650 value

[artcore]

Medical reasons are forcing me to sell my Wee, which I dearly love. A year from now I'll either be six foot under or buying another Wee. Let's hope for the latter :)

My question is about price. How much do you think I should try to sell this bike for. I don't want to de-farkle it but sell it all decked out.


2007 Wee
about 7,500 miles
Madstad
Large Givi Windscreen
Gel seat w/ butt pad
luggage attachments
Givi E21N sidecases and V46 topcase, with luggage rack, brake-light, interior light and reflect-guard
Givi crash-guards
Suzuki center stand
GPS mount
Grip puppies
4 year transferable Suzuki warranty


Never dropped, never crashed, perfect condition (some little rust spots on crashguards), dealer maintained.

I'm sure I spent close to 10 bills on it. Bike is in Oregon, USA. Any ideas?

Thanks.

[MTNAdventureRider]

Boris,

Sorry to hear about your health challenges. Our Prayers and Thoughts are out there for you.

To answer your question, the bike market is a little different these days from a couple of years ago, but in my opinion....this is what I would pass on. (By the way, I have been shopping for a Wee for my son for about 6 months and feel I have a good handle on the market.)

In today's market, a seller should feel good about getting Wholesale value, plus 50% of the original cost of the farkles. The HUGE plus to your bike is the 4 years left on the warranty.

In my opinion, I would think your bike could probably sell for about $6k-$6.5k.

Just for comparison....there is a guy in Chicago that has a 'mint' 2006 DL1000 (about 5k miles) with about $1,000 of farkles......and he has been trying to sell the bike for $5,800 for about 3 months.

The Fall/Winter months are not the time to have to sell a bike, especially in today's economy. If you can wait, you would probably get another $500 in March/April 2009.

[Southern Oregon]

Is your Wee still for sale? I am in Medford and you can contact me at: garris@mind.net

Thanks.

[jackpiner57]

artcore, hope all goes well with your health. God bless.

[Keith Falkner]

Good luck, artcore!

Oregon is too pretty to leave it for the rest of us. I hope you are exploring it on two wheels for many years yet.

Can't help with the sale, but I hope that goes well too. You can look forward to the treat of buying and equipping a new Wee-Strom, and I hope that aspiration fortifies you.

Keith