Craigslist Find: Yamaha Vstar 1100 Custom Lessons Learned Profit Sale Price
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
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Today I'm sharing with you one of the first bikes I flipped off craigslist nearly ten years ago. This was a 2003 yamaha vstar 1100 custom. I traveled two hours to Tucson to buy the bike and learned some valuable lessons. Stay tuned to see what I paid and how much I ended up making. Enjoy!
Leave a question below for the upcoming Q&A!
After riding many styles, what would you recommend for a perfect bug out bike ?
I'm with your buyers on the apes, they are NOT for me. Which brings up another point: I'm currently shopping for my next bike, vstar 1100, Honda VTX etc. I do NOT want a bike that someone has customized to make "their own" because "their own" is not to my taste so I have to invest a lot of time and money to either get it back to stock, OR make it something that IS to my taste....so in effect, that $5000 you invested in "upgrades" is $5000 wasted on me.
I can't tell you how many I have seen with tassles, and custom flames, etc that I just pass on by because they didn't keep the stock parts for me to put back on
Well done mate.
Great advice. I should have put this much thought into picking my last girlfriend. I couldn’t flip her and lost my investment.
Cool!! OMG that was you????? Btw I just flipped her, and lost my ass!
Yeah I'm seeing those, the 650s, and sometimes sportsters going for much cheaper than ever recently in my area. Fuel injection is nice, but if you are on a budget and see a deal don't be scared of a carbed bike people!
Don't be afraid of a Carburetor on a Bike.
I've been on a 2005 yamaha V-Star 1100 and she starts every single time with no trouble at all & very little choke to get her warmed up (2 - 5) minutes max the Bike is a gently used 2005 V-Star 1100 it was fitted with a custom seat , Cobra exhaust, cup holder, and an oils relocation kit
She purrs like a Kitten 😸
I got 2005 1100 midnight custom for 1000. Pipes and and soft bags.... it's been a great bike. Plenty of power. CARBS Run fuel out during winter storage and use Stabil.....
Nice pointers man, thanks for your input and congrats on 10k subs!
We have so many questions but if we had to pick one...Do you ever get tired of being so awesome all of the time? 😁
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Hahaha! I plan to do the qa for thursday! Stay tuned!
In 2004 they sold both carburetor and Injected bikes. Would it be possible to change from the carbs to fuel injection? I have the carburetor version and they keep drifting off every ~ 700 miles they need readjustment. A real pain.
What is the one bike you haven't got that you really want?
Q n A , Question - LOOKING FOR HOLY GRAIL . your just the guy I wanted to ask this to, so timing is perfect. My background ,17 yrs riding exp. 10 yrs on sport bikes so I love speed and leaning. Been on a Kawasaki mean streak for the past 7 yrs which is fast and leans with the best of them. Looking to buy a used muscle cruiser that can still lean but is also comfortable now that im getting older (36). I dont want anything less then 1500 CC, im vain so its gotta look "cool" but most of all its gotta be able to rail some turns. Was looking at the Yamaha Raider (or Roadliner) from how much you liked it in your videos. I know "comfortable" "muscle cruiser" and "leaning" dont belong in the same sentence but since youve ridding more bikes then anyone I know, Id love to get your opinion. Thanks ahead of time. Rick NYC.
What was the first bike you owned/ learned on?
and,
What are the things you've learned to look for when scouting a potential buy?
Hey Jon,so next year I'm changing my bike (the Virago 250) and I'm not sure what to get between a
Honda Shadow 600 or a Yamaha DragStar 650 what do you think ?
Keep in mind that I have the A2 license and I need a bike to fit that category and I think both of these do
At first I was sure on getting the Shadow but recently I saw the DragStar and now I might like that a bit more,I don't know, I'll see next year what's gonna be
Paul he probably doesn't know shit about what an A2 license allows. If I was limited to 650 cc I would probably be looking at something that's not a cruiser.. what country you in? Any other options?
@@stephenmegel6975 Romania,well for now I wanna remain on a cruiser but when I get my A license I was saying I wanna get the Suzuki Bandit 600 which you know it's a naked but I rly like that one
What tips do you have for someone thinking about flipping bikes on the side
Hi Jon i'd love to hear your opinion about vtx1300c if possible . I'm about to buy one and there is not much on yt about that honda :/ keep the good work going . Cheers and thanks for the your vids 😎👍
Hay Jon. what's the one bike you flipped an whished you kept it.
Great rundown, some really interesting info there and great to hear some of the possible pitfalls, and what you learnt from the process.
Ain't nothing wrong with a v star, great bikes, reliable, shame they stopped making them
Which one of your flips did you say wished I'd left that one alone ? A gain better than a lose ✌
Very informative, thank you for that
Hey Jon, what is your favorite part about the Low Rider S?
Which bike if any did you flip at the biggest loss?
As a Motorcyclist, how do you like living where you do?
What size handlebars I want to put apes on my vstar
Jon thanks for the vid. Would you say it's safer to buy a used bike from a dealership than buying one off of Craigslist? Why or why not?
Hey Jon!
Out of all of the bikes you’ve flipped, what’s been your favorite? What’s been the most profitable flip you’ve had?
Great question! I almost posted the reply, but then remembered it's for the q&a. Lol.
@@JonsMotoGarage terrible!!
Answer the question?
Vstar1100 is the best first bike because you have a lot of cheaper parts and information to fix your motorcycle. This is big enough to do many days highway trips. Also, you will learn to ride a motorcycle with that, it is heavy enough to ride in the right way and make a difference between bicycle and motorcycle. A lot of really powerful motorcycles are super light , people ride those motorbikes like bicycles and this is really dangerous. Moreover, if you have the habit to ride a vstar1100, you can ride a bigger touring without any problem. This is not the case if you learn with a trail or coffee racer. Also, you learn why people like cruisers much more. The game of a cruiser bike is to drive as smooth as possible like a feather
You mentioned you'd discuss the buy and sale price, but I may have missed it in the video. What were those?
I believe I paid around 3k for the bike and sold it for 3900 or there about. I had to look back on my records and do recall off the top of my head.
I want to flip bikes too..
Hope to learn from you. Thanks for sharing
What do you want to know?
I do it!
buy low sell high..
make every bike you get better in one way or another!
Sometimes riding them is all it takes..
Some owners do not take proper care, change the oil and coolant, if it “runs”, put good gas with some additives and run it hard..
usually clears the carbs and gets it running good..
I don’t deal with fuel injected bikes though, so no help there!
Q: if you had to get ride of all the bikes except one.
Which one would win “ Top Bike in the moto garage “? 🤭
Well yes purchasing any kind of vehicle without a title is going to lead to delays in receiving the title. Personally, I prefer carbureted bikes and own a vxs 1100 and find it easier working on carbureted systems than fuel injection since I'm an old school rider and have been riding and wrenching on carbureted bikes I have owned since the 70's, to each there own. If your only into flipping bikes for profit you had better know how to wrench on a barn find and sell it in better condition than you found it otherwise you're in the wrong business. I've always said If you can't work on a bike, you shouldn't own it otherwise pay through the nose to have it worked on.
Although you are motorcycle guy, do you have a dream car? Also love the channel keep it up!
DMV takes months in Florida title must be issued by DMV
►►► fair video ☺ Thanks
Not motorcycle related. What kind of sunglasses you wearing ? Lol serious question
Carbs are way better than fuel injection
Dude you just still looked at the market before you went into it. You paid about market value for that motorcycle. You were lucky to get $3,500 out of it. Just do your research man. If you're buying them for what their market value is, you're not going to make a ton of profit. I literally flip anywhere from 5 to 15 motorcycles a year. Depending on how busy I am at work I pick them up for almost nothing. Not running. Fix the issues, throw some paint on them. I do everything myself and I make substantial profit on every one of them. If you're buying a pristine motorcycle and trying to sell a pristine motorcycle both of your purchase and your sale price are going to be very very close together. Elbow grease buddy elbow grease. That's where the profit is. If you don't understand how to do it then I'd suggest taking some classes or just finding a buddy who knows how to do it. Learn these things man. Learn how to adjust these vows. Learn how to identify if you can hear the starter gear grinding. Learn all of these little things
►►► inviting video ☺ Th4nks
Darn good deal for 3 grand....wow.
For reals! And that was like 8 years ago! Lol. I swear the market has gotten worse.
@@JonsMotoGarage Just sell to Canada...double your cash each time.....hahahahahaha
About to buy the same model in the same city 😂
You probably flooded your area with the 1100’s . So eventually you have to try other bikes. It’s not the carburetor that caused you to stop selling them. I did the same thing with Fuel injected Vulcans. Now I’m selling carb 1100 vstars.
Thanks again Goofy
he could of sold it for 4k
Crusres suck. Find non wrecked sport bikes. They sell well.
So, you did nothing..
Work on buying a good camera instad of a bike. Something u can take with u and not use this shit setup u have for the road and upload in 1080 at least
I'm on it!