With all this recent heavy PCP Discounting on the Africa Twin, I'd be very interested in how easy you sell your bike, and what price you eventually get for it.
I honestly don't know what your experience will be???
I wonder what a trader would offer you on the Africa Twin as a PX, rather than trying to sell it privately...
And that's exactly it, the dealer specials have killed private residuals and so now they don't sell privately, check ebag completed, the same bikes week after week and several that are also been listed here.
Best of luck tho
So, say 10,000 Africa Twins have been registered (I’m pulling that number out of the sky), and a dealer does a silly deal on 100, does that mean that all 10,000 bikes will then take a massive hit based on the hundred cheap bikes? Or would the people with the hundred cheap bikes lose very little, or nothing, come resale time?
So, say 10,000 Africa Twins have been registered (I’m pulling that number out of the sky), and a dealer does a silly deal on 100, does that mean that all 10,000 bikes will then take a massive hit based on the hundred cheap bikes? Or would the people with the hundred cheap bikes lose very little, or nothing, come resale time?
Same with the GT. One dealer did a silly deal on a handful of bikes, so how can that suddenly wipe the residual value from every bike registered? I could understand if it was an ongoing deal, but how can a deal that only lasted a few days permanently kill residuals? I asked Premier for a GT a few weeks after that deal, and they said there was no chance of getting anything close to it.
Short term = dip
Long term = it will even out and if the bike is a good bike prices will be good as it's in demand
The only time it would cause a problem is if everyone wants to sell at the same time.
But even then, it’s only temporary. It’ll even out in a year or two, unless that dealer makes a habit of slashing the prices every year.
So, say 10,000 Africa Twins have been registered (I’m pulling that number out of the sky), and a dealer does a silly deal on 100, does that mean that all 10,000 bikes will then take a massive hit based on the hundred cheap bikes?
Same with the GT. One dealer did a silly deal on a handful of bikes, so how can that suddenly wipe the residual value from every bike registered? I could understand if it was an ongoing deal, but how can a deal that only lasted a few days permanently kill residuals? I asked Premier for a GT a few weeks after that deal, and they said there was no chance of getting anything close to it.
Ktm Rd bikes have never had great residuals, however I personally think this method of discount does kill residuals for the present model for a lengthy timescale, the bike fraternity don't forget such discounts, I would never buy another GT at retail and my feeling is mirrored across the the Ktm forum, it loses confident in the brand.
Whilst the dealer could not offer you a bike, that's understandable especially as the dealer paid more than the price it was being sold by Ktm. Ktm uk had 450 bikes to shift this outweighed previous registered sales for the GT (you can check bikes registered)
If you think it's nonsense, look at the market, eBay - bike forums .
Thanks for all your comments, im fortunate that i dont need to sell and can keep hold of it, it will just sit in the garage and i will try again in the spring.
Not a great time of year to sell and have had numerous PM's about selling all the bits, maybe i will strip it down
Didn't Adventure Boy get offered near 8.5k px against a new one recently from Dobles.
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