Makes sense, right? Lotta people in Cali with Maryland burner phones.
Google Jussie to see where my little joke was going.
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LOW mile '14 ES - Not mine, but cheap. $7k
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Google Jussie to see where my little joke was going.
bruinFJRguy
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Haha. Ya, I did.Makes sense, right? Lotta people in Cali with Maryland burner phones.
Google Jussie to see where my little joke was going.
I've seen that story in passing, but never paid enough attention to actually catch the guy's name. Lol
But, yea, scamming on a FJR sounds like something Jussie would do too.
hppants
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Regarding selling prices for used FJRs, the book value is completely useless. None the less, this one is way cheap. And its not none stock either.
I'm loco (local) meeting up with the seller on Saturday. Report to follow.
FJRay
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Something tells me this bike has been in an accident and repaired. To good to be true. Modified exhaust from the Cylinders back and a power comander. Yeh, someone had a need for speed and went down. Now its out of the shop and up for sale. That's my prognosis. My first question to this guy would be has it been in an accident.
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bruinFJRguy
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We had a tentative for Saturday , but that's the last I heard. After some pondering last night, sensing this '14 was scammish or spammish, I bought Pterodactyl's '13 in Montana.
bruinFJRguy
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Ha! Congrats! His is much better-outfitted anyways!
Yabbut its a 2013, flat grey (not red) and not an ES. If (and that’s a big if) this deal was for real, it means mine is worth nearly nothing. I shouldn’t care because I have no intention of selling mine, but nobody likes to think their pride and joy is worthless (or even worth less).
bruinFJRguy
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I hear you.
I actually suspect it is real. I also suspect it is priced low because whoever buys it will have an issue titling it in CA.
The owner (not sure if he lurks here, but anyway) said he has reservations about selling it. He also said he would like to sell if before titling it here in CA, but would title it here if need be to induce the sale. He says he has been "told" it is easy to title here.
As you may know, CA has pretty stringent emissions laws. All bikes sold in CA are "CA compliant" and have stickers indicating so. Bikes sold out of state are not affixed with such labels (virtually without exception, in my experience).
There is an exception to the emissions regs for importing bikes over 7500 miles. And it's really easy to do. You just roll up to the DMV and get them to do a VIN and mileage verification. I've done it a few times and it is painless. You then just pay the $15 title fee and the yearly reg fee.
I, like the seller, have "heard" it can be done with bikes under 7500 miles, but it involves a trip to the CHP station for a verification of emissions components, and you still (I believe) need to get the decal somewhere saying it is CA compliant. The local Ducati/Aprilia dealer told me this can be done relatively easily. I happen to know, though, that getting an appointment with CHP here locally takes at least 6 weeks or so. I know this because I thought you had to take bikes over 7500 miles to CHP, and later learned it could be done at DMV. Also, this '14 appears to have a straight pipe, slip ons, and no cat; all of which would likely be problematic for CHP.
Upshot is I think this is just a hassle for the seller, and would be for a buyer unless he planned to put 5k miles on the bike in very short order, OR lived out of state and took it there.
But, yeah. The depreciation is pretty steep on our bikes in any case. Especially when the bike was bought without a sizable discount of MSRP. I was offered $7k for my '15 A with 20k miles on trade a few weeks ago. I bought the bike steeply discounted in spring of 2016 at $12,900 OTD including tax and 5 years YES (which was a screaming deal of a type I have not seen lately). I'd like more for it, but it's not a horrible loss for what I've gotten out of it, especially at trade-in value. But I have a lot of value left to get out it yet.
As we know, trade numbers are generally imaginary, but this was basically a hard figure discussed separate from the discounted cash price on the bike I was looking at. Pretty low. But indicates that this '14 ES is under priced. I expect it is the title issue and desire for a quick sale that has caused it to be priced this way.
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bruinFJRguy
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I added a disclosure to my OP. I don't want someone in CA buying this due to my pointing them to the ad, and then being unable to title it here.
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SkooterG
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It has sold. Bummer. I missed it.
bruinFJRguy
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Wow. That was fast. 3 days; 1 Saturday. When you want a bike to move fast a low price makes all the difference! Hopefully the buyer has no issues titling it.
It would have been perfect for you! A short drive from Scottsdale and no CARB hangups!
...there'll be another.
