Craigslist project bike pricing

Local CL, guy has had a BMW /6 ad going on 5 years now.

When it was first listed I emailed, no reply. Then I phoned,no reply.

He has trailered it to a couple swap meets over those years,price is absurd.

I presume if he lists it for long enough, the economy will catch up!

That's interesting. it doesn't work that way in the US. You mnight get $500 for an engine, a few hundred for frame and wheels, nickels and dimes for the rest.

Depends on the bike. I know a guy who makes more than beer money parting out KLRs. (You should not be surprised by that.)

Look at the bright side. If he's too lazy to get a title, you won't have to ask if the air filter has been cleaned in the last 10,000 miles.

kbb doesn't set prices for motorcycles. A motorcycle is worth what someone is willing to pay for it.

Don't like the asking price? Make a reasonable offer! The SELLER can then say YES or NO. If it is NO then your reasonable offer is NOT reasonable to the seller. Step up or move on.

Same here - total basket-case R90 in the back of my bud's m/c shop - been there at least 3 years, never ran, needs everything serviced ( brake masters seized, etc) - aside from being fairly complete, it's basically a corroded lump. Of course, it is a "CLASSIC" and he expects $ 4 k....

Looked at an old TS 185 a few weeks ago.
Not a bad bike, ran but needed TLC.

Tires worn out and dry rotted, some tears in the seat.
Typical old bike stuff, not a big deal.

Price? $1K Didn't really want to talk about taking any less than that.

I was thinking $250-350 would have been fair.

Here is an example, cool bike I think.
But I don't think it's $4K worth of cool.
http://morgantown.craigslist.org/mcy/3906683155.html

So offer him $3k

Wouldn't give $3K for it, not very useful for me.
Garage is full at the moment anyway.

I got a cherry 2007 KLR with 5K miles on it, and almost all necessary farkles like crash guards, new petcock and air filter, plus luggage for 2400 bucks. I see great entry level bikes like ' 08GS 500's for $1300 asking price and I got a KLR Tengai which was a heap but more or less has everything for $175 bucks...

Just don't buy the bikes that aren't good deals...

http://morgantown.craigslist.org/mcy/3906189130.html

Fly and ride?

Just sayin

And no it's not mine.

Now that is a nice looking bike

Here's a real gem. I thought it was a spoof posting at first.

http://burlington.craigslist.org/mcy/3913410417.html

Hell, three or four thousand dollars and that will be good as new.
I mean it ran when parked, and that chain probably still has 19K miles left in it.

If you ever get the links unfroze.

Perfect canidate for a fly and push.....er haul.

Around here it's bobber projects and the typical ad goes something like this:

This will inevitably be followed by flip phone cell pics of boxes of parts and the heartbreaking image of a perfectly good motorcycle frame hacked to bits.

O yeah, BTW...$4,000.

I actually laughed so hard at this I farted.

Yes I do realize this is a waste of a first post.

Wish this was closer, it would make my son a good commuter.


As for the other

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nch/mcy/3917888224.html

Why would you rip off all of the plastics but have the bare connections for the instrument clusters like that? Doesn't having fairing help protect the bike and create better airflow for more speed?

He didn't rip them off, someone crashed the shit out of it and didn't have the money for new plastic.

Yep. +1.