Selling a high miler
Discussion
Hello everyone,
Come this june / july, I'm going to sell my bike. My problem is it's a 15 year old SV650 with north of 70,000 miles. It's pretty alright mechanically, but cosmetically it's a bit weathered (as one might expect) and still bears the crack of when I dropped the thing after a pedestrian ran out across the road.
What's the best way to sell it? eBay? Gumtree? I doubt I'd get much in part-ex.
Advice welcome
Come this june / july, I'm going to sell my bike. My problem is it's a 15 year old SV650 with north of 70,000 miles. It's pretty alright mechanically, but cosmetically it's a bit weathered (as one might expect) and still bears the crack of when I dropped the thing after a pedestrian ran out across the road.
What's the best way to sell it? eBay? Gumtree? I doubt I'd get much in part-ex.
Advice welcome
It would pitch well as a commuter bike, it has a topbox and heated grips, and I have some handlebar muffs for when it rains / gets really cold!
I might even have the restricter washers that sit between the carbs and the inlet tracts somewhere, so it's "new rider" friendly
I did think that about ebay, the time wasters / people who buy things when on the booze then want to back out etc etc. I did see an 83,000 mile sv on the bike section of autotrader the other week, that was at £800
I might even have the restricter washers that sit between the carbs and the inlet tracts somewhere, so it's "new rider" friendly
I did think that about ebay, the time wasters / people who buy things when on the booze then want to back out etc etc. I did see an 83,000 mile sv on the bike section of autotrader the other week, that was at £800
dern said:
Bike trader is free for adverts less than a £1000.
I did not know that. Defiantly worth a snappy ad then. What's the concensous on letting people test-ride? What sort goodwill gestures should I expect? Asking price in my hand, some proof of insurance to ride someone elses bike?Gassing Station | Biker Banter | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff