Selling bike with extras....yes or no.

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I'm looking to sell my 16 TB soon and has a few extras, should I bother taking them off ??

Akro decat headers/ Mudsling/ Wunderlitch risers etc etc
 
Take them off and sell on here if you have the energy. Adds little to nothing to the value of the bike


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If you're selling privately, it may help you sell and recover some money. If trading or part exchange, remove them.
(that's what I'd do.

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It all depends on how much money you want to lose.

If you've got the OEM parts, fit them and sell the bike as stock.

Then sell the goodies separately.
 
Cabby said:
The hassle factor of removing stuff is putting me off tbh
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Add up the value of said parts and see if it's financially worth it's while.

A few hours of tinkering, might equate to a pretty darn good value few hours work.

Only lining others pockets if still on the bike. Plus can be good to have a few nice bits to throw in to seal a deal
 
It all depends if you want a quick easy sale or to screw every last penny out of it.

Quick, easy sale for me every time.

Andres
 
Everybody always likes a little extra when they buy a bike, if they get a little extra and a decent deal, bike will sell fast privately, if its a trade in like others have said, put it back to stock.
 
Take off and sell separately, especially if you upgrading to a new one and all the bits fit. Think of it as strapping cash money to the seat and taking it to the dealers or selling it privately if you don't. You just wouldn't do that would you?

I took off over £800 of accessories from my TB recently. The dealer actively encouraged me to do so.

It probably took me a day in total to take everything off and yes, it's a bit of a faff. In what universe would I ever earn £800 for a days work?

Also, if you sell on eBay, take everything off before you post the photos. I sold a VFR800 two years ago and spent the vast majority of time dealing with time wasters trying to negotiate the bits into the price, despite me clearly stating in the description that they weren't included. I learnt the hard way. Well, not hard just very annoying and time consuming.
 
I always take the extra off as they rarely add anything to the resale price. You can often get a decent return on the parts separately though
 
the woodster said:
Also, if you sell on eBay, take everything off before you post the photos. I sold a VFR800 two years ago and spent the vast majority of time dealing with time wasters trying to negotiate the bits into the price, despite me clearly stating in the description that they weren't included. I learnt the hard way. Well, not hard just very annoying and time consuming.
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Yeah that's kind of setting yourself up for dickheads as you found out. I hate selling things at the best of times! My S1000R took nearly a year to sell and I mostly just got stupidly low offers but I persisted and got a good price for it
 
Smogbob said:
Everybody always likes a little extra when they buy a bike, if they get a little extra and a decent deal, bike will sell fast privately, if its a trade in like others have said, put it back to stock.
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Funny because when I look at bike I prefer a stock one as there is less chance a retard has done something bad to it while fitting parts.
 
My bike is for sale on here, and has loads of extras on. I’ve had quite a few PM’s from people mulling it over/ going to look at one at their dealers etc, but it’s still for sale. It’s priced to sell, but hasn’t sold. Yet. Depending on what you have fitted, it may be worth stripping it first. I’m loathed to put mine back to stock, as it’s perfectly set up, and is a cracking bike, so it would be a real shame to make it basic again.
 
It's always worth stripping aftermarket parts off and selling them. Just because your bike is set up perfectly for you, doesn't mean it is perfect for all buyers - you're not selling to your clone and you want to make it appeal to the widest market possible. I'd certainly not pay extra for any accessory I wasn't going to buy anyway.

Selling your bike is about maximising the return, so you can 'trade-up' your next bike as cheaply as possible. Take the bits off and sell a standard bike - you can always give the buyer the option to buy some or all of the bits (or these may become deal closers).

If you don't strip the bike, you're going to get no more for it than a standard bike and the next owner gets to strip it and sell it after he/she has bought it. This is doubly true for a bike traded to a dealer - they really don't like non-standard bikes, as they are less easy to sell as a used bike (and they certainly won't pay you a penny extra for the parts).
 
If you don’t want a pile of parts hanging around why not advertise them all and take them off as they sell. JJH
 
Nippy Normans supply Touratech, Wunderlich, Desert Fox and many other makes of accessories.
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