If k75 is so good..

[revtodd]

and everybody regrets selling their's, how come I can't sell mine without someone wanting me to eat the cost of shipment?:banghead The bike is awesome, but I don't ride it near enough. Someone want a nice k-bike? We have an international airport 35 minutes away. I'll pick you up, feed you dinner and I have a spare room.

[dpryan]

I can attest to the fact that this is a fun way to buy a bike :thumb

I bought my K75 in April '08 by flying to Pittsburgh (the one way ticket was dirt cheap), was picked up and put up by the soon-to-be PO, then rode it back to MA by way of Niagara Falls.

Oh yeah, and the bike's been great! :dance

[revtodd]

it is advertised in the flea market, incidentally.

[nh7robmw]

Good luck selling your K75. You will regret it, no doubt, once it's all gone.

I bought mine by flying from Hilo, Hawaii to Honolulu to Oakland to Atlanta; the PO picked me up at ATL and drove me up to his home in Ellijay, took a test ride, had dinner, spent the night in his guest room, got up early the next morning and hit the road. I was in GA a total of 27 hours so that part was kind of like a dream...

Rode back to California in about 9 or ten days with some family visits along the way. Two days after getting into the Bay Area I delivered it to the shippers who then crated it and delivered it to the ship the same day.

Arrived near the Port of Hilo barely two weeks later where my wife helped me uncrate it at the trucking company's loading dock, then rode it the last 27 miles home. Been happy with my K ever since.

Don't worry, some other crazed Beemer fan like me will eventually come along and you will have to say goodbye to your K.:cry

Why on earth are you parting with it, if I may ask?

[Crow18]

Maybe you could offer delivery to either Lewiston or Missoula so the new owner can ride it home on highway 12. Actually, now that I think of it, you might be able to sweeten a deal with local knowledge of the best roads in the area for the new buyer's trip home. Or try this approach:

"Wait, you want me to *ship* this bike? You want me to put this bike in a box, when there are literally thousands of miles of the best twisties in the nation here in my own backyard? I'm sorry, sir, but I cannot in good conscience sell this bike to you."

I dunno. Worth a shot, maybe.

[PGlaves]

and everybody regrets selling their's, how come I can't sell mine without someone wanting me to eat the cost of shipment?:banghead The bike is awesome, but I don't ride it near enough. Someone want a nice k-bike? We have an international airport 35 minutes away. I'll pick you up, feed you dinner and I have a spare room.

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[jpberens43639]

I was gonna say maybe it's priced too high?
But pick up and a dinner!! :groovy

Holy smokes!!!:dance

Your's is the red one with the Pichler fairing, very nice.

That's a sweet repaint, low miles too.

Economy is tough out there.

The right " fit " will come along.

[BuddingGeezer]

and everybody regrets selling their's, how come I can't sell mine without someone wanting me to eat the cost of shipment?:banghead The bike is awesome, but I don't ride it near enough. Someone want a nice k-bike? We have an international airport 35 minutes away. I'll pick you up, feed you dinner and I have a spare room.

I'm with you. I had a really nice K75C with 41K miles priced well under flea market and only had one looker in Arkansas and no offers. I eventually sold it to a gentleman on this forum and I ate most of the shipping. I had a beautiful K100LT with 43K miles and I sold it to the one person who even gave me an offer. Maybe it's the area but my experience is you almost can't give a K75/100 away where I live.

A month or so ago I made an offer on a low mileage 87K75 that pics really looked good. $1200 asking price. A man from Virginia beat me to it, but I was the only Arkie to call about the bike.

Ralph Sims

[AKBeemer]

It's a good looking bike and appears to be a fair deal, but too far away. Link to flea market ad: http://www.bmwmoa.org/flea/detail.php?siteid=18902&catid=1

[tommcgee]

Buyers market right now. I have one for sale as well, and it's a good deal but I'm not pushing it because the market sux. It always boils down to whether you'll take today's nickel, or tomorrow's dime. If you want the cash more than the bike, you just might eat the shipping, yes?

I know it's supposed to be a legendary bike and all, but if it isn't selling right now, your price is too high for today's market.

[revtodd]

Maybe you could offer delivery to either Lewiston or Missoula so the new owner can ride it home on highway 12. Actually, now that I think of it, you might be able to sweeten a deal with local knowledge of the best roads in the area for the new buyer's trip home. Or try this approach:

"Wait, you want me to *ship* this bike? You want me to put this bike in a box, when there are literally thousands of miles of the best twisties in the nation here in my own backyard? I'm sorry, sir, but I cannot in good conscience sell this bike to you."

I dunno. Worth a shot, maybe.

Yeah what he said. I would gladly ride within a few hundred miles to deliver.

And thanx for posting the link akbeemer.

[Beemer01]

I'm riding a borrowed K75 these days - what a fantastic machine. (Why did BMW ever stop making them??)

Want to trade for a freshly repainted silver 85 K100RS?

[osbornk]

and everybody regrets selling their's, how come I can't sell mine without someone wanting me to eat the cost of shipment?:

I sold my 92 K75RT 4 years ago and I don't regret it. I think your bike is overpriced. I sold mine for $3,200 (I paid$4,600 for it 11 or 12 years ago)when the economy was better and it was very nice with 48,000 miles on it. It was well equipped with a Russell Seat, top case, guards, Parabellum WS. The ABS didn't work which put the brakes back to standard brakes.

[jamesdunn]

I sold my last K75 for more than the price I paid. Made about 550.00 over the amount I purchased the bike for. So, essentially I had a free bike during my ownership. I did routine maintenance only. No other funds were expended, zip, zilch, zero. I think there is a market for your bike, but all bikes in this economy are difficult to sell, be they new or used. Give it time. My friend in the car business used to say, "There is an ass for every seat".

[ultracyclist]

I spent 5 months checking out and riding K75's from late '08 and early '09.
The members of the "cult" all had high asking prices, and my reasonable market offers were all rejected.

I finally bought an impeccably maintained 2001 R1100RL in a different state for what the K75 cult was asking for a smaller bike which was 10 years older. Yes, yes, I know, a K75 is not an oilhead and an oilhead is not a K75.

If I was serious about your bike, I would want know:
1.) Why was it repainted?
2.) spline lubes?
3.) instrument cluster electrics all working?
4.) What seat is on the bike? Is that stock? Do you have the stock seat and is it a low one or the higher one?

I follow used bike prices closely, and yours is priced high, IMHO. Since about 3 months ago (in the midwest), used prices have taken a hit as the economy continues to stagger. Earlier this year, K75's in the Detroit area about in the same shape as yours, model, etc. were priced at about 60% of what you are asking.

I am not trying to ruin your day, but I see the same bikes repeatedly for sale month after month. Their asking prices fall slowly.

If someone makes you a reasonable offer, given it is late in the year, I would grab it. Otherwise, wait until the snow thaws in spring but plan your "marketing" over the winter.