Bikes disappearing from trademe

[SixPackBack]

Am I missing something?.......checked Trademe today and the volume of motorcycles has dropped radically!...check it out

[Nasty]

Maybe I should put my bucket up now and it will sell!!

[munster]

I've been watching a few (have negotiated budget with wife and will soon have cash to spend) and yes, where the hell are they going? Several have been withdrawn by seller.

I won't have my money till the 20th so all I can do at the moment is watch.

Am soooo looking forward to getting back on a bike, haven't owned one for 15 years. My old man bought a Hyosung Aquilla and it gave me a taste to get back on one myself and ride.

[AllanB]

Some homo-tree-hugger at ACC has probably sales taxed them 200%.

Pretty sure Sir John would not do this to us.

[SixPackBack]

Ignore this...I'm losing it, had 'manawatu' pluged in as search only

[twotyred]

Ignore this...I'm losing it, had 'manawatu' pluged in as search only

"phew"...with any luck it is only Manawatu that is "disappearing"

[piston broke]

oook
i was just thinkin maybe people are hanging onto there bikes as a cheaper option for transport

[SixPackBack]

"phew"...with any luck it is only Manawatu that is "disappearing"

Would that be bad??.....[scurries off to find out where manawatu is hahahahaha]
Yes I'm from Auckland:done:

[McJim]

Ignore this...I'm losing it, had 'manawatu' pluged in as search only

You're funny.

[tigertim20]

I see 21000 odd bikes at the moment, are you searching NZ or just your area?

[McJim]

I see 21000 odd bikes at the moment, are you searching NZ or just your area?

See post #5......

[wbks]

Mine has just sold (kx125) and that is probably because of the time of year along with other bikes selling in this nice riding weather. Bet you're bummed out that all the bikes are gone, right?

Well you're in luck! My zxr is still for sale, so buy it off me now! :)

[Dean]

I arranged to test ride about 6 bikes of trademe - cbr,zeal,zxr,bandit,vtr,rgv each seller seemed confident i would buy there bike so they took their ads down, or atleast for the time being. But i only got around to test ride the zeal and bandit.In the next week there will surely be a flock of bikes on trademe, they have these periods where a whole lot of good all rounder bikes are for around $3500, it seems to be a set price for most bargains.

[wbks]

Did you mention my bike to any of your rich L plater friends, Dean? Any interest?

[Dean]

Yep they dont exactly want a bike thats 11 or more years older, one is wanting to get the aprillia rs250 (rich bugger).
But i will see what i can do, i think i have your number from a previous pm, will put the word out tommorow.
Does your bike have a current wof, rego?
What price?
etc

["Rambo"]

I'm selling my 2006 cbf250 in September this year if anyone is interested? Its a great learners bike.
Photo on my page

[3umph]

I have the wifes CBR250 for sale... available now

[Burtha]

I've also noticed a reduced number of bikes listed on motorcycletrader and autobase - agree that I think ppl are holding onto their petrol savers.

[Big Dave]

Don't knock the Manawatu. they're getting electricity down there shortly.

[eliot-ness]

Just checked Holeshot's website. They have 35 bikes for sale, down from around 110 bikes a few months ago. Looking at the list of what's for sale most seem to be new and they seem to have stopped importing used 250s from Japan. Doesn't look good, and with winter fast approaching it will probably get worse. Could be a few bargains in the next month or so.

[Insanity_rules]

Don't knock the Manawatu. they're getting electricity down there shortly.

So they can have those new fangled refridgerator boxes?

[Blackshear]

So they can have those new fangled refridgerator boxes?

Yep, and only the refridgeryest for them.

[Morcs]

250's are ghey.

buy my RR.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=205564755

[quickbuck]

Looking at the list of what's for sale most seem to be new and they seem to have stopped importing used 250s from Japan. .
... Seen the price of the Yen lately?

Going to be hard times ahead. New bikes already going up.

Importers of second hand bikes will be paying more for their new stock...
Good time to have a motorcycle in your possession is now. It's value will increase eventually.

[Beemer]

May be selling the Goose now I've got the Corvette - somehow think that new toy will take all my time and energy now! Don't know whether to sell the plate with it though...

[Horse]

Don't knock the Manawatu. they're getting electricity down there shortly.

Electricity? Luxury!

I'm looking forward to the day they actually build roads down here, so I can ride my Harley instead of just polishing it in the shed.

[Timaa]

"phew"...with any luck it is only Manawatu that is "disappearing"

hey:bash: only marton is a hole. so that wouldnt be visible to any normal people anyway.:blink:

[Maki]

Mine dissapeared because someone pushed the buy now button. Now I don't have a bike and ride around on a rented 50cc scooter! :Oi:

[Bonez]

Electricity? Luxury!

I'm looking forward to the day they actually build roads down here, so I can ride my Harley instead of just polishing it in the shed.You teaser you.

[Dave Lobster]

Yep they dont exactly want a bike thats 11 or more years older, one is wanting to get the aprillia rs250 (rich bugger).
But i will see what i can do, i think i have your number from a previous pm, will put the word out tommorow.
Does your bike have a current wof, rego?
What price?
etc

Would he want mine? It's the one in Coleman's (and on here). High spec.. but high price too ;)

[Finn]

Ignore this...I'm losing it, had 'manawatu' pluged in as search only

It's not you. I just did a search on trademe for something and it returned some strange results. It has "Manawatu" as a defined area which I never selected.

Strange.

[vgcspares]

how come no one's mentioned the blindingly obvious ???

Trademe put their classified price up from $19 to $29 and I guess people are looking at alternatives (read : ones which aren't exercising their manopoly)

[munster]

how come no one's mentioned the blindingly obvious ???

Trademe put their classified price up from $19 to $29 and I guess people are looking at alternatives (read : ones which aren't exercising their manopoly)

Care to list the alternatives i.e. other websites; I'm still looking and trademe is looking scarce for what I want.

[vgcspares]

sadly as I said Trademe is a MANOPOLY ... they might not offer the instantaneous gratification of a website but Motorcycle Trader have been trying to encourage private ads back to their rag of late (or so I understand) so I was going to give them a whirl

[vgcspares]

if the Kiwi wasn't so sick you could do worse than look at eBay or Craig's List in the US, after that Google Motorcycle auctions to turn up the few other options