Having trouble selling my 2015 Softail Slim
#21
07-30-2018 | 02:38 PM
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the owner of this bike place emailed me, offering 10 grand for it...at first I thought it was way too low...now, if he's offering 10 grand, he must know he can get alot more for it..cause he'll want to make money off the bike.
#22
07-30-2018 | 02:45 PM
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From: under the bridge on the sunrise side
Lots of bikes for sale for the small group of people still buying Harleys equals they get to set the price, just the way it is. If you really want to sell it you need to lower your asking price every week, maybe by $200 till you attract a buyer. Good luck with your sale. Heres another way you can look at it, I bought a new Sport Glide in Feb of this year for ***** and giggles I just went on Ebay to look at sold listings for my bike. None have sold and there is someone begging for an offer with his set price at $15K. I would guess he will be losing at least $4K with the accessories he has installed and yes it is very low miles.
#24
07-30-2018 | 03:36 PM
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Your bike books at $10k trade; $12k private sale. Low mileage and mods (as most have said already) are largely irrelevant. Not to mention you are competing with a completely redesigned 2018 model that can be had (brand new) for $15k or less. I'd take the $10k offer and cut your losses. Otherwise, be patient with the private sale. Either way, your bike gets older, the used market becomes more saturated and in a year you'll have to compete with used 18s on the market.
Good luck with the sale.
Good luck with the sale.
#26
07-30-2018 | 04:31 PM
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Many issues I didn't expect...hands going numb after only 10 minutes of riding...so me wanting to go on a couple hour ride is out of the question...nobody to ride with...people constantly riding up your ***...and they seem to do it on purpose...and with my temper, that just don't bode well for me...when i was riding, I often thought about getting a gun, cause i was tired of people...the only time I ever rode it was to the gym and back and around town a bit...It definitely had its moments though...but you literally have to worry about everything you do...
#27
07-30-2018 | 04:50 PM
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For me when shopping for a bike if its used its used. I don't even look if the milage is super low, to much setting around. If a bike is 3 years old and a brand new one list at 16,000 the used one would need to be 10,000 tops, and I don't care what they put on it. I would rather spend extra 6000 and be brand new. But this is just me.
#28
07-30-2018 | 06:35 PM
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#29
07-30-2018 | 10:29 PM
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How does one have a motorcycle for 3 years and only have 600ish miles on it. Why are you wanting to sell it? Just don’t like riding motorcycles? Do you not like the Slim? One of my favorite Harley’s. Sorry just curious because I see this a lot. Myself puts 600 miles on a new bike in 2-3days of owning it. LoL
Keep it and ride it, there was a reason ya bought it.
BTW, I think you’re having troubles selling because everyone wants the new model SOFTAIL. Yeah they’re that nice. Ride is so much better.
Keep it and ride it, there was a reason ya bought it.
BTW, I think you’re having troubles selling because everyone wants the new model SOFTAIL. Yeah they’re that nice. Ride is so much better.
Last edited by Sixgunjr; 07-30-2018 at 10:37 PM.
#30
07-30-2018 | 11:08 PM
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From: Brick NJ
Anything not named StreetGlide or RoadGlide just doesn’t seem to be selling. I bought my 2009 Softail Custom with thousands in Genuine HD accessories, most I didn’t want and took off anyway. But I got it for $6800 10K miles. The Deluxe still brings a good payday, but the twin cam softail line seems weak.