Bikes on donedeal, ebay, adverts etc..

D3V!L wrote: »

I had a guy send me 23K last year during the summer for a Harley. He had only seen the pictures and a video of it.

Wasn't collected until all the money arrived and cleared in my account. It was some gamble on his side because he didn't know me from Adam.

Did he come back looking for his money when it broke down or did he wait until he got it home?

Looks like my old CBF is being sold, feels bad she didn't get the same enjoyment as I did from it and looks to have taken a wee drop.

Barely 200 miles since October last year when I sold it to her (25,307). In that same amount of time, I'd almost done 9K miles on it when I bought it.
https://www.donedeal.ie/motorbikes-for-sale/honda-cbf600sa/28341042

Miscreant wrote: »

Perhaps some of the awkwardness in these transactions comes from the money involved? Figures of several thousand euro tend to make people nervous and some are reluctant to do bank transfers in case you pull a fast one and have the transaction reversed from their account after you have taken the bike.

It's not possible to reverse a bank transfer unless the beneficiary does it.

blade1 wrote: »

225 of these limited edition made.

Rossi had one and donated it to an Aprilia shop or factory
https://www.donedeal.ie/motorbikes-for-sale/aprillia-tuono-factory-special-edition/28434580

Did his Granny knit the seat for him?

micknail wrote: »

Are those covers on the brake lights?

No.
Someone has swapped out the originals for clear lenses.
At least originals can still be bought.

any luck with selling the VFR Bronson?

If I had the bike test done and dusted i might try my hand at this... despite the very low power.
https://www.donedeal.ie/motorbikes-for-sale/yamaha-bt1100-bulldog-2003/28585266

A super naked. 3.5k absolute max. Any suggestions?

Presumably a bike with "plenty off power".

Besides the price...

No time to ride anymore, may swap for Africa Twin......hmmm.

There's a fella in Wicklow will source a bike you want from Germany I think.

I think it's Montana Motorcycles or something.

No idea what he is like to deal with.

I'm sure there's a few others at it as well.

Lads I've a couple of bikes to move on but been burned to a crisp before with DD and adverts is there anywhere else to advertise in the country where you don't have to put up with so much crap ???

any 2 stroke?

I shouldn't really be buying another bike but I might be tempted.

Done Deal is unfortunately the best option. They simply have the biggest audience. Adverts.....Jesus wept, swap for an iphone,etc. FB Marketplace will have most buyers thinking you're either a Scummer or a Conman. There are the couple of decent Bike-selling pages on FB, but you are limiting your potential audience.

I sold 4 bikes on DD in the last 8 months or so. All were decently priced, and all sold within a week at close enough to the asking price. Out of curiosity, what happened to you before that is putting you off DD ?

@mgbgt1978 lads ringing offering me cars, projects etc for bikes and one lad got abusive when I refused to take a horse in part trade for a fireblade, my ads just seem to attract muppets 😂

I know there are plenty of Muppets out there (Joe Duffy has made a career out of letting them phone him up 😁), but I have rarely come across them on DD when selling Cars or Bikes.Maybe I'm just lucky, I've had loads of sh!te-filled Tools when I'm trying to purchase stuff, but that's probably where my bad luck on DD comes into play 😉.

I have 3 rules for selling on DD.

I am not travelling to meet you. It's not my fault you live 120 miles away from me.

I will not talk money over the phone. If you're interested come and look...and then we can negotiate.

I will break Rule no. 2 if you're miles away,are very interested, and I honestly believe you are keen to buy. But any deal made over the phone is the final price, and not a new starting price.

Well, there's only one Magna on DD at the moment (an '82 at 2k). So at least you're not competing with a load of them 😀

If that kind of money seems OK to you I'd stick them up in 2 separate Ad's at around 2.2k and hope for 1,900 or so.Sorry for offending you if you were expecting to ask for way more.......if you know they are worth less then price them fairly. They will sell if the asking price is fair and they are as described in the Ad.

edit; don't do what the guy selling the Magna on DD did....."starts and drives"

It's the wording that's wrong.

Advertise it as "Running well" , not "starts and drives". That just makes it sound like it's a total piece of crap that sparks up now and again.

whatever way the 1st comment looked it seemed at first glance that both bikes are '80s.

Looking at some of the Ads on adverts and donedeal, its as if some of them don't want to sell their bikes, the lack of photos and info on the bikes are abysmal.

Here's one :

Detailed Info

Description

any questions and information, call me

FFS, Another one had 3 photos the name and the year, didn't mention it had an electric screen, keyless ignition and had gotten the kilometers wrong, the clocksaid 6300 and they put in 63000.

Rant oveer

Time to blow the cobwebs off this thread.

6k for a 1998 bandit 😂

Have we actually lost our minds or what?

Adding bits on doesn't make it worth more ffs.

Older bikes in their original state is what is more sought after.

That was the bike in the background of the Street Fighter video game in 1991... some Comicon collector will buy it to display beside his 'vintage' arcade machine and collection of Pokemons.

Its been like that for a while and completely turns me off buying anything from them. I'm not going begging for basic information about a bike.

I'm currently thinking about an FJR now, I want something with a big fairing that I can ride in all weathers. Shaft drive and a bit of punch.

Prices on the continent are way better than here, lots of people thinking theirs is gold plated.

Anyone ever had an ex-police bike? They are good value for their year and a solo seat doesn't really bother me as I don't take pillions.

https://www.autoscout24.com/offers/yamaha-fjr-1300-gasoline-white-94a9bbc4-fa43-443e-9669-ad7ebd01e56d?cldtidx=4&lastSeenGuidPresent=true

I guess it depends on what you consider high mileage, I think with litrebikes you are not going to wear them out in 100,00km if serviced. I found another one that looks a bit more grimy than that one and with an extra 50k on the clock but nearly half the price.

I'm thinking even if it needs a few hundred spent on it, there should be reasonable value to be got out of it.

I guess what I'm saying is that mileage doesn't phase me that much.