I'm just posting this publicly so y'all can hound me about getting it done. I figure some public accountability, in addition to my wife's reminders, will keep me motivated to get this done quickly.
Vehicle sale status - SS: Replacement chain & sprockets ordered for the SS (update: arrived 7/21).
--Replace the chain - done
--List - done
--Wash - done
--Polish/Wax
--Change oil - New K&N and AMSOIL 10W-40 - done
--Detail the motor - done
--Valve job @ Cheshire - done
Vehicle sale status - GTI:
--Order ABS sensor cable - done
--Replace ABS sensor cable
--Wash, polish, wax paint
--Clean out interior
--Take pictures and list
Posted:
http://portland.craigslist.org/grg/mcy/1864777643.html (http://portland.craigslist.org/grg/mcy/1864777643.html)(some wanker flagged it) [bang]
New ad: http://portland.craigslist.org/grg/mcy/1865139878.html (http://portland.craigslist.org/grg/mcy/1865139878.html)
New weekend, new ad: http://portland.craigslist.org/grg/mcy/1874355413.html (http://portland.craigslist.org/grg/mcy/1874355413.html)
Flagged again: http://portland.craigslist.org/grg/mcy/1879122484.html (http://portland.craigslist.org/grg/mcy/1879122484.html)
Expired/derbyed: http://portland.craigslist.org/grg/mcy/1893377662.html (http://portland.craigslist.org/grg/mcy/1893377662.html)
Expired/derbyed: http://portland.craigslist.org/grg/mcy/1907686057.html (http://portland.craigslist.org/grg/mcy/1907686057.html)
Expired/derbyed: http://portland.craigslist.org/grg/mcy/1921386135.html (http://portland.craigslist.org/grg/mcy/1921386135.html)
Extended family and friends keep making comments like "You're selling your Ducati?!? That bike is so beautiful!" And then, my wife made a comment after I had finished the chain replacement about how she was going to miss this bike. Such things are not making it any easier. :'(
Nice CL ad. Very descriptive, like you would post something not. Good luck with the sale.
Thanks! Here's hoping it sells quickly and smoothly. [beer]
WTF? Why would someone flag my ad?
Quote from: duc_fan on July 26, 2010, 04:42:06 PM
WTF? Why would someone flag my ad?
Must be jealous. ;D
Nice ad Dan. [thumbsup]
Beautiful pics. Hope you can avoid the weirdos that keep calling Ryan :P We just passed the full moon so you should probably expect a few this week then tapering off after that :) Good news for you too Ryan!
Scott
Quote from: krolik on July 26, 2010, 06:44:13 PM
Must be jealous. ;D
Nice ad Dan. [thumbsup]
Lol... that's probably true... so far it has managed to stay up overnight.
Thanks!
Quote from: scott_araujo on July 27, 2010, 04:38:50 AM
Beautiful pics. Hope you can avoid the weirdos that keep calling Ryan :P We just passed the full moon so you should probably expect a few this week then tapering off after that :) Good news for you too Ryan!
Scott
Thanks! Those first couple pics were at the Tualatin River Wildlife Refuge off Hwy99. Those photos were shot on Fuji Reala 100-speed film... if you like the compressed Photobucket images, you should see the original glossy prints. ;)
Anyway, I got one e-mail this morning that simply asked if I still had it. I e-mailed back just now. We'll see if it goes anywhere.
Also posted it on the classified ad billboard at work... all I've gotten thus far was one e-mail telling me that it was one beautiful machine. :) I'm hoping the interest turns into a buyer here soon.
Oh yeah... I still gotta talk with Erica and see if she's okay with the idea of taking out a loan for half the price of Ryan's Multi once at least one of my vehicles sells. I'm not cool with taking out a loan for the full amount, because I may get stuck with vehicles not selling. But... if I have the cash in hand from one of them, I'm fine with taking out a loan for the remainder (to be paid off when the second vehicle sells).
Other thing... cycletrader.com online lets you do a one picture online ad for free.
Quote from: duc_fan on July 27, 2010, 08:37:00 AM
Oh yeah... I still gotta talk with Erica and see if she's okay with the idea of taking out a loan for half the price of Ryan's Multi once at least one of my vehicles sells.
Remind her she said she'd miss having a Ducati in the garage ;)
Scott
Quote from: ryandalling on July 27, 2010, 08:39:06 AM
Other thing... cycletrader.com online lets you do a one picture online ad for free.
Ooh, thanks for the tip! I'll post over there, too.
Update: posted. They say it takes 72 hours for them to vet the ad before posting. One thing that sucks: you can't format the text at all. I mean, no line breaks, nor carriage returns, no paragraph breaks. Lame-o. I had to jerk around with a much-reduced (2800 character) and non-formattable text box. I think I made it readable and got all the pertinent info in there.
Quote from: scott_araujo on July 27, 2010, 09:30:23 AM
Remind her she said she'd miss having a Ducati in the garage ;)
Scott
[laugh] Will do!
CycleTrader ad is up (http://www.cycletrader.com/find/listing/2001-DUCATI-SUPER%20SPORT%20900-97193972)
I'm not a big fan of the text formatting, but hey, at least it's another audience being reached. Also realised I need to go post this on some other forums...
Here's hoping someone buys it soon!
Typical... I am on vacation for a week and I get three interested parties on the bike... and now they aren't responding. Poo on a stick.
Hows your sale going Dan? Got any family members with ski boats I can trade with? ha ha.
Bummer about missing the three interested parties. If you just e-mailed them back late yesterday or today, you may just need to wait 'til tomorrow. The folks who've messaged me about the SS only seem to do e-mail once a day.
The first guy who was really interested had to go on a business trip... haven't heard back. I need to check the dates on the original e-mails... I would expect to hear back from him 2-3 weeks after the last contact (if he was honest about his interest). Otherwise, I'll assume he found an ST or another SS.
Lots of messages to the effect of "that's a really nice bike, wish I had the scratch". While it's not helping me sell it, it is nice to know people appreciate the bike. :)
Have another interested party now. Not sure how serious he is (initially wanted to do payments because he's trying to sell a car at the moment), but we'll see.
Wish I had a family member with a ski boat to trade! I'd send them your way. Actually, one of Erica's uncles has a boat (not sure what kind, I just know they were out on some river last weekend), but they like it and use it regularly.
I bought that CB550 in February and decided I haven't done anything with it at all... so I put it on the CL this morning... and crikeys 12 emails and 4 phone calls... somebody coming over at noon and if it doesn't sell another interested party at 5... guess the $600 price point is hard to beat... lol
Yeah, byproduct of a sucky economy. Cheap rides are going like hotcakes... but the nice stuff is languishing around. C'est la Vie.
totally... and first guy who looked at it bought it for full price... even though I couldn't get it to turn over.
Quote from: ryandalling on August 17, 2010, 11:37:31 AM
totally... and first guy who looked at it bought it for full price... even though I couldn't get it to turn over.
Did you ever sort out the title?
Never sorted out the title and the dude didn't care. I finally got tired of the friggen California DMV and cl was very fast on the response.
That sounds sorted to me :)
Way to pass the turd, Ryan.
Quote from: Bendy on August 18, 2010, 11:54:56 AM
Way to pass the turd, Ryan.
One man's turd is another man's treasure. [evil]
I laid the whole title thing all out plain and simple to him, and add in the fact that it wouldn't start. He still wanted it. Some people like it that way. [thumbsup]
Well, the DMF price is now $5400. I need to get $5000 + the cost of the service out of it... service ran me ~$450, I figure I can trim a little off that.
Bike came back from Cheshire and runs beautifully. [thumbsup]
I have 2 interested parties. We'll see if it sells in the next week or two...
I know your situation
but damn
5k
I'd just keep it
I may have sold the Multi... well... the dude gave me $500 cash to hold it till he can replace the trailer he had stolen and come back tomorrow to get it... if he doesn't come back... easy $500... [thumbsup]
Quote from: Mother on August 23, 2010, 03:40:10 PM
I know your situation
but damn
5k
I'd just keep it
Well, there are a couple interested parties, so we'll see.
NADA average retail is about $4750. That's for a bone-stock one. With everything mine has, and the condition it's in, others are telling me that even the $5800 listed on CL ain't a bad price. $5400, I think, is reasonable. I paid over bluebook, it's about the same amount over bluebook that it was then, I've added more OEM and performance parts to the list, and it's not like I'm making a profit on this deal.
I'd love to keep it, but I'm moving out to this property my father-in-law owns in Klickitat County... a little ways west of Centerville, WA. Here's a
Google Maps view of the area (http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=45.774348,-121.000843&spn=0.086087,0.154324&t=h&z=13). (if it's not already on Satellite view, switch to that) 5 miles of dusty, graded gravel road, and then a really rough "road" on the property. Like, a Honda Pilot scrapes the undercarriage out there. My Durango does fine, but fake city-slicker-SUVs do not. Jeeps, 4x4 pickups, and real 4x4 SUVs built on truck frames are the best thing out there (Durango, Tahoe, Suburban, Expedition, etc). The new Subaru Outback, with roughly 9 inches of ground clearance, also does alright... but only just.
So yeah... even a Multi would have to be ridden carefully. This is really the home spoke-wheeled dirt bikes with lights... the KLR650, XR650L, F650/800GS, or DR650. An R1200GS Adventure would also feel at home. I still want a Multi because I could get it out to the property carefully, but still enjoy the superb winding asphalt of the Centerville Highway.
So yeah, there is no way short of an enclosed trailer that the 900SS is going out to the property.
I am having to come up with a backup plan, though... the Saturn Sky isn't gonna make it out there. It could do the graded gravel road (though it'd be filthy), but there's no way in hell it'll get from the road down the driveway to the house. So... I'm going to be looking at renting a garage storage unit or a hangar to keep the roadster near pavement where it belongs. If we do that, and the 900SS hasn't sold, I can keep it there too.
Quote from: ryandalling on August 24, 2010, 04:48:13 AM
I may have sold the Multi... well... the dude gave me $500 cash to hold it till he can replace the trailer he had stolen and come back tomorrow to get it... if he doesn't come back... easy $500... [thumbsup]
Good on you, mate! [thumbsup] Hopefully it works out for ya... better for you to get more money out of it than wait and get less. I have lots of options, so no worries here.
Actually, we were out at the property target shooting last weekend. I hadn't been out there in over a year. Let's just say I felt a lot better about my beater Durango with the crappy paint and trim. With that fresh reminder of exactly what the roads are like, I am starting to wonder if a replan on vehicle selection is in order. Do I really want to drop $9k-$10k on an immaculate Ducati for it to live out there? I'd feel better about beating on a crash-bar-equipped GS Adventure. For commuting, I seriously think another bike is in order, like a KLR650, XR650L, or DL/DR650. Something I really don't care about beating on or dropping. If I do go with a Multi, I'm almost thinking an older and less expensive one would be better, so I don't have so much money tied up in something that's gonna live a hard life in ranch country. Regardless of what I wind up riding, it's gonna get a bash plate, big dirtbike pegs, and crash bars (minimally). [evil]
Sold for full price in cash. Hand checked every bill with special pen and uv light. All is good. Woo!
Quote from: ryandalling on August 24, 2010, 06:38:47 PM
Sold for full price in cash. Hand checked every bill with special pen and uv light. All is good. Woo!
That is great news! [clap]
Believe it or not, as much as I would have loved to buy yours, it's actually a bit of a relief to see it sold. I feel like I can go focus on not-so-clean bikes that will be better suited to the rough ranch-country life. That trip out to the property last weekend was a bit of a re-awakening to what the environment will be like.
I've got an appointment for Sunday with a guy who's interested in the SS. Here's hoping it goes well. I'm a bit stressed... never sold a vehicle before, and with the impending move to the boonies I'd really like it to find a good home. I'll feel a lot better once it has sold.
Then the '98 GTI needs to go... I have the replacement ABS sensor cable for it, now the cable needs installed. Hopefully I'll also be able to give it a bath and a wax job this weekend. Need to clean/detail it, then it needs listed.
Anyway... awesome news Ryan. Glad you sold it and got full price! Now go buy your wife's ski boat. ;)
Sale pending...
I have a cash deposit. Meeting at my bank tonight to take care of the remainder.
Here's hoping it goes smoothly...
I put the monoposto seat cowling and CF high pipes back on and gave it a good polish & wax before showing it yesterday... Man, I'm going to miss that bike. :'(
Maybe I should turn around and go buy that Cagiva Gran Canyon that's on Craigslist for $4600... Same basic motor as the 900SS, and I love that motor. Throw on some Staintunes, rear shock with remote adjustable preload, crash bars, and call it good. Cheaper than a Multi, just as comfortable, and more capable off-road. Hmm...
Congrats!!! And do it!!! Get that Cagiva
and ugly
oh those poor bikes are ugly but then so is the multi...
I say go for it
[thumbsup]
Deal done. Kinda bittersweet. Nice to have cash in hand, still sucked to see such a beautiful bike go. I snapped a bunch of parting shots, some of which I'll post later (once I get them off the camera). I do have a couple nice pics of my wife on the bike, too. ;)
A couple things made it easier... one, he's a professional (engineering manager), and he's about my dad's age. Not a kid, and definitely not wild and crazy. Two, he and his Ducati-aficionado friend brought a nice enclosed trailer (complete with wheel chocks, tie-downs, and Ducati poster inside) to lovingly haul it home.
I think I'm the youngest person to ever own that SS, by at least a decade, if not two.
Anyway... I'd probably see what the Cag owner's bottom-line price is, but my wife has me convinced that what we really need to do is get the one credit card with a balance paid off, then save and pay cash for another bike. Besides, we're headed into winter. So... we'll take a chunk of the proceeds and put them into the savings account, take the bulk of the remainder and pay down that one card. Then we'll compute the savings in interest on that card, and add that amount to my monthly savings account auto-deposit. By next spring I should be sitting on ~$3000, and the card will probably be paid off or very close to it (once the '98 GTI sells... which won't be as hard as selling the Duc, because I have another GTI to focus on).
To keep me from going crazy, Dad is going to haul Dave & I's CBR trackbike out to my place so I have a motorcycle in the garage to tinker on. It still needs a couple brackets, another good radiator flush, a tire swap, and bodywork.
I went a little crazy with the Canon G10 on that last day...
(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/duc_fan/Ducati/PartingShots-1.jpg)
(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/duc_fan/Ducati/PartingShots-2.jpg)
(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/duc_fan/Ducati/PartingShots-3.jpg)
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More...
(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/duc_fan/Ducati/PartingShots-8-web.jpg)
(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/duc_fan/Ducati/PartingShots-5-web.jpg)
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(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/duc_fan/Ducati/PartingShots-9.jpg)
My beautiful wife posing with the bike...
(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/duc_fan/Ducati/PartingShots-17.jpg)
And the last look before closing up the trailer:
(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/duc_fan/Ducati/PartingShots-23-web.jpg)