I have had a bike for sale all spring and so far no takers. It seems that the market for the bike intact is just not there. Interested parties have asked if I would trade for granite countertops or a snowmobile, but I was looking for a cash deal.
Has anybody parted out a bike? If so, what kind of money did you get compared to the bike as complete?
I want to get a fair price either way. Thanks for any input.

 

You could get as much as 40% more by parting it out. It's a lot of busy work. You must respond quickly to e-mails, PM's, calls, and coordinate payments.Then you must make many trips to the shipping company. I've been using e-bay and craigslist (must post photos). I also let the local independent motorcycle mechanics know that I'm parting out a bike. There are so many wrecked bikes around and not a very extensive network of professional dismantlers, so individual sellers have become the main source of used parts. Bottom line - Your bike is worth more in pieces than it is whole.

 

lemme ask you something.. can you post the ad you have for sale. maybe youre just asking too much money thats why there are no takers. this is a common problem especially some people with their 93 f2 thinking its worth 2600 or their 06 1krr with exhaust thinking its worth 9000. many factors as to why it may not be selling so if you want pm me and ill give you my opinion if you want it.

as far as parting a bike out biggest hassle is flakers and storage.

 

Pros:

Parting a bike out is far more lucrative. Use eBay and Craigslist for selling, paypal for payment (except for local cash deals), and USPS Priority Mail for shipping (they give you free boxes and delivery confirmation, you can print postage online (even through PayPal), and the mailman will pick it up from your house). Ebay competition is not that fierce.

The cons:

• You will be amazed at how much space a disassembled bike takes up.
• Craigslist is home to the biggest scammers and flake-outs on the net. Don't even accept a cachier's check from them. Cash, Paypal, or no deal.
• Many of the parts will sit for a LOOOOONG time. Remember, you're waiting for that part to break on someone else's bike, and some parts just don't break. Constantly re-listing the same part on eBay costs money, and it adds up.
• What's your time worth? If you have the mindset of "I like tinkering, and I'll learn a lot from taking this bike apart," then do it. If you really have betetr things you could be doing with your time, sell it whole, and be happy with what you get for it.

 

What is it that your selling?

 

I'm selling the 97 gsxr750 in my siggy for $4500

 

http://reddeer.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehi...AdIdZ133016976

 

the blue book for trade in is 2600.00 . retail is 3800.00. you are asking for too much.

I wouldnt dream of paying that much for a 12 almost 13 year old bike.

 

Even in Canadian dollars that's quite a bit. $3k+ sounds reasonable, if it's clean.

And the parting out thing...I would never call it "far more lucrative..." The difference is too easily eaten up by the amount of time you have to spend dismantling and cleaning and taking pictures and shipping and collecting money piece-meal.

 

lol only a dumbass would buy at that price.

Shell $500 bucks more and I could get a 2003 GSXR w/ 10k miles