Thinking of selling

[Firestick]

Question is , do I remove all the farkles or leave as is?

Just part exchanged my BMW for another BMW.

Negotiated price of new bike, then introduced part exchange.

Dealer offered me £x with all farkles (60% OEM BMW, 40% after market).

Dealer also offered exactly the same price with all farkles removed and bike returned to standard.

Sold all farkles circa £3k.


So, in answer to the question, remove all farkles.

 

[Warlord]

I agree 100%

Remove all farkles.

 

[max7]

I agree 100%

Remove all farkles.

Then again... Agree 100% if you're trading in but if selling privately, you could potentially get more interest in a farkled bike. I was looking out for a fully farkled <2 year old bike for a while before finally finding mine as a private sale. It was exactly what I was looking for (right model, farkled and low miles) and made the bike stand out from all the others I'd seen advertised.

 

[max7]

Can't understand why a few posters have got arsey about some of the comments on this thread. Apart from the entertainment value (which is significant ) IMHO it's interesting to read different takes on the choice of bike, buying (renting ) methods, pros and cons of each. If someone's got a recommendation, it's always worth hearing, even if you discard it instantly as bollox. We're all different and what floats one man's boat makes another roll around on the floor with laughter

 

[daviedevs]

Will definitely be a part ex. As much as I’d like 3 bikes in the garage her indoors wouldn’t agree!

So all farkles will be removed if I get a decent offer from a dealer.

 

[Delboy777]

Can't understand why a few posters have got arsey about some of the comments on this thread. Apart from the entertainment value (which is significant ) IMHO it's interesting to read different takes on the choice of bike, buying (renting ) methods, pros and cons of each. If someone's got a recommendation, it's always worth hearing, even if you discard it instantly as bollox. We're all different and what floats one man's boat makes another roll around on the floor with laughter

Im always slagged off by a selected few who think that you shouldnt be farkling your bike at all, and constantly have a go. But i say fuck em its my bike and i will do what I want, not what they think i should do. Remove the farkles and sell em on, i did that with my GSA and ended up with north of 3k, so worth doing.

 

[MIKE R]

Will definitely be a part ex. As much as I’d like 3 bikes in the garage her indoors wouldn’t agree!

So all farkles will be removed if I get a decent offer from a dealer.

But if you leave the panniers on the bike you'll lose all those lovely stickers that you've collected on your tours over the last 3 years!

Mike

 

[Morety]

Can't understand why a few posters have got arsey about some of the comments on this thread. Apart from the entertainment value (which is significant ) IMHO it's interesting to read different takes on the choice of bike, buying (renting ) methods, pros and cons of each. If someone's got a recommendation, it's always worth hearing, even if you discard it instantly as bollox. We're all different and what floats one man's boat makes another roll around on the floor with laughter

Agree 100%

Life's too short to get so arsey about something so trivial. I often wonder if some really have much to worry about in life? I think there's probably a lot of people interested to have feedback on the different ways into bike ownership, so don't see any problems with the feedback on the thread which was quite informative.

As to "farkles", the two seperate issues of what to fit and what to keep/remove come sales time have also had some useful feedback. Each to their own on what they buy but why some take it so personally when different opinions are expressed seems a bit daft. It's only stuff. Stuff doesn't matter. The issues of what to do come sales time seems reasonably to be that financially it's more rewarding for the owner to remove and sell those things separately, especially if part of a part ex'. Contrarily to that, some buyers (including myself) would rather search out a used bike with all the things wanted already fitted to it as that usually is cheaper and less hassle than having to source them later.

 

[daviedevs]

But if you leave the panniers on the bike you'll lose all those lovely stickers that you've collected on your tours over the last 3 years!

Mike

Shush, Helen will use it as a reason not to change bikes!