I'm gonna sell my SuperDuke GT - I bought it as a fun and fast commuter and now I don't commute. So I don't need it.
Question is where to put it up for sale? I've used Autotrader for most car & bike sales over the years but they're becoming comedically expensive. So where else do people look? MCN? eBay? Anything else?
Best place to sell a bike
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weeksy
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Re: Best place to sell a bike
Ebay is my go-to. But when looking i check Autotrader too and sometimes MCN
I'd go Ebay.... but in all honesty i'd sell to a dealer to save the messing about usually.
I'd go Ebay.... but in all honesty i'd sell to a dealer to save the messing about usually.
Re: Best place to sell a bike
As a part-ex? I'm not sure what to get next and in all likelihood I'll spend a lot less this time so I think I'll just go bikeless till the Spring.
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Re: Best place to sell a bike
plenty of dealers will buy for cash now.
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Re: Best place to sell a bike
I'd imagine only immaculate bikes like yours.
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Re: Best place to sell a bike
Just look round Ebay etc.. you'll see loads of "we buy bikes...." My local dealer is more than happy to buy for cash... obviously at dealer money... but that's how they work.
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Re: Best place to sell a bike
Been trying to sell my bike for a while now. I have plenty of interest but only from people who can't sell their bikes, so lots of "do I want to do a deal with a" ,messages. Seems like the market is a bit flat at the moment?
Facebook marketplace is good and gets you offers from Eastern Europeans but some are very low offers.
Facebook marketplace is good and gets you offers from Eastern Europeans but some are very low offers.
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Re: Best place to sell a bike
I've sold two on Gumtree.
Apparently it's now the UK's largest car sales website.
You will get mongtards offering buttons, but it's free!
Apparently it's now the UK's largest car sales website.
You will get mongtards offering buttons, but it's free!
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Re: Best place to sell a bike
Lots will search for KTM 1290
So add the 1290 to your title.
It's better than 'good condition'
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Re: Best place to sell a bike
I've sold three bikes online, a mix of mine and my wife's. I've had a mixture of success on Facebook Marketplace, eBay and Gumtree. All have their pros and cons:
Gumtree:
+ Free
- Lots of "hi is this available?" then nowt else
eBay
+ Lots of exposure still it seems, you get a lot of queries via it
+ If classified doesn't work (as it didn't for me once) you can try and auction instead - in the case of one bike I sold it ended up going for more at auction than when I listed it as a classified ad
- Not free (but depending on what you're selling still worth it)
Facebook
+ easy to post to lots of groups, just join local selling groups (especially motorcycle related ones) in the run up
+ free
- a huge amount of timewasters, offers of swaps, people who simply ask "what's the lowest you'll go?"
I didn't bother with MCN or Autotrader due to the listing costs.
Truth be told Gumtree has only ever seen interest as opposed to landing a sale, but as it's free I won't begrudge that. So far the score is two on eBay and one on Facebook, with solid interest in the items on both platforms.
Dealers at the moment have a flourishing market but I think it has to be for the right bike. In my case I was offered £1600 by two dealers for my most recent sale, but I sold it for £2700 with no hassle privately. I really went to town on the description mind, it was basically War and Peace detailing the bike history, when key items were last serviced, being honest with anything I wanted to bring to their attention. But was mentioned by the eventual buyer as a key reason they followed through with the viewing. And I understand that, personally I can't stand the listings that are really scant on detail with a "call for any more info" line.
Gumtree:
+ Free
- Lots of "hi is this available?" then nowt else
eBay
+ Lots of exposure still it seems, you get a lot of queries via it
+ If classified doesn't work (as it didn't for me once) you can try and auction instead - in the case of one bike I sold it ended up going for more at auction than when I listed it as a classified ad
- Not free (but depending on what you're selling still worth it)
+ easy to post to lots of groups, just join local selling groups (especially motorcycle related ones) in the run up
+ free
- a huge amount of timewasters, offers of swaps, people who simply ask "what's the lowest you'll go?"
I didn't bother with MCN or Autotrader due to the listing costs.
Truth be told Gumtree has only ever seen interest as opposed to landing a sale, but as it's free I won't begrudge that. So far the score is two on eBay and one on Facebook, with solid interest in the items on both platforms.
Dealers at the moment have a flourishing market but I think it has to be for the right bike. In my case I was offered £1600 by two dealers for my most recent sale, but I sold it for £2700 with no hassle privately. I really went to town on the description mind, it was basically War and Peace detailing the bike history, when key items were last serviced, being honest with anything I wanted to bring to their attention. But was mentioned by the eventual buyer as a key reason they followed through with the viewing. And I understand that, personally I can't stand the listings that are really scant on detail with a "call for any more info" line.
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Re: Best place to sell a bike
I advertised mine in MCN.
It was 7 years old, with only 4,000 miles on it, and was immaculate.
On the second day, a small dealer offered me £100 less than I had it up for, and sold it to him.
We were both happy. He came and picked it up, did a bank transfer, job done.
It was 7 years old, with only 4,000 miles on it, and was immaculate.
On the second day, a small dealer offered me £100 less than I had it up for, and sold it to him.
We were both happy. He came and picked it up, did a bank transfer, job done.