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GSXRBirch

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my brother is thinking about selling his sportster and wanted to know about what it is worth and going for now. it is a 2004 1200 custom sportster with 16xxx miles some small upgrades but not sure what. if anyone has any input it would be great thanks.

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I once went with a friend to look at a Hardly. I don't remember the model, but the guy was asking a shitload more than any were going for in cycletrader. The best part of the adventure was he had a goat tied to a big doshouse. That fuckin goat would hike its leg and piss into its own mouth. The seller had a child that walked over to show us the goat and the damn thing hiked its leg and pissed on the boy.

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Cycle Trader avg selling price is the best guage. Kbb.com doesn't know anything about market trends and sesonality or selling motorcycles. Go to CycleTrader.com and do a search within 250 miles for the bike that is being sold. See waht the avg is and there is a starting point.

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You can search ebay's completed listings too, gives a good idea what a "deal" on a similar model is, as a "low point" and hope to get about 10% more to a motivated seller. Beyond that, you're probably going to be hanging onto it in my experience. What they really sell for is the value, it's just that some people have a hard time getting over that figure.

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Cycle Trader's website is mostly dealers advertising. A poor choice for finding what is being sold by the common person. Buy a Cycle Trader magazine to find what real people are selling them for.

Ebay is an OK place to find prices, but understand that a lot of those folks are asking a bit more due to fees and such.

Another great place is Craigslist. It's where a LOT of people shop for bikes anymore...

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It's not likely he'll be able to sell it. Right now Harley has a promotion going that if you buy any new Sportster now, you can trade up in a year and get the full original MSRP as your trade in value on a new bike.

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