What is a reasonable offer?

Father-in-law still has his 72 with 752 miles. I don't want to low-ball him, but don't want to over pay either.

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kirrbby

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Looks like a K0, probably 70 or 71. If it was NOT your father-in-law you could try to get it for 800 and be a star. Or your father would be the star if he gave you a deal at 12-1500. 2g might be what starts to look like a lot to pay from a friend or father-in-law. Or you could pay 5g and just say "I paid 5 grand for this and I love it." What's it worth to you? It would be really good if he would start the negotiations by throwing out a price. You could also look up a NADA bluebook value.
 
Thanks. I have tried to get him to throw out a number for starters. Always says, "You work on them, so you should know what they are worth." I was going to start at 1k, but don't want to offend him? Why I wish he would just through out a number even if it was blue sky....


Looks like a K0, probably 70 or 71. If it was NOT your father-in-law you could try to get it for 800 and be a star. Or your father would be the star if he gave you a deal at 12-1500. 2g might be what starts to look like a lot to pay from a friend or father-in-law. Or you could pay 5g and just say "I paid 5 grand for this and I love it." What's it worth to you? It would be really good if he would start the negotiations by throwing out a price. You could also look up a NADA bluebook value.
 

bruces

Active Member
Not trying to be funny at all ,if I had that bike and was no longer interested in it ,but my son in law wanted it ,I would give him the damn thing for free ,it's family not business at this point ( assuming the son in law was keeping it not flipping it ) therefore offering his initial price back should be good enough in this situation .If he is hard up or somewhat poor ,then offer him more if he needs the help .
 

kirrbby

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Ya, maybe offer him cheap, and if your intentions are to keep it forever and pass it down, let him know that.

Look up the bluebook, show him the high, and offer the mid or low.

Entice him to dicker with you by telling him you know what he paid for it, lol. If you really want honest opinions of what it could be worth we would need more pics and info. It looks like it could be a verry nice, low mile original. A collector might pay a high price for that one.
But you might just be lookin to take over the watch, keep it in the family. Or, you might be lookin for a bargain or a flip.?

When you own a bike like that, sometimes, you're afraid to ride it.
Buy it from your father-in-law, you might have to explain every scratch.
 

Gary

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I think he should give it to you as long as you don't get rid of it. After all I'll bet it's not cheap providing for his daughter in the manner she is accustomed to :)
 

cjpayne

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Offer him his money back ,about $300.00 .

Funny guy.....

I'm no money expert, but I would say that's at least $3000 now.lol. I don't think he would be offended at 2000 cash in his hand with the promise to keep it in the family.
To me, it looks like it just needs cleaned up. I would definitely replace the points, plug, and service the spinner. Wouldn't be a bad idea to go ahead and take the rims apart to check their condition and stop any early stages of rust. Preservation would be the key idea here if it were mine, but I would definitely ride it every few months.
 
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Would most assuredly be kept in the family. We have one of their Z50s that my wife and her siblings learned on, also my dad's HKO that he would throw in the back of his truck when he went to check his traplines. Daughter and son-in-law own a small engine repair business, along with five kids. Yes, the toys will stay in the family.

Thank y'all for your comments.
 

hornetgod

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Explain that you collect and treasure Trail 70's and you would like to added it to your Hall of Fame. Ask him if he would ever consider letting you buy it. Have him throw out the first number.
 

Pelican1750

Member
Money talks. A fresh stack of Franklins from the bank, say 10 or 15 of them fanned out on the dinner table might get the wheels turning. If there are GRAND KIDS involved plus a promise to keep it in the family might certainly expedite the process also.
 

oldbikenut

Member
The miles are low and the condition looks good from what I can see. Getting it cheap I would think would be around $500, paying what it is probably worth would be $1500 and up from what I've seen lately. I just think with the family connection at work here $750 to $1000 sounds about right. Good luck and keep us informed!
 

69ST

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Need more details, especially photographic, to offer you a reasonably well-informed opinion. Based on a single partial-view of the LH side, I have more questions than answers...
 

goldarrow

New Member
don't do it. money is evil, especially when dealing with friends/family. better to find junker/fix'er up bikes and show what you can do and tell him that the bike will one day belong to his grandkids. then, hopefully he has kind heart to give you the bike, and pass on to the grandkids. I wouldn't mind giving my bikes to any of my close relatives, so that they can go ride with me.
 
As a matter of fact, I will be seeing him this weekend and will try to take some better photos.


Need more details, especially photographic, to offer you a reasonably well-informed opinion. Based on a single partial-view of the LH side, I have more question than answers...
 
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