I want to sell, Asking price?

[adrian101]

Below is my motorized bicycle. I have put a sh#t load of time and money into it and not long re built the top end. (new piston, cylinder jug, head gasket) also new clutch pad, bucking ball and bar. so its basically still new. I want to sell it to start on a new build thou don't know what i should ask for it?

Any ideas?

 

[hybrid]

It looks quick. How fast does that bike go? How much $ would you say you have wrapped up in it? Probably give me a better idea so I could give you a better opinion. Nice looking work.

 

[MikeJ]

Place a few ads in the local swap-and-trade papers to get a feel what the free market will offer. I hope you get your asking price.

A really strong recommendation: Don't let anyone "test ride" it. It will not come back in as good a quality as you lent it out. Sometimes, the bikes don't come back at all. Demo it for them. Or they can purchase it for full asking price, "as is" after they see you ride it and hear it for themselves. And make that clearly understood, preferably in writing.

A bit harsh? Not at all. I don't lend my vehicles out to anyone at their request. Only if I ask them to use on my behalf it do I turn over the keys.

 

[hybrid]

I just sold 1. I'm making the guy sign a liability waver. True story. And, he's a FREIND!
I'm also spending an afternoon with him riding. I'll have mine and he will have the one I sold him. Really just want to make sure that he knows what he's doing before I send him home with one of these. Just things to consider. You got a good looking runner. I'm sure you'll have a chance to take some offers for it.

 

[adrian101]

It looks quick. How fast does that bike go? How much $ would you say you have wrapped up in it? Probably give me a better idea so I could give you a better opinion. Nice looking work.

51mph (80 something km/h) on perfect flat road with no head winds. Takes a while to get there but it does reach it.

I know how much to the dollar... $1,024. That's everything plus spares (spark plugs, Extra boost bottle, extra clutch pads, exhaust and inlet gaskets)

 

[hybrid]

With the exhaust and boost kit I could easily see it doing 50. As far as the money thing....You (and me) will probably always end-up putting "in" more than your going to get out of it in terms of money. There has to be a market for these and right now and that market is small. However, every time I stop by a filling station ($4+ gas), I think more and more of how people might start gravitating towards said "market".
I'd stand tall somewhere between 800 and 900 dollars....Mybe even start at $1000.00 to give yourself some buffer in case you need to let someone talk you down. Just an opinion though.

 

[hybrid]

That 36 tooth sprocket has to be giving it an extra little ZIP too!

 

[RedBaronX]

I just sold 1. I'm making the guy sign a liability waver. True story. And, he's a FREIND!

I test rode a bike built by a friend of a friend, and she copied my driver's license and had me sign a liability waiver as well, and I was not even remotely bothered by that.

A local guy had a bike stolen by someone who was test riding it-- the kid biked to his house on what ended up also being a stolen bike... So yeah, YOU ARE NOT A JERK if you take precautions to keep it from getting stolen by potential "buyers." Honest people will understand; dishonest people will give you sheet for being paranoid.

 

[RedBaronX]

Oh, and yeah, as for the price-- unfortunately you really won't get much more than what you put into it for the actual parts. The only people who stand a remote chance of making money on selling whole MBs are people who get parts wholesale, and even then the profit margin is low.

 

[gothicguy64]

ummmmm

bike =249 (cells)
motor =240 (mbb )
bits =150
love an time to build =priceless plus 10 a hr maybe 3 to make


brad syd
ohh my rse was over 1500