is there a benifit to keeping the stock parts if I decide to sell my bike someday. is there a bigger attraction if I have all my stock parts or does it even matter mostly?

 

Good question,

As for me, I tend to keep many of the stock parts on hand for eventual resale, or if something needs to go back to stock for whatever reason.

When buying a used bike, it's nice to get the stock parts from the seller as well, for the same reasons.

As to the value of the bike when selling, don't expect to get your money back on non-stock parts you've added. That's another reason to keep some of the major stock items--put the aftermarket stuff on the next bike, or sell them outright for some cash.

All the best,

Shane

 

Yep keep them unless you get short of cash, it proves that you modded the bike, because you have the original parts, always nice for another owner to go back to stock if they want to, especially in Europe where they are clamping down on every little mod.

 

Keep them.

When you go to sell the bike you'll basically get the same with your mods then without. Keeping them allows you to swap back on stock stuff (which was hardly used so in good condition) and sell the mods you bought for it. It also allows you room to bargain or deal with haggling. Think of the mods as cash strapped to the bike, why 'give it away'? Besides, stock parts don't usually sell for much.

 

Ditch 'em

I am happy to sell any of my stock stuff. Christ, between that, and the things I have bought/tried/hated, the pile is getting large

 

I've kept mine.
Listing;
Bike for sale: (describe bike and add on's) with F.O.P

That way another idiot can come on here and ask what model an F.O.P. is

 

I won't be putting mine back to stock... too damn much work... so I guess I'm not ever selling it...

 

Depends on how much $ you can get for the stock parts. Sell them then buy something nice for your Harley-Davidson. That's what I would do!

 

This..Hell,,most if not all the take offs I considered factory junk really. Trying to play "stop loss" on the back end is a waste of time. Besides, at some point and time there will be someone on here that truly NEEDS something.

 

Yeah, the heavy *** set of pipes went straight to the scrap pile. I wonder how many new FXDLS owners still have that stock set with the cat in them, taking up space in the garage?