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5/22/2010 9:00pm
5/22/2010 9:00pm
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1/26/2012 8:58pm
I am looking at local online forums. Guys are selling 08 CRF450s for $3000. One guy has his 09 KXF250 for $2000 and they still are not selling. I just picked up a 09 KXF450 for $4500 and trying to sell my 06 CRF450 for $2000 and can't even get a call. Have it posted on local forums and cycletrader.com. Is the market really that bad. I mean these bikes are bringing $8000 brand new before any upgrades. Really sad.
The Shop
I'll bill you later........... :-)
Plus, what is killing used 450 prices is new ones selling for 4999$
I dont think I can give my 05 CRF 450 away, its like new but i'm not going to sell it for under 2 grand.
The market is super soft nowadays.
You want to see high prices, try buying a 50. 03's/04 Sr's brining $1000+ and guys wont move.
Pit Row
Cant get rid of a new 08rmz 250. Its not "new", it was broken in and put in a garage and thats it. offers of 1500, 2500 and 3000. Off a bike that cost 6500 after tax. Screw trying to give someone a nice new bike, I'm keeping it.
Unfortunately for the non-sheeple in a population, the sheeple who make up the vast majority can be effectively sold on nearly any idea, no matter how stupid it is. This means that every once in a while, you'll find yourself wondering why the radio is filled with boy bands, why property taxes are 10 or 12 k per houshold in a state where public services are threadbare to say the least, and also why the world got all kissy faced with 4 stroke motocross bikes that were Heavier, Hard to start, Slower (check out ANY supercross all the way up to and including 05 where one was actually being ridden), More expensive IN EVERY WAY, AND shorter on service life while being many times more prone to catastrophic failures, from the day the first ones farted off the factory floors.
With enough shiny pro 4 stroke TV talk from properly coached race announcers/bike pushers, plus a load of half truths in magazines along with some well placed omissions of fact, you can apparently sell just about any basket case to a lot of people.
Congratulations... Here's your bridge deed.
Thanks,
Jim
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