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boundy Nearly there...
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Posted: 09:35 - 12 Jan 2021 Post subject: Re: Buy a bike now or hang on for a bit? |
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Probably six of one and half a dozen of the other. Right now buyers are rare, combination of cold-ish weather and state controls. If that puts you in a better bargaining position, not sure - I get the impression the profit margins on bikes aren't massive and if all dealers are adopting a similar stance then you might not got anywhere. Then again, you might! Whatever you buy is going to sit in your garage depreciating, although not a huge amount in a few months (other than the transfer of ownership drop in value).
Not sure about choice increasing; possibly more turnover but at any given point in time the availability is probably going to be similar, maybe less.
If I were you, I'd be looking now and if I saw the right bike, liked it and could get it for a price I'm happy with I'd do that. I then would have a few months to go over it with a fine tooth comb, make any minor tweaks I wanted etc. so when we're allowed out again, it's pristine and good to go (as opposed to getting it and itching to ride it straight away). I don't have the luxury of being able to pop to a dealers whenever I want, so when the market picks up I wouldn't want the stress of seeing a bike on Tuesday, booking a test ride for Saturday then it gets sold on Thursday. ____________________ TG. |
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Is there such a thing as a "cheap" motorbike anymore ?
To many, they are little more than a toy, so there are very few "distressed sellers" out there. Its not uncommon to find people on here owning more than 1 bike. To compound matters, people are calling anything over 8 years old "classics" and are now holding onto everything in the (self perpetuating) belief it'll increase in price.*
They're also not cheap to buy new, so I would think it fair to assume most bike owners probably earn more than average, are higher skilled than average, and are therefore weathering the COVID storm from home. I think we have a surprisingly large amount of Technology-type bods on here. All of whom can work from home, in their pants, eating a dry bowl of Weetos, tugging themselves off silly to the receptionist who once, by mistake, said "hi" one morning, 7 years ago.....
I suspect most are already planning what to do with all the additional time they will invariably have over the summer, until all this sorts itself out.
My best 2 bike purchases ever, were made in January when it was snowing. You can't come across as a "keen as mustard" ride-it-away-immediately type buyer, if you've fallen over twice between the bus stop and the dealers showroom ...
If your bikes priced between 7 and 8 bags, and you get it at the lower end, you've had a result. You're talking about a cracking bike anyway, so I doubt you'll be in a rush to get rid. Everyone, give or take, probably has a variant of that engine somewhere on their bucket list ......
*May I say at this point, with some embarrassment, I also fall into this category. |
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I prefer to sell in spring and buy autumn/winter. |
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boundy wrote: | What do you mean A2 compliant?
I was thinking along the lines of pre-reg, first owner kept of 2 years, next owner didn't get on with it so changed. |
A bike that can be ridden by somebody that only has an A2 licence.
Anything that fits into a licence category where either an upgrade is possible, or there's a chance that the owner might decide not carry on riding, is likely to have more than the average number of owners.
That being said, more and more bike owners have the disposable income to see them as toys and get bored with them quickly, or have them on relatively short term PCP deals, so it's not that unusual to find a bike that changes hands every year.
As Robby said, if I were looking at a relatively new bike, I would be more interested in a continuous service history, rather than how many owners it has had. ____________________ Things get better with age; I'm close to being magnificent........
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Nice!
Those UK spec arrow cans aren't loud, but the US spec ones have a removal baffle if that's your thing. Just picked up a full system for mine. ____________________ You ain't a has been if you never was |
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Shaft wrote: | boundy wrote: | What do you mean A2 compliant?
I was thinking along the lines of pre-reg, first owner kept of 2 years, next owner didn't get on with it so changed. |
A bike that can be ridden by somebody that only has an A2 licence.
Anything that fits into a licence category where either an upgrade is possible, or there's a chance that the owner might decide not carry on riding, is likely to have more than the average number of owners.
That being said, more and more bike owners have the disposable income to see them as toys and get bored with them quickly, or have them on relatively short term PCP deals, so it's not that unusual to find a bike that changes hands every year.
As Robby said, if I were looking at a relatively new bike, I would be more interested in a continuous service history, rather than how many owners it has had. |
I see you're still hanging onto those man points, unlike Bitcoin, 10 years later, they're worth feck all. |
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boundy wrote: | Shaft wrote: |
A bike that can be ridden by somebody that only has an A2 licence.
Anything that fits into a licence category where either an upgrade is possible, or there's a chance that the owner might decide not carry on riding, is likely to have more than the average number of owners.
That being said, more and more bike owners have the disposable income to see them as toys and get bored with them quickly, or have them on relatively short term PCP deals, so it's not that unusual to find a bike that changes hands every year.
As Robby said, if I were looking at a relatively new bike, I would be more interested in a continuous service history, rather than how many owners it has had. |
I see you're still hanging onto those man points, unlike Bitcoin, 10 years later, they're worth feck all. |
And your point is? ____________________ Things get better with age; I'm close to being magnificent........
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 3 years, 78 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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