Pepsie
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Wondering if the used moto’s on auto trader are higher than they were before COVID..
I've just been doing a deal to buy a bike. There are some stonking deals out there privately. Dealers seem to be offering low trade-ins because of Winter looming and COVID (certainly for bikes over 3 years old they won't typically put in the showroom). My guess is that bikes are often luxury items and being sold because of employment risks, and winter.
Plenty out there are very good prices if you dig...FB Marketplace, Ebay etc...
Wondering if the used moto’s on auto trader are higher than they were before COVID..
Wondering if the used moto’s on auto trader are higher than they were before COVID..
Got an email from my BMW dealer a couple of weeks back saying they were buying in used bikes, any brand, new purchase or not
Guess they need the turnover
Just out of curiosity I put the details of my 1150 (X reg, 46k miles) into we buy any bike last weekend and they offered me £686. I ignored it and a couple of days later I got a call telling me they could collect within 24hrs if I took the offer. I told them to forget it so the bloke laughed, said the offer was a bit low and he’d go to £750 if it was in good condition. Overall it’s in what I’d consider to be good condition and I’d sooner break it than let them put it on eBay for 2 grand more. Wankers
Going by what the dealer gave me for my Pikes peak which started at £2k more than I was expecting them to start and seeing what they now have it for sale at I would say used prices are very strong currently
I would agree
All vehicle prices are up
THis will be short lived.
The outlets for used bikes when in the EU was the Republic of Ireland and the rest of Europe mainly Denmark and Holland. These outlets effectively supported prices of second hand stock. The new relationship with the EU means that it is more costly to import thus reducing the incentive for the export of vehicles. As demand softens then the laws of supply and demand takes over and prices will deflate to a more realistic level.
There is a big demand from "born again" bikers currently which also influences the prices for used. I would think that there will be an awakening within this group after 6 or 9 months when they look at a purchase in the garage not getting used and begin to offload. They will get a shock to find that they most likely owe much more that the bike is worth on the open market due to the inflated price they paid.