Hi ! I have been trying to sell my 2004 Harley Davidson for 4 months. It is a GREAT bike. I listed on Craigslist and even tried to sell it on ebay. I dropped the price 1000 dollars to 5200 dollars and still no bites !!! It has low miles and it has been garage kept every night of it's life. Please any suggestions !!???
2007-01-22 05:16:40 · 10 answers · asked by Dave P 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
EBay is a auction, so you have to do it like a auction with a low start price and use a reserve, the $5 is refundable when it sells, you can lower the reserve anytime. this makes a valuable tool. check closed auctions and see what they have been selling for, Good luck, :)
2007-01-22 05:21:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I started on bikes when I was 16 as well and that was 40 years ago. I am still a regular rider and the most important thing I can tell you is that it is not the bike that will or will not get you into trouble. The problem will come from someone else not watching what they are doing or from you not respecting the motorcycle. I can give you some basics to help you make an informed choice. First, make sure your feet can be planted flat on the road. You need this for balance and control. Next, don't worry about how much the bike weighs. If it gets over balanced, let it fall. You can't hold it upright if it weighs 300 or 600 pounds, so it doesn't matter. Also, always stay in your Comfort zone until you gain experience. Heavy traffic, roads that are just starting to get wet, and poor surfaces all require special skills Take you time and it will come to you. Lastly, congratulations on staying away from the crotch rockets and the rider courses are excellent Now for your question. The 883 are good bikes for the beginner, but there are others that are just as good for getting around. You may not think they are as cool, but they are much cheaper. If you get into a starter bike and decide that you don't like riding, you won't loose as much when you get rid of it. If you love the riding, you can still get rid of the one you started with and move up to a Harley. Have you thought about a late model used bike to start on? The most important thing is to be careful and live to ride long enough to find out if it is for you. Good luck from a long time motorcycle fan. (I have ridden Harleys for many years, but did not start on one - don't pressure yourself into something you are not ready for).
2016-05-24 18:05:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those are the 4 months that everyone around here has been calling me crazy, 'cause I'm still riding while theirs are sleeping in the shed. I don't know where you are, but around here they try to sell snowmobiles Nov - Feb instead of motorcycles. Things should start to pick up for you in March or April, when people believe the good weather will stay. I wouldn't have bothered until April. Good Luck.
2007-01-22 13:35:48 · answer #3 · answered by Firecracker . 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wait for warmer weather, Price it at 4999.9999999. sounds better than 5+++ .Tax returns will start comming in soon. Take it to local biker bars and any events (Poker runs etc.) you can attend. Better to sell a bike local than over the net as it can add 500$ in shipping.
2007-01-22 05:40:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Good luck with this one...the Harley-Davison company has made financing new bikes so easy, no one wants to buy a used one anymore, especially in this economy...if they go the bank and finance a used one, it will cost twice as much as a new one through the dealerships...we found this out the hard way, too, so we have decided to just keep it, especially with the price of gas...
2007-01-22 05:26:28 · answer #5 · answered by beetlejuice49423 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Give it time when people start getting there income tax checks ,I have 2 bikes listed on craigs list and no hits whatsoever , Im trying cycletrader this weekend . park it in front of a bar on the weekend
2007-01-22 09:35:43 · answer #6 · answered by Terry S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try an ad on hogs4sale.com also or with your local dealership if they aren't rip off artists. 883's are hard to get rid of so good luck, market is saturated with them due to others buying them & needing more power, bigger bike, etc. which is maybe why you are selling yours? Try word of mouth with friends that ride, usually a chick is looking for one.
2007-01-22 06:39:54 · answer #7 · answered by COblonde 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there is another place where u could drop an ad to sell this scoot. u'll need to register first. http://www.harleychatgroup.com
is also good for tech help on hd's. a lot of good dudes hang out there. btw, pic's help. put in an ad in cycle trader also. in the winter, it would be a bit tougher to sell any bike.
2007-01-22 10:00:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can start with running an add in your local news paper.
2007-01-23 04:45:38 · answer #9 · answered by gretsch16pc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunatley everone leads you to believe that harleys keep their value, not so. especially an 883.
It's underpowered for a harley let alone any size jap cruiser, good luck.
2007-01-22 09:03:15 · answer #10 · answered by adrenelinshifter 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋