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MOTOBRICK MARKETPLACE => FS WTB WTT ~ Bikes ~ Parts ~ Gear => Topic started by: Turbo224 on September 02, 2016, 06:00:14 PM
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Sad day for me...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/131926414703?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
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No reserve on this!
I'd get it shipped to Australia if UPS wasn't so prohibitive ... and I had the space
Did anyone notice what else was being sold? - Prices were neck and neck there for a while
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Marvel-Mens-Moccasin-Slippers-Medium-9-10-Marvel-Heroes-Avengers-Hulk-Iron-Man-/131918398621?hash=item1eb6f3049d:g:VRIAAOSwaB5Xlj4H
Hope you get a good price for it.
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Ah, man, what's going on? You were really coming along with your bike, then I didn't see anything. Hate to see your K go, particularly after all the work you put into it......it won't take much to be completed as you envisioned.
Hope things work out for you.
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I just barely got all the little issues sorted out. :( What happened is that I'm getting ready to buy a house so I sold my daily driver Audi to get rid of my car payment. I have a jeep which is typically my winter driver/weekend toy, so I was just going to drive it until I closed on my house. Well, as luck would have it, the head gasket popped on the Jeep and cracked the head in the process. So I need the money to either fix the jeep or buy something else roadworthy until my home loan clears. The timing on all this is just the worst possible, so unfortunately the bike has to go. I hope someone who actually appreciates it buys it, I'll be really depressed if some punk teenager wins the auction.
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Did anyone notice what else was being sold? - Prices were neck and neck there for a while
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Marvel-Mens-Moccasin-Slippers-Medium-9-10-Marvel-Heroes-Avengers-Hulk-Iron-Man-/131918398621?hash=item1eb6f3049d:g:VRIAAOSwaB5Xlj4H
The buyer of those slippers is never going to get K-bike mileage out of them. False economy!
Good luck on your sale, Tyler. Don't let cash from a clueless teenager depress you. It spends just the same.
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Man, that's terrible that a $3000 K75 is the difference between happiness with a new house, Audi, Jeep ,whatever. Have you considered auctioning that Hemi :eek:you own?
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Man, that's terrible that a $3000 K75 is the difference between happiness with a new house, Audi, Jeep ,whatever. Have you considered auctioning that Hemi :eek:you own?
Yeah, it really sucks. And no, I didn't even think about selling the Cuda. It would certainly make my house payment a lot cheaper if I did! :)
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Hang in there ,buddy, there will be other K's.
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I received this gem of a message on my eBay account today, I can only assume this guy is a member of this forum.
wake up tyler whats so rare about a k75 beemer they made 10 of thousands of them and the seat looks as comfortable as sitting on a friggin house brick what a shame people like you chop up a perfectly comfortable , motorcycle to make something that resembles a bowl of dogs vomit shame on you !!!!
And my response.
You make a valid point, they did make a lot of these bikes. It seems there are currently only 5 for sale on eBay right now, so perhaps the supply of these bikes has decreased in the last 20+ years. Thank you for your interest in the custom seat that I made. I made it out of a piece of memory foam that I find quite comfortable. Admittedly, it’s probably not an ideal seat for a cross country tour, but if you’d like to go carve up some canyon roads it is actually very tolerable. I apologize that what I have done with MY bike is not to your liking, I guess I should have consulted you for your opinion before I started to make changes. Mostly I apologize that your life is in such a state that seeing a motorcycle owned by someone else that you don’t care for causes you such anguish that you need to take time out of your day to write an insulting email to voice your displeasure. I hope things start to look up for you in the future. Ride safe
-Tyler
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Response: Priceless
i like your bike it looks like a great bar-hopper cafe ride. So get your home loan closed and fix the car, then you can find another one to do as you please...
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I can only assume this guy is a member of this forum.
Actually, I think it's pretty unlikely it was a member. You'd be surprised how many Klassic K owners don't know about this forum, plus, I think all of us here whatever our opinion on 'builds' is, are pretty desensitized to the practice since there are so many people doing it.
You're also underestimating how many old-school BMW riders are old, white, know-it-all, calcified douchebags. So many are, that I think you may have wasted some of your own valuable time gracing that particular douchebag's mailbox with a response.
He's right, though -- these bikes aren't rare at all. When you say there are 'only' 5 on eBay, that's actually a lot. Three years ago you wouldn't see any K-bikes on eBay. The fact that there are so many means the supply is outstripping the demand. I suspect people who want a cafe K-bike don't want a ready-made one by someone else, they want bragging rights for having done it themselves.
Maybe this is a cautionary tale for K-bike cafe builders everywhere wrt resale value and overall demand on the market.
No ill will intended -- seriously, I hope it sells and I hope you get the price you want.
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I see your bike isn't on eBay anymore -- last bid I saw was $1750, which isn't bad considering. Did it sell for at least close to what you wanted for it?
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Great -- sounds like you both got a fair deal.