Best Time of Year to buy a 2nd Hand Bike?

pyx_e · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Nov 2007 Karma :

Title says it all really. When is the best time of year to buy a 2nd Hand Bike? Or is it all pretty much the same?

I was thinking maybe winter as christmas/sunday riders selling off/ dealers need turn over.

If so I better start a saving surge, I guess I have about £1.5k and my ER5 to trade in, hoping for another grand. Looking for a Hornet, a cbr 600 or a 650 BMW (not sure why about the last one.)
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MarkJ · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Karma :

People on here normally say January-March for the reasons you stated

bazza · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Karma :

November. The fairweather fannys need the money for Xmas and they look at the bike that's sat unused in their garage for the last 2 months, and the next time they'll ride it is still 6 months away...
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Pete. · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Karma :

Late autumn, early winter. Watch out for worn-out consumables though.
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ms51ves3 · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Jun 2007 Karma :

Depends what bike you want though.

Bikes that tend to become winter hacks are cheaper when approaching summer months.

Vice versa for the, bikes that are for sunny Sundays.

MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

I would say, shiney bike in the winter, rat/hack bike in the summer.

Rat bikes go down in price in the summer, and the opposite for shiney bikes.

For a shiney bike, I'd agree that November to January is a good time to buy a bike.
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vt6 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Karma :

I defo think mid winter / new year, its what i'm looking to do this year hence working my arse off at the mo so i dont have to sell my cbr to buy new bike, keep the cbr and flog that in the summer hopefully not losing too much money on it - plan

pyx_e · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Nov 2007 Karma :

Thanks to all (my missus still has not twigged why we are only for a week to the med instead of the usual two).
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Kawasaki: ER5, Versys, VN900.