Help me with my value

grandpaul said:
I don't see it as much over a grand for tires & fairing removal. The rest is only "as needed". With good title I'd pay a local/nearby shop to swap the tires. I don't see any special skills required to remove the fairing...
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Depends on your definition of ‘special’ GP.

You’ve done a LOT of bikes and Nortons… what you consider ‘normal’ tinkering ain’t normal to everyone !

To someone who may have never laid a wrench on a Norton, tackling the wiring associated with removing the fairing is likely to be daunting. And if it doesn’t have stock headlamp ears, so will a front end removal in order to fit some, etc !

If the OP is willing / able to do the tasks you listed then I agree with you, he should do them. But if he isn’t, and if he wants a quick sale, then I agree with Greg.
 
Fast Eddie said:
Depends on your definition of ‘special’ GP.

You’ve done a LOT of bikes and Nortons… what you consider ‘normal’ tinkering ain’t normal to everyone !

To someone who may have never laid a wrench on a Norton, tackling the wiring associated with removing the fairing is likely to be daunting. And if it doesn’t have stock headlamp ears, so will a front end removal in order to fit some, etc !

If the OP is willing / able to do the tasks you listed then I agree with you, he should do them. But if he isn’t, and if he wants a quick sale, then I agree with Greg.
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Fair enough!
 
I think asking guys that buy and sell something what the value of something is will get you low ball numbers. That's just life experience and lack of trust of the human race though. Not good motorcycle community thinking. :)
 
Schwany said:
I think asking guys that buy and sell something what the value of something is will get you low ball numbers. That's just life experience and lack of trust of the human race though. Not good motorcycle community thinking.
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I have to admit, I am no longer in the BUSINESS of buying and selling bikes, but of late I have been BUYING again (dirt bikes).

I have always qualified my estimates to SOME degree, sometimes to VERY DETAILED degrees.

I only "low ball" when I am buying in bulk from resellers or people not caring what they get as long as it all gets GONE.

When I was selling, I never asked low ball figures (not good for business, you know), but always left room to negotiate in good faith.
 
MOST people interested in a Commando would want it to be as close to original as possible. Typically, even the folks that want the same mods that a for-sale bike might have would rather buy a stock bike and make the mods themselves unless they are simple, bolt-on mods that are easily changed back and the original parts are available. But even at that there is the "fear" of whatever else may have been modified that isn't visible or what may have been damaged due to the mods - like having velocity stacks on the carbs without an air filter.

As the old saying goes, it's only worth what someone will pay for it. Put it up for sale at whatever price you want and, if necessary, keep lowering the price until somebody buys it.
 
MexicoMike said:
MOST people interested in a Commando would want it to be as close to original as possible. Typically, even the folks that want the same mods that a for-sale bike might have would rather buy a stock bike and make the mods themselves unless they are simple, bolt-on mods that are easily changed back and the original parts are available. But even at that there is the "fear" of whatever else may have been modified that isn't visible or what may have been damaged due to the mods - like having velocity stacks on the carbs without an air filter.

As the old saying goes, it's only worth what someone will pay for it. Put it up for sale at whatever price you want and, if necessary, keep lowering the price until somebody buys it.
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Spot on.

In the snowmobile world, an ad that mentioned an engine had been "ported, all redone, etc"
translated to: "you'll have more fun with a box of firecrackers, and the fun would last longer as well"
 
Help me with my value
 
Looks like a later Avon Avonaire fairing with turn signals.
They were popular in the late '60s , and featured in a Bond movie on a BSA Lightning.
It's a high quality historical fairing which makes the bike is unique and I wouldn't change it. If someone doesn't want a bike with a fairing, let them buy another bike.
There are thousands of other Nortons without fairings.

If removed, the fairing takes up almost as much space as a second bike, and will get easily damaged.
IMO, that bike is made better with the fairing.
 
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elefantrider said:
Looks like a later Avon Avonaire fairing with turn signals.
They were popular in the late '60s , and featured in a Bond movie on a BSA Lightning.
It's a high quality historical fairing which makes the bike is unique and I wouldn't change it. If someone doesn't want a bike with a fairing, let them buy another bike.
There are thousands of other Nortons without fairings.

If removed, the fairing takes up almost as much space as a second bike, and will get easily damaged.
IMO, that bike is made better with the fairing.
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Sounds reasonable. If it DOESN'T sell, try removing it and re-listing then...
 
"If someone doesn't want a bike with a fairing, let them buy another bike.
There are thousands of other Nortons without fairings."

Yes, there are and they will sell much faster. But the point is a good one - if someone is LOOKING for a Norton WITH that fairing, you would have a buyer willing to pay a good bit to get that bike. So if you are willing to wait for that buyer AND you post it as ElefantR said - rare 60's, James Bond movie, etc - you might get a really great price!
 
 
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From the title of this thread regarding OP's value, I was ready to respond with:

"You are Good Enough, You are Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like You!"

- Stuart Smalley.
 
lazyeye6 said:
What mileage? Any documented engine or transmission work done? As previously stated, it needs a correct paint job and to lose
the faring. Even if all is well, it could easily cost $2000 to get it into a running, riding and saleable condition. It could then bring up to
$10,000 if the right buyer came along. The Bring A Trailer web site will allow you to review the sales price, photos and description
of every Norton Commando they have ever listed, and there have been quite a few. It looks to have a lot of potential.
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yea, top dough means any & all details, history etc

good stash of reading material there also, may include some maintenance records, from what at top right, looks like binders
 
elefantrider said:
Looks like a later Avon Avonaire fairing with turn signals.
They were popular in the late '60s , and featured in a Bond movie on a BSA Lightning.
It's a high quality historical fairing which makes the bike is unique and I wouldn't change it. If someone doesn't want a bike with a fairing, let them buy another bike.
There are thousands of other Nortons without fairings.

If removed, the fairing takes up almost as much space as a second bike, and will get easily damaged.
IMO, that bike is made better with the fairing.
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also big dough shipping often a pain
 

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