Mint 1150GSA SE - What's It Worth?

[Taff]

Perhaps the saddest and most disappointing thing about this bike is that it hasn't been ridden. Who the hell buys ANY bike and then doesn't bother to ride it ?

Someone who hasn't done his homework? Someone with more money than sense? Someone who can't reach the floor and is terrified of traffic lights and junctions? Any combination of the above.

Hell, a few years ago PW saw a 1150GSA being sold with just 38 miles on the clock. That's not giving the bike a chance.

 

[Canuck]

A new one is £1800 or so I think

getting £600+ for a 'nearly new' SH unit isn't unreasonable, I would have thought

Probably somewhere between £50 and £150 is more realistic.

 

[lunc]

Someone who hasn't done his homework? Someone with more money than sense? Someone who can't reach the floor and is terrified of traffic lights and junctions? Any combination of the above.

Hell, a few years ago PW saw a 1150GSA being sold with just 38 miles on the clock. That's not giving the bike a chance.

At my local Triumph dealer there is a 1200 GSA with 75 miles on it. The woman who brought it fell ill and now can't ride. Bad timing I guess. 38 miles isn't even a decent test ride, but who knows the story behind it. Lucky for the next guy who can save a bit on his very nearly new bike.

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Someone who hasn't done his homework? Someone with more money than sense? Someone who can't reach the floor and is terrified of traffic lights and junctions? Any combination of the above.

Hell, a few years ago PW saw a 1150GSA being sold with just 38 miles on the clock. That's not giving the bike a chance.

I was on a tour with a chap recently, who had a 2009 F800GS

He bought it with 7 PDi miles on the clock, 1 year old

A chap had seen the LWD, fancied an Adv bike - so walks into a BMW dealer and likes the look of a F8GS, so buys it with all the alloy boxes, touring screen and comfort seat etc

The chap hadn't even passed his test, so the dealer delivers it to his house

About a year later, the chap phones up the dealer and asks them to take the bike back because he'd got 'cold feet' and didn't want to ride a bike

The bought it back at about £2500 less than he'd bought it from

Kerching

This chap had saved about £2k, against a new one and this one was fully loaded

Last year, another dealer - Rainbow BMW were selling a 1978 R100RS, with a genuine 90 miles on the clock, the guy had bought it and only done 90 miles on it and didn't like it - so put it in his heated conservatory and went out and bought a R100RT instead

He kept the R100RS from 1978 until old age in 2011, at home and had it serviced with fresh oils every year by Rainbow BMW (they collected it by van) in case he fancied riding it again

I once bought some BMW panniers from a chap, he had a Vincent Comet in his dining room, brand new and only 002 miles on the clock - he just liked looking at it and his wife polished it like all the other ornaments

Nowt so queer as folk

 

[Sir James]

SE's are special, ridden by very special people

Thanks , i think ..........

Mean while back at the ranch , when The Mill had 4 SE's for sale they reduced mine to £8,400 OTR and luggage for £500 including those pointless inner bags to get rid of them ....

I was suppossed to have the tank painted silver but never got round to it and decided to get a tank cover instead which never happened either ....

I nearly forgot , they gave me a ridiculas price for my T509 and cheap finance to , funny bhow times change .....

 

[spikerjack 46]

You did the right thing ..

1150SE's are for Homos

I have one and definitely not a bum bandit, or so the other half says.

 

[The Sea Dog]

I was in Lind BMW on Friday and I almost brought on bike on the spot. A 1150GSA SE on a 55 plate in White and Blue. 1856 miles. Mint. That's Mint with a capital M, other than slightly worn tyres it is new.

Why didn't I buy? The price. Mr Lind had kindly reduced it from £9250 to £8999. Feck me that's a lot. OK this bike is worth a bit more than book but holy cow. I've have previous with this dealer and they do not negotiate even a little bit so rather than waste another couple of hours pointlessly with the sales guy to find that he'll knock a hundred off and push it outside for me at no extra cost, I walked.

What is it worth?

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It's only worth what someone is willing to pay for it....

Having both an 1150GSA and a 1200GSA twin cam in the garage ( yes i know I'm very lucky ! ) I'd have to say the 1200twin cam for my preferences is the better bike. Tried both previous incarnations of 1200 and hated them, tried the twin cam loved it and bought one.

People may prefer the 1150 and it may better suit their riding, but a standard 1200GSA is lighter, faster, and more economical than an 1150GSA, and they're facts not opinions. As an opinion ( mine and mine alone ) it's also comfier and has better weather protection. I was planning to always keep my 1150GSA and strip and rebuild it, but now I'm probably going to sell it as the 1200 for me is just perfect. I've greatly enjoyed the many miles I've done on the 1150 but find the 1200 just too good, and as a result even on sunny days the 1150 stays home.

As I said to start with it's worth what someone is willing to pay, and personally at that price not a feckin chance

 

[griff384]

Well somebody obviously thought it was worth it, coz I went in yesterday for some bits for my 1150 and it's been sold and gone (according to the salesman)

 

[lunc]

Amazing at that price. I hope they enjoy and actually ride it. Hopefully the new owner will be a member of this parish and tell us what was paid. It certainly was a cracking bike.

 

[Flanners]

I was in Lind BMW on Friday and I almost brought on bike on the spot. A 1150GSA SE on a 55 plate in White and Blue. 1856 miles. Mint. That's Mint with a capital M, other than slightly worn tyres it is new.

Why didn't I buy? The price. Mr Lind had kindly reduced it from £9250 to £8999. Feck me that's a lot. OK this bike is worth a bit more than book but holy cow. I've have previous with this dealer and they do not negotiate even a little bit so rather than waste another couple of hours pointlessly with the sales guy to find that he'll knock a hundred off and push it outside for me at no extra cost, I walked.

What is it worth?

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Robbers!!!!

 

[Tim @ Lind]

The new owner is in Plymouth and paid full asking price + a bit more for a few accessories he added before taking delivery

He promises he will be using it and it already planning a european tour on it.