selling bike with worn tyre
 

ok. i am going to be giving my bike a service myself as it is due one before selling. However, there is another matter i would value your opinions on.

the back tyre is only just legal. Now i have 2 options as i see it (i want to do this at minimal cost):

1) keep the tyre as it is....and lower the price £30 .... but expect to be haggled lower.

2) change the rear for a cheapo tyre (eg: macadam) and ask for a "normal" price.

what do you think is best?
Paul

buyer might not be bother'd and then your better off.

I'd leave the tire as it is and put the price up 50 squid.

Then when u get a potential buyer, say"the rear tire is quite worn so i can give u 50 squid off or replace it with a cheapo"

He will think u are really honest for pointing it our and you'll be quids in.

keep the worn rear - let teh new buyer replace with what they want

if the buyer wants to haggle you can say you priced it based on it having a worn tyre - you would have priced it £100 higher if it had a new one

I would replace the tyre and add it to the price of the bike, and specifically mention that you have put on a brand new tyre. If i were a buyer, I would want to be able to ride the bike straight away and not faff around with replacing tyres.

If you end up not replacing the tyre, you have to make sure that it is still legal when the buyer rides it away, otherwise you would be selling a bike which is unfit for the road; which can lead to many problems.

When buying a used bike the thing I most looked for was recent chain/sprockets and recent tyres.

I don't want to buy the bike and faff about taking it somewhere for the tyre to be changed, I'd rather the seller put a new one on and it was factored into the price.

This is especially true if you are selling the bike early in the year and advertising it as all ready to go for the summer with new tyres and a full MOT etc. I wouldn't worry about getting a top of the range track tyre on there, just something half decent.

The danger with putting a cheapo tyre on just fro the sale is that a potential buyer may noticeit's a cheapo tyre and haggle on the grounds that they'd want to replace it with something half decent anyway.

I'd second the advice of stating the price takes into consideration the worn state of the tyre and let the buyer decide.

Thing is I am not sure a used SV650 buyer is gonna say "Ah you put one of those cheapy Dunlops on but I want a Michelin/Bridgestone XXX as it will have better feel when I get my knee down"?

When I bought my Bandit used I didn't have a clue what tyres were good or bad. I just looked at the meat on them. Depends if it is someone on here buying to replace a crashed/stolen bike or just a general buyer who is probably looking for their first proper bike and knows sweet FA. At the same time they may not be that familiar with local bike shops and don't want the aggro of getting a tyre done themselves.

I'd take down those wheelie vids and delete the threads!