR400R NC30 (black and red)
2001 ZX-9R (red and black)
1999 M5 (neither black nor red)
Missing: SOB, Unreliable Italian exotica, Lardy tourer

 

Should have bought a black SV650s K5, they're massively popular judging
by the prices they command and speed they sell at on the SV forum. I'm
quite happy in the knowledge that I'll probably make a profit on mine
in about a year's time, and I paid just below book price for it when I
bought it in January.

 

Hve you checked 'completed auctions'? All the bidding happens in the
last 2 minutes, you know.

 

I didn't but was interested enough to have a butchers:

2000 ZX9Rs, 2/10 sold, 1 bid each
2001 R1s, 5/14 sold, 3 of the 5 were track bikes
2002 R1s, 3/22 sold, total of 4 bids across the 3 auctions

So not an awful lot of bidding going on.

--
TD
1991 VFR400R NC30 (black and red)
2001 ZX-9R (red and black)
1999 M5 (neither black nor red)
Missing: SOB, Unreliable Italian exotica, Lardy tourer

 

Still a lot of "no bid" and "reserve not met" in the litre bike class
though

 

Looks that way. Well, there's a cash shortage and winter is drawing on.
Not a good time to sell a big sports bike, unless you start at 99p, no
reserve, and don't mind what it fetches. There are a lot of people out
there with totally unrealistic reserves. I was looking at another
GPZ900R, bid on it, failed to make reserve, asked the seller what he
wanted for it, and he said...

....£2200

I pointed him at the 'completed auctions list'. He's tried again, and
again, and last I saw has bidding struggled up to £800. It should go
above a grand, but not much over £1100.

OTOH, I saw a very, very clean and original Honda 250 Super Dream, same
age and condition as my son's, same mileage even (ie: slightly over
10k), but fewer extras, sell for exactly a grand, presumably because
"it's a cheap economical bike".

There are people out there with a bloody odd sense of economy, if so.

Just look at the prices that decent learner bikes are making, as well as
33bhp Purdah-mobiles.

 

I get the first bit, but not the second. At least they aren't going for those
prices on Ebay. There's something of a gap between 1500-3000 - most bikes
seem to go for lower or higher than that range[1].

[1] Disclaimer: ICBW.

--
TD
1991 VFR400R NC30 (black and red)
2001 ZX-9R (red and black)
1999 M5 (neither black nor red)
Missing: SOB, Unreliable Italian exotica, Lardy tourer

 

Not where I fucking work, it doesn't. tried to snipe a cheapo graphics
card for an old PC and, despite starting the bid process with 29 seconds
to go, I was still too late.

 

Trade them in and take the hit.

 

Yeah, and the dealers are finding it so easy to shift bikes that
they're holding out for top money.

Only a fool sells to a dealer unless they're buying from them and most
dealers will be willing to negotiate *if* you've got a trade in that
they think they'll be able to move on at a profit.

 

I thought this was a curry thread.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

 

Yebbut aren't they getting even less from a dealer?

--
TD
1991 VFR400R NC30 (black and red)
2001 ZX-9R (red and black)
1999 M5 (neither black nor red)
Missing: SOB, Unreliable Italian exotica, Lardy tourer

 

Err, you mean £2.5k plus the R1 for a K8 GSXR. Seems an ok deal. High
mileage 06 models advertising for £5k, dealer ones with lower milages
for £5.6ish. SO even if he sells the R1 for £5k, he's still making money
on the new sale. In fact, not looking like that great a deal. £2k plus
the R1 might be a better bet.