Jump to content

Why are Banshees so hard to sell


Recommended Posts

I have a 2000 Banshee that probably has less than 50 hours on it and is in great shape and no one is interested in buying it. I had it on Ebay and there was no interest and I posted it here and no much is happening. I am asking $3500 or best offer and some of the offers have been ridiculous. I have 2k into it and I don't really want to let it go for a song.

 

Is it really this hard to sell a Banshee? Does anyone have any advice?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

this is funny .... i have mine for sale as well its a 2000 about the same in mods on ebay bids only went to $2200 and im asking 2800 im takin a beatin on this and still its pretty hard , i had a guy who said he would buy it but didnt wanna pay shipping or pay me gas money to drive it to him 650 miles i guess its all about location. hope we both get lucky!!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

this is funny .... i have mine for sale as well  its a 2000  about the same in mods  on ebay  bids only went to $2200  and im asking 2800  im takin a beatin on this and still  its pretty hard ,  i had a guy who said he would buy it but didnt wanna pay shipping or  pay me gas money to drive it to him 650 miles    i guess its all about location.  hope we both get lucky!!

355409[/snapback]

 

I'd like to get 3k for mine, but no one seems to think it's worth that.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I don't think it really matters what kind of money you have in it, unless it is a full blown race bike. I had a Z400 that I got in Nov 03, sold in Oct 04. Had a pipe, filter, Beadlocks. Only got 4k for it. Owed $800 more then I got for it.

 

People don't want to pay big money for used quads. Its a fact. I wouldn't want to puy 3-3500 for a 2000. I could buy a new one for 6. They just don't have resale. There are too many of them. Now if you are trying to sell a Stock 250r or something, thats a different story. Don't mean to put you guys down or anything. Thats just my view.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I don't think it really matters what kind of money you have in it, unless it is a full blown race bike. I had a Z400 that I got in Nov 03, sold in Oct 04. Had a pipe, filter, Beadlocks. Only got 4k for it. Owed $800 more then I got for it.

 

People don't want to pay big money for used quads. Its a fact. I wouldn't want to puy 3-3500 for a 2000. I could buy a new one for 6. They just don't have resale. There are too many of them. Now if you are trying to sell a Stock 250r or something, thats a different story. Don't mean to put you guys down or anything. Thats just my view.

355438[/snapback]

 

I understand where you are coming from. So what do you think a reasonable price is?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

People don't want to pay big money for used quads. Its a fact. I wouldn't want to puy 3-3500 for a 2000. I could buy a new one for 6. They just don't have resale. There are too many of them. Now if you are trying to sell a Stock 250r or something, thats a different story. Don't mean to put you guys down or anything. Thats just my view.

355438[/snapback]

 

I don't think that this statement is totally true. Why would someone want to pay $6000.00 for a new bike that you need to go and invest another $2-3000 to make it a decent machine, when you can go out and spend $3-5000for a bike that has the basic work done,(piped, welded crank, Cool head, extra tires) Hell that's what I did a when I got mine, I looked for what had the most invested in it and that was going to need the least to have to clean it up. I think it's has more to do ith tax time, and also the fact that people are going to more 4 strokes.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I don't think its even about getting a bike w/ mods for half the cost of new. I know for me personally, there is nothing like going to the dealership and pickup up YOUR bike. No one else has ridden this for you. Kind of like buying a new car. Ya know?

Its more about making that bike yours. I know I will probably get blasted for this statment but, picking up a used bike can also be getting someone's headache. I know this is probably not true 90% of the time, but there are always a few floating around w/ info that the seller "Forgot" to tell you.

 

As far as "What would you Pay for it then" that was posted above. Based on the first post in this thread. I would say for a 2000 w/ $1000 in mods, I know you wouldn't like this, but I don't think I would pay more then 3k. Because to me, I want to put my own pipes on there, I may want to use the bike for woods when you have some MX stuff on it. Everyone likes to make their own quad.

Edited by scottt89
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
×
  • Create New...