What a apretty bike. But pricey.

[Aches n Pains]

Wish I had a spare $3,500!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...SS%3AUS%3A1123

Aches n Pains

[tv5150]

Nice AD Presentation

That's a pretty nice bike and the way it's presented, it should
generate some interest. You can tell the seller put some time
and effort into the ad and the pics (good lighting and free-hand...no tri-pod).
I really hate it when you see an ad with like 4 pics and a 2 line description
and the bike has dust all over it, the engine is oily, and it doesn't look like
it's been polished in a few years.
IF I were in the market, I'd definetely be in contact with the
seller and try to work a deal on that bike. NICE JOB with the AD

[crazy steve]

Nice bike, but IMO the price is a bit stiff for a non-original semi-stock rebuild. Wrong paint, seat cover, and Jardine slip-ons are the three big things. I could see a final sale price of $3500 possibly, but for an opening bid the seller is overreaching...

[mjpxs11sh]

rarity

what a rare beauty and that paint with the gold emblems is sweet. i had a 78 that color. id offer somewhere maybe around $2500, cause of the mileage, if it looks that good in person. hes stretching it IMO. my 81 just turned 14K, so that mileage is high for me, and i paid $1000 for it when it had 8800 miles on it and still looked new. maybe i was just lucky? sure is an extremely clean bike though. its great to see the xs11's first yr in that great of shape, and they are much faster than the 80's version.
its a blast from the past for sure!

[dpotter58]

Steve, this is like the discussion the other day about the side covers where they were priced low with no reserve and selling for nearly nothing.

By putting this opening bid on it he's not over reaching, he's telling you "This is what I think my bike is worth and if you are intersted, here you are". Those auctions starting at 99 cents with a high reserves drive me nuts. Tell me what you are willing to accept by using that as your starting bid and if I'm interested I'll bid. I much prefer this type of auction.

BTY, nice bike, if I had close to $3,500 I'd give it some consideration.

[crazy steve]

...By putting this opening bid on it he's not over reaching, he's telling you "This is what I think my bike is worth and if you are intersted, here you are". Those auctions starting at 99 cents with a high reserves drive me nuts. Tell me what you are willing to accept by using that as your starting bid and if I'm interested I'll bid. I much prefer this type of auction.

The problem I have with this auction is IMO the seller is misrepresenting the bike in his description. He implies that it's original ('immaculate for it's age' and 'almost 34 years old') when it's clearly not original and he makes no mention of that fact. Now, maybe the seller doesn't know (but I doubt it), but that's still a bit stiff of a price for that type of bike. Yes, it's a nice looking bike, but it's too nice to be a unrestored survivor or an older 'restore'. Maybe I'm overly suspicious, but when I sold my 'rebuilt' SG I clearly explained what had been done and why in some cases so it was clear what the buyer was looking at.

If it were an original bike in this condition, then the opening price would be a bit low. This looks more like a fishing expedition to me, hoping to find a unaware buyer who's not famililar with prices on these.

I will agree that sellers that put up a low-ball opening bid with a reserve are being a bit disingenuous; if you have a minimum that you'll accept, start the bid there. But this looks more like a case of a 'let's see if I can get my price' rather than a genuine effort to sell the bike... He still doesn't have any bids...

[motoman]

Agree with Steve, a fishing expedition, and not an original surviver. These kinda sells(if they sell for the asking) just keep the value going up on my original Venturer1100.