*sold*2001 Daytona 955i £2100

Andy57
Nice to see it kept so pristine.
Joe.

 

I second that emotion from Mid Devon! I suspect that we probably have a LOT more mud than do you ......... but, perhaps, slightly fewer grocks. Nice looking bike, Andy - hope you get a buyer for it.

I sold a Trident 900 last week. It had been on Gumtree for a few months and was also listed on here. I really thought it would go from the Gumtree ad. - had a couple of "serious" buyers that weren't actually serious enough to come and see it, so I drained it of fuel and restarted the Gumtree ad. in January. Viewing statistics looked good and I had another couple of enquiries but nothing more than that. Then somebody said - put it on Bacefook Marketplace. Not being a user of ANY soshal meedja I gave that no thought until my wife sold a couple of things via FB so I asked her to list it, supplied the blurb and the pics. and the bike was sold within a week to the second person to view it. And there was a raft of enquiries, all expressing serious interest or intent! The only reason it didn't sell to the first person to see it was that he hadn't realised how tall and heavy T3s are - the bike itself was, in terms of appearance, age, mileage and price exactly what he wanted, the risk of dropping it in tight spot manoeuvering was just too high!

I'm already feeling serious pangs of regret but the reality of my situation says it was the right thing to do and, ultimately, it will be a "zero sum game" as I'm looking forward to getting hold of a replacement bike in the not too distant ... when weather, time and circumstances permit!

Good luck with the sale.

 

"MORE mud?? Surely not!" Oh YES, indeed. Much more, I'd wager. This is farming/tractor central, mate - and I'm yet to meet a farmer that takes seriously their implicit reponsibility/duty to clean the mud off the roads. Combine (sic) that with the seemingly unending increases in tractor sizes and the number of "children" driving these things (the 'not under 16' on the road thing is laughable around here!!) and the outcome is inevitable.

As for dealing with the inevitable timewasters, tyrekickers and nosepickers, I think it has to be seen as a small price to pay for getting the thing sold more quickly. Liken it to a short illness against a long drawn out, debilitating disease! Hmmmm.... perhaps not the best of analogies! Your own recent experience provides irrefutable evidence of the benefits, though!

 

Come and try it if you think you're hard and dirty enough .............

 

Andyb57
Yes see where you are coming from here. I can't believe the state of our roads and the amount of idiotic drivers. Makes me wonder why are we paying road tax.
Joe

 

Well done - hope you enjoy the more relaxed approach offered by the Scrambler!!

I've just picked up my replacement for the Trident I sold a couple of weeks ago and can't wait to get it out and about. Once the mud has finally been washed off the roads ...........

 

This, though it's not my photograph.

 

I've broken down there

 

Sorry for the funny rating - it's not funny that you broke down there, of course, just 'funny peculiar' that the one photograph that I chose (kind of at random) to show off my new P&J is at a location that holds an entirely different emotion for you! The ironic thing is the photograph was sent to me by the seller AFTER I bought the bike (unseen except in ad photos!) so I had no idea of the location whereabouts. I'll try to download and add in the photos he had taken (by a pro photographer) with a Spitfire in the background.