How much should you haggle off the price of a used bike

[arry]

Which place?

So that I can avoid it.

Try Pole Position Motorcycles in Westcliff if they've got anything that takes your fancy. Good guys and weren't at all awkward over test rides.

[M.C]

[Rogerborg]

[stevo as b4]

I've made offers with dealers, but I always get that guilt thing that although the price I want to pay or think is a decent deal, is usually alot less than they can do it for, because of margins and overheads etc. Bottom line is if I really liked the bike that much and the dealer did his very best that's all I can do mate, I might think I'll buy it seeing as he's nailed so hard to the wall.

With private bikes, I'd just offer what I think the bike is worth and if that's not a fortune less than the advertised price then it might be happy days.

If you went to see a mint RC30 and the seller said I want £7k for it, you'd be a bit of a cunt to argue IMO.

I've seen some bikes I liked alot in pics, but up close seen saggy chains and sprockets, weeping fork seals, worn out brake pads, a saggy shock, and oil leaks, and or a bit of badly cracked bodywork that they carefully avoided in the photos etc. Sometimes I've only felt able to offer half the asking price if there's say £5-600 worth of stuff to put right.

If the seller was a nice bloke, I've made excuses and walked, as I didn't want to offend them. I Lost out one of my all time ultimate strokers this way.

[M.C]

It's funny how the only bike I've test ridden put me off a bike I might otherwise have bought (an MSX). The cars/bikes I've bought without driving/riding have been fine, well the XR was a POS but that was mainly due to noobness, the faults were there to seen.

I see that being an acceptable risk of private sales, after a few private purchases you've probably saved the cost of a lemon over dealer markups. But as above taking that risk from a dealer doesn't make sense

[MCN]

Rule of thumb to guarantee you get what you want.

If he asks for £3000.

You offer to give him £3150.

He grab your dosh..

It always works for me.
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[Polarbear]

They don't put trade plates on demonstrators though do they. Perhaps only an employee can ride the bike on those plates. In fact I've never ever seen trade plates on a bike.

My Trophy is an ex demonstrator and is still on the same plate.
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