revtothelimit - motorbike forum

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?

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.

weeksy wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2020 1:15 pm 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.

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.

Slenver wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2020 1:17 pm

weeksy wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2020 1:15 pm 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.

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.

plenty of dealers will buy for cash now.

weeksy wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2020 1:19 pm

Slenver wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2020 1:17 pm

weeksy wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2020 1:15 pm 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.

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.

plenty of dealers will buy for cash now.

I'd imagine only immaculate bikes like yours.

weeksy wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2020 1:19 pmplenty of dealers will buy for cash now.

Interesting. Had assumed they wouldn't.

Slenver wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2020 1:22 pm

weeksy wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2020 1:19 pmplenty of dealers will buy for cash now.

Interesting. Had assumed they wouldn't.

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.

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.

Gumtree as long as you are happy dealing with the odd clown...

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!

Well, I've done it now on eBay as well as here, will also do Gumtree.

Cheers all

Slenver wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2020 2:31 pm Well, I've done it now on eBay as well as here, will also do Gumtree.

Cheers all

Lots will search for KTM 1290

So add the 1290 to your title.

It's better than 'good condition'

weeksy wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2020 2:36 pm

Slenver wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2020 2:31 pm Well, I've done it now on eBay as well as here, will also do Gumtree.

Cheers all

Lots will search for KTM 1290

So add the 1290 to your title.

It's better than 'good condition'

Good points, amended

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.

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.