I'm not sure this merits a new thread (sorry!) but I figured I'd ask for myself and for future purchasers of our bikes. How much do you think our bikes are selling for these days? I know most dealers don't have them and they're still a rather excellent bike. Has that driven any sort of demand or has the value of these just plummeted? Could I expect to sell/buy a used one in the $6,000 range? I know getting parts, for me, has been kind of a slow and painful process...so that may be a deterrent for some folks.
They have a new 2014 Terra on ebay for $5,999 buy it now price. I know there are still quit a few new ones that can be bought for that price.
Resale here is horrible right now. I mean HORRIBLE! Just stroll on over to ADV rider and breeze through the classified section. A bunch of Huskys pending sale with little to no interest even at rock bottom prices. I found a local ad for a 2009 WR250 with less than 25 hours for sale. Owner couldn't get any interest even at $2500 OBO. Bike looks new. Sad
Too much to-ing and fro-ing between companies with only a short term interest and no real commitment. As soon as I can find myself a GOOD 400cc street legal motard, I´ll be selling my 630 SM and won´t expect to get much for it (`tis the old story of the rats and the sinking ship).
I assume that the market for the TR650's will follow similar to that of the X-Challenge and the TE630. It will remain pretty flat as the fire sale prices will still be fresh in everyone's minds and the stigma of a 1-2 year bike. My guess is a clean low mile used TR is lucky to be a >$5K bike right now. But I also think clean examples will stay around $4-5K for many years unless someone comes out with a bike that performs like it for under $8K.
If I had to sell my bike right now I would not sell the bike intact. I would part it out in a heart beat. Selling the bike as is would not take into account the farklage on the bike. Plus the bike is such a niche market it is going to move slow. Parting it would be a pain in the arse but an effective means of selling it and realizing a reasonable recuperation of the funds you expended building the bike into a usable dual sport.
True! But it´ll take ages ... and all the hassle of advertising the parts time and again. And even when you´ve sold most of it, you´ll be left with the parts no one wants.
Rule of thumb. If you sell the bike fully farkled it will move quickly but you will take a financial hit. If you move the bike in stock condition you will maximise the price you get, but it will take longer to turn into cash. Forums like this one will help you turn accessories into cash, because there is always someone who hasn't got something that you have, who isn't willing to pay full price for it, but will part with their cash at a lower price. In the past I have sold several bikes this way. Take all accessories off the bike and price them individually at 50-75% of their original cost. Offer the buyer of the bike the right of first offer on the accessories, as few or as many as they want, at their individual prices, in addition to the cost of the bike, and then offer whatever's left to the rest of the world.
