Need some advice from the org about selling SV.
 

Okay so I have to sell my SV due to not being able to afford having a car & a bike. The car is the more practical option so has to stay which means bike has to go.

Now my bike cost £1500 when I bought it almost exactly a year ago, traded in my old YBR and got it £1000.

Went to the dealer today to try to see how much they'd give me for it and they are saying around £800 - £900.

do you think this is worth it?
It's a V reg, 31k miles, Full service history, few marks on body work, but nothing massive and bike still looks good and runs perfect. Got a Viper can, and mini rear hugger as well as flip screen. Now I know I could maybe get more selling private but the bike has got about a week left on the MOT and tax runs out end of this month, is probably due a service soon too so to make it attractive to a buyer I would need to get all these things done, whereas garage will take it as it is.....

What would you do? I want a hassle-free, minimum time consuming sale, so garage seems better, but price is obv less...

Help! :confused:

Re: Need some advice from the org about selling..
 

If the dealer offered you £800 for a hassle free sale I'd say that was good.
private sale you might get upto £1200.,..but doubt it the way things are.

Re: Need some advice from the org about selling..
 

Yeah that is exactly what I was thinking, I mean it's coming into the season for biking but I need to sell it and dealer seems the way to go. Thanks for your advice, more appreciated :)

Re: Need some advice from the org about selling..
 

You could try popping it on the site for a week or so before going back to the garage if you don't get any takers.
Try it at a grand?

Then again I tried my curvy with brand new chain & sprockets, full race system and 10k miles on the clock at a bit over a grand IIRC last year and got distraught PMs!

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Well I'll find out tomorrow from the dealer the exact amount they will give me for the bike, and depending on that I may sell it to them straight away. The problem is that the MOT runs out on tuesday and I don't really want to be chipping out for that if the bike won't actually sell privately.

It's a shame people don't have money to throw away!! haha

Re: Need some advice from the org about selling..
 

that seems a pretty fair price for a hassle free sale,
think of it this way you could advertise it in the trader for around 1200 it would cost you around £50 notes at the end of the day then you got tyre kickers to contend with and they will beat you down 100 so just do away with the hassle

Re: Need some advice from the org about selling..
 

tell me about it:(


You don't still have the standard can do you? Could pop that on and sell the viper separately to retain some of your pennys.

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Yeah completely agree with the appeal of a hassle free sale! To be honest I wish I didn't have to sell the bike, love it so much and will miss it massively! Ooh well when I have my own place & a garage I will get a beautiful bike =]

To be honest mate for a 99 Curvy with 31k, I don't think you'd get much more than £900 privately anyway. Even with full mot. IMHO If they will give you £900 or thereabouts you will have got a good deal.:)

Re: Need some advice from the org about selling SV.
 

i sold my curvy for less in good condition and after throwing a fair bit of money at it. for a walk away solution 800 is a cracking offer. i would say stick it on here first tho.