WOW people viewing but no opinions? Good price; so-so price? He seems to think its worth 10k but NADA says 6k or so.
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fair enough 
but I meant old style as in the 3 spoke rims and the desmo engine.
but I meant old style as in the 3 spoke rims and the desmo engine. Synergy said:
I'd pass on it. There are better deals that come along. I would not pay more than $6500 for that bike, if that.oO_Rogue_Oo said:
You can find Ducs on eBay with fewer miles, and most important, a lower price [albeit 7500 miles is getting into my "low mileage" category]. I know, having bought two Ducs on eBay.
My 2002 998 at the time was bought for about $4,000 to $5,000 less than what they were going for at the time and it had 800 miles on it.
Last year I steered a guy whom I bought the 900 SS SP from, to an eBay auction for a 2003 999, with about 300 miles on it, for $10,000. He was in NYC and the bike was in Colorado. He bought it, had it shipped and loves it.
The deals are out there, you just have to be patient.
Bonus tip: best way to snag the deals is to do an eBay search, then do a "sort by new listings first." This will show the bikes recently listed.
Then contact the seller and make an offer for the bike, outside of eBay [which is legal on vehicles, per eBay rules].
That is how I got the 998. Contacted the seller, made him an offer at his opening price, he thought about it for a few hours, we had a deal by the morning.
Do a search in here, or the old Duc-MS site to find my tips on how to buy a bike long distance, sight unseen. You have to take precautions. The best one sticking to low mileage bikes with a seller whom you know exists [there are ways to check this out]. Deals and sellers to immediately avoid are those who mention the words "Western Union" as form of payment.
The above is the best way to snag the deals. You have to jump on them within hours of a listing on eBay.
On a personal preference, I don't like that bike in yellow.
But, to each their own.
I tried searching both sites but had no luck finding your long distance buying tips. Any chance you can post a link to them? I hate to ask but I'd love to read them.RotoRooterGuy said:I'd pass on it. There are better deals that come along. I would not pay more than $6500 for that bike, if that.
You can find Ducs on eBay with fewer miles, and most important, a lower price [albeit 7500 miles is getting into my "low mileage" category]. I know, having bought two Ducs on eBay.
My 2002 998 at the time was bought for about $4,000 to $5,000 less than what they were going for at the time and it had 800 miles on it.
Last year I steered a guy whom I bought the 900 SS SP from, to an eBay auction for a 2003 999, with about 300 miles on it, for $10,000. He was in NYC and the bike was in Colorado. He bought it, had it shipped and loves it.
The deals are out there, you just have to be patient.
Bonus tip: best way to snag the deals is to do an eBay search, then do a "sort by new listings first." This will show the bikes recently listed.
Then contact the seller and make an offer for the bike, outside of eBay [which is legal on vehicles, per eBay rules].
That is how I got the 998. Contacted the seller, made him an offer at his opening price, he thought about it for a few hours, we had a deal by the morning.
Do a search in here, or the old Duc-MS site to find my tips on how to buy a bike long distance, sight unseen. You have to take precautions. The best one sticking to low mileage bikes with a seller whom you know exists [there are ways to check this out]. Deals and sellers to immediately avoid are those who mention the words "Western Union" as form of payment.
The above is the best way to snag the deals. You have to jump on them within hours of a listing on eBay.
On a personal preference, I don't like that bike in yellow.
Sorry guy. That will take too long to do your work, even though you hate to ask. How long did you look?oO_Rogue_Oo said:
I did a quick search of the old forum and the below links took 20 minutes to find and copy/paste [and to post this message].
You may want to simply enter the search term "eBay" and go through the hits. Will be a lot of irrelevant stuff, but the posts will be there.
http://www.ducati.ms/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=Ducati&Number=179262&page=&view=&sb=&o=
http://www.ducati.ms/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=Ducati&Number=174300&page=&view=&sb=&o=
http://www.ducati.ms/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=Ducati&Number=177500&page=&view=&sb=&o=
http://www.ducati.ms/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=supersport&Number=172997&page=&view=&sb=&o=
http://www.ducati.ms/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=Ducati&Number=172393&page=&view=&sb=&o=
Well I've got a cbr1100xx now and I have to admit that once it hits 6k on the tach it really pulls hard and can be fun to ride; but it's a big heavy bemouth of a bike better suited to long straights than the twisty stuff. Just not my style of riding; I bought it to do a friend a favor and get him out from under the payments (he hit some hard times). Anyway I've had it for about 6 months now; after not having a bike for a few years (wives and newborns; you know how it is sometimes) and it has given me the bug again to ride. My wife wants me to wait and buy new; but I just can't help looking at whats out there used every now and then. If you had to ride a cbr1100xx you'd be looking too LOL; I guess it could be worse; at least it leans the right way in the turns.RotoRooterGuy said:
Not trying to be lazy just not sure how you posted those tips. I did a search on "tips on how to buy a bike long distance" and any combination of that I could think of. I'll try searching on "ebay"; the search engine on the old site doesn't seem to have as many features as the new site so filtering the search is harder. I guess I just hoped that since you had made the post you might remember the title or have an easy way to find it; like I said I wasn't trying to be lazy. If you happen to think of a good keyword that would make it a little easier I wouldn't mind thoughRotoRooterGuy said:Sorry guy. That will take too long to do your work, even though you hate to ask. How long did you look?
I did a quick search of the old forum and the below links took 20 minutes to find and copy/paste [and to post this message].
You may want to simply enter the search term "eBay" and go through the hits. Will be a lot of irrelevant stuff, but the posts will be there.
BTW I really do appreciate all your input; thank you
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