If you’re like the staff here at CRM, you’re damned tired of the hassles of selling motorcycles online. Try Facebook Marketplace and you’re opening yourself up to a world of scam artists, no-money hopefuls and endless messages asking “is your bike still available?” The latter category, you’ll soon notice, never follow-up with offers. And then there’s eBay, a site once full of promise, but now governed by a Troll Army of low-balling bargain hunters who seem to have collectively agreed never to bid more than a couple of thou despite your machine being worth many times that much.
Unfortunately, cycletrader.com has also fallen prey to a scam artist invasion in recent years, with any private seller unfortunate enough to list a motorcycle on the popular site deluged with text messages from crooks determined to snag them and their motorcycles in harebrained schemes straight from an episode of “Cops”
For a safe, workable and effective alternative, check out the latest online auction currently underway at Florida-based J. Wood and Company Motorcycle Auctions. This veteran motorcycle auction firm has been in business for decades, having overseen the sale of thousands of bikes, both classic and modern.
The auction is now accepting consignment and is open until bidding concludes on October 24. A one-time fee of $200 covers the listing and seller’s fees should a motorcycle find a new owner, while the virtual nature of the auction offsets the costs of shipping bikes to an actual physical auction site. “All the bidding is done online, so there’s no worry about somebody texting you with scams,” said J Wood’s Steve Aspland. That classic bike currently gathering dust in a dark corner of your garage or that tricked-out, high-performance racebike that hasn’t turned a wheel on a track in several seasons are perfect for the vast buyer audience this event will attract and you can set your own price, unlike at bringatrailer.com where the staff determines just how much you’ll get for your ride.
