Looking to sell a couple of bikes in the Spring so interested to hear opinions on the specialist sites:
Bring A Trailer
Iconic Motorbike Auctions
Rare Sportbikes For Sale
By the way the bikes going up for sale are:
2008 Aprilia RS125 (street legal)
2001 MZ Skorpion Sport Cup
Bring a Trailer would be my recommendation. I also just perused my wife's FB Marketplace as we're used car shopping and was very impressed! I also scoped out the motorcycles and chainsaws too while there!
Quote from: Evans Ward on December 04, 2021, 10:44:47 AM
Bring a Trailer would be my recommendation.
I agree with Evans.
Bring A Trailer - Will likely bring the best price with a reasonable seller fee. If there are any issues or inconsistencies it will get picked apart by the extremely knowledgeable and observant peanut gallery. Lately there have been some bike sales on there for just silly money! It's a seller's market for nice desirable machines.
Iconic Motorbike Auctions - Very good operation but I think their bikes sell better when they are in-house in their Santa Monica hanger and they are running the auction. Private seller sales/auctions posted on their site seem to sit for a while or don't pull in the money one would expect. I don't think their audience or reach is as large as BaT.
Rare Sportbikes For Sale - This site typically relists postings from other sites (eBay, Craigslist, Bring A Trailer, Iconic, etc.)
You might want to list on BaT and cross-post it on Rare Sportbikes for added visability :twocents:
Here's an old listing for an MZ on eBay that was posted on Rare Sportbikes (from eBay) 7 years ago
https://raresportbikesforsale.com/the-peoples-sportbike-2001-mz-skorpion-sport-cup/
BaT for sure. The fees are crazy, but people seem willing to pay it.
Thanks for the feedback everyone. BaT looks like the best bet. By the way SoCal250 that MZ listing is actually the very bike I am selling! I am the second owner since that eBay sale.
Quote from: BlueR32 on December 04, 2021, 02:33:10 PM
By the way SoCal250 that MZ listing is actually the very bike I am selling! I am the second owner since that eBay sale.
:haw: How ironic! Nice bike! GLWTS!
https://raresportbikesforsale.com/gemology-2006-aprilia-rs125-jorge-lorenzo-with-7-miles/#
Personally I would favor RSBFS for what you have for sale. RSBFS primarily touts only bikes listed directly with them. They are no longer dominated by listing bikes listed elsewhere. I sold a Ducati 900SL on RSFBS earlier this year for a friend. Were it my bike I might have sold it on BaT, but since it was someone else's bike and I had limited knowledge and history with the bike, I did not want to deal with all the questions which might get raised on BaT. BaT is to be avoided if you don't want to or can't answer a lot of questions about a bike.
The auction formats of BaT and Iconic are advantageous for bikes with significant market demand as auctions only work when there are enough interested buyers to bid up the price. The demand for an RC51, 9X6 Ducati, RZ500 or similar bikes everyone wants is high. The demand for esoteric bikes like the ones you are looking to list is narrower, so there is a greater risk of not achieving a good price. Of course, if you're willing to accept whatever the bid price is, BaT, Iconic and even Ebay will deliver this price.
GLWTS.
I'm at this same conundrum with my fresh restomod JDM RD350LC.
Gotta transfer the VT title to OR, and ideally get the paint done, but I just don't have the $$$ rn.
Quote from: Ray916MN on December 08, 2021, 11:45:13 AM
Personally I would favor RSBFS for what you have for sale. RSBFS primarily touts only bikes listed directly with them. They are no longer dominated by listing bikes listed elsewhere. I sold a Ducati 900SL on RSFBS earlier this year for a friend. Were it my bike I might have sold it on BaT, but since it was someone else's bike and I had limited knowledge and history with the bike, I did not want to deal with all the questions which might get raised on BaT. BaT is to be avoided if you don't want to or can't answer a lot of questions about a bike.
The auction formats of BaT and Iconic are advantageous for bikes with significant market demand as auctions only work when there are enough interested buyers to bid up the price. The demand for an RC51, 9X6 Ducati, RZ500 or similar bikes everyone wants is high. The demand for esoteric bikes like the ones you are looking to list is narrower, so there is a greater risk of not achieving a good price. Of course, if you're willing to accept whatever the bid price is, BaT, Iconic and even Ebay will deliver this price.
GLWTS.
I sold an Aprilia RS50 on RSBFS and it went in one day. I priced it to sell and maybe could have got a lot more for it with an auction format but again maybe not! Good feedback and thanks!