Demand for NT700V

Electraclyde

Electraclyde

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Those of you that are still on this forum and have sold your NT700, was it difficult to sell or take a long time, did you get a decent price? I am considering selling mine and moving back to HD and just curious how listing on this forum has worked for others.
Thanks.:smile:
 
You could ask Junglejim about selling the NT, he had a nice ride for a long time on NT-O and sold it very cheap.
 
Electraclyde said:
Those of you that are still on this forum and have sold your NT700, was it difficult to sell or take a long time, did you get a decent price? I am considering selling mine and moving back to HD and just curious how listing on this forum has worked for others.
Thanks.:smile:
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It was difficult to sell.
I didn't get a real good price.
It took 5 months to sell.

I made a deal with a salesman to trade it in on a new Triumph. I wanted $3,500 but only got $3.000 for it. Then when I went to pick up the new bike and deliver the NT the sales manager overruled the salesman and lowered the trade-in price to $2,200. That incited a big argument and I wouldn't sell it for that. It was a 2011 ABS model with 53K miles.

I advertised it on Cycletrader, Craigslist, NT and ST forums, locally, and parked it on US Hwy 2 with a "For Sale" sign. I got about 6 offers to buy the Russell Day Long Saddle and not a single call about buying the bike - not even to ask a question or argue about the price. I sold it to a member of the ST forum who was looking for something smaller than his ST to ride around town.
 
Motorcycles in general are a buyers market right now. The days of selling your Harley for more than you bought it for are long gone.
 
I am not concerned regarding resale value of Harley. I am concerned regarding ease of selling an NT 700. Local Honda dealer will not take an NT700 in on trade, not even on a CTX1300. Local Harley dealer also will not take an NT700 on trade. I do not have garage space for 2 motorcycles.
Thanks for the realistic responses to my question.
 
To be fair I must admit that if I were selling a snowmobile, 4-wheeler, or boat it would have been easier. Those other recreational vehicles sell much better around here.

Also I live in a pretty depressed area. The top 7 employers in my county are schools, county government, health care providers, federal government, state government, casions, etc.. Manufacturing is about #8 on the list. Logging used to be very high, but mechanization has eleiminated most of those jobs. We don't have a single foot of railroad track or a traffic light in our county. Pretty rural.

A good place to check is to look at the auctions on eBay. Lots of NTs sell for between $2,000 and $3,000.
 
vzshadow said:
I figure at 65 years old it's the last sport tourer I'll own
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I know you have the best of intentions Dan, but I might be inclined to bet against that outcome. I think I remember telling my wife the same thing in about 2001. That was 4 bikes ago. So that puts me on my 4th "last bike" at 74 years old.
 
You mean you CAN have more than one last bike!!?? Hot damn!! Oh, Marianne..... :wink:

Mike
 
My NT is my 2nd "last bike" and there will very likely soon be a 3rd. And I am only 71 years young and closing in on 72
 
I figure mine is worth about zip to anyone but me so as long as it runs well I am keeping it. Twice now I have had "issues" starting tours and have had to go home and switch bikes. If it gets major issues It will go, though. Sold my Connie C10 for $500 last year and it was in great shape. Just wanted it to go to a home that appreciated it. So goes the NT. They made the C10 for 20 years and the only one I saw on this 10 day trip was at Oshkosh. If I get a VFR800 and an adventure touring bike, even the NT May GO! But not this year.... ;)
 
BTW, I have often wondered if someone really needed the money out of their NT if they could make much more money out of it by parting it out. Big lids, sensors, tank, plastic..etc. It would take lots of work and time but it might be an option. Oh, and Phil would buy the rear end....
 
Electraclyde said:
My NT is my 2nd "last bike" and there will very likely soon be a 3rd. And I am only 71 years young and closing in on 72
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I am 68 and before I bought the FJR, I thought the NT would be my last bike. But now I see no reason to hold back from buying others. What is there to loose?
I know plenty of folks riding who are in their 70s.
 
I've been trying to sell my NT for 4 months now.
I was offered $3,000 for it and turned it down.
After reading through this thread I now wish I had accepted it. šŸ˜¬

It is an awesome bike and I enjoyed riding it for 18K miles.

I bought a bigger touring bike and really need to move the NT out of my garage.
 
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Nordakoda said:
When ever you buy your most recent bike the previous bike becomes your last bike. Therefore the number of last bikes is unlimited.
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I am aware of the numerical sequencing you refer to. I am concerned about the "permission" sequence with regard to the missus.

Mike
 
My youngest son was still a teenager and he was seeking to buy another gun. My wife, who opposed, asked "Mark, how many guns do you need?" His answer was great - "Just one more Mom". Perfect answer I thoughgt.

That can be applied elsewhere. But spousal approval is still just that.
 
I ended up donating mine. Five years old and 72,000 miles. Reality was the competition was five years old and less than 1,000 miles.

People buy bikes and never ride them. It distorts the market.

I was notified that the done auctioned it for $1,500.

Buy it, ride it, enjoy it.

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