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Title: crazyness and venting.... Post by: zooom on July 21, 2009, 03:38:32 AM okay...so I look at Craigslist in the morning everyday to see if my old Monster (the '01 I gave to the ex in property settlement) will pop up due to stuff going on ( more on that later in a minute-that's the venting part moreso)...so I see this crazyness...
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/mcy/1279796085.html 2005 Ducati Monster S4R - BEAUTIFUL - $11900 (Fairfax) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 2009-07-20, 3:47PM EDT Reply to: sale-d7jpk-1279796085@craigslist.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Up for sale is a BEAUTIFUL 2005 Ducati Monster S4R. She only has about 6,000 miles on her - not even broken in yet. The only reason I'm getting rid of her is I haven't rode at all yet this year (don't have the time), and it's a shame to have a bike like this in storage. Some Highlights: -Cobra Blue with White racing stripe -1000 cc engine -Arrow performance dual exhaust with chip -Arrow custom power steering -Extra sergeant seat -All the original parts and literature -Always had scheduled maintenance done - never been in the rain - always garage/storage kept. Please email me for more information or more pics. okay...so not only did the "power steering" thing catch my eye...but my guess from the value of this at KBB... 2005 Ducati S4R Monster KBB Value as of July 21, 2009 2-Cylinders 4-Stroke 996cc Suggested Retail Value $9090 ...that he is just adding up everything he has spent on it in parts and that is how he comes to his total....how does anyone think that this is the way to come to an accurate value for point of sale in asking from a private individual in this economy?... so....to the venting....I, as previously mentioned, gave my '01 Monster 900 to the ex in settlement last August...at the time it had 29XXX miles on it when I signed it over and gave the paperwork and everything , at her request, to a mutual friend of ours...she is living and has been for the last almost 3 years in L.A and wanted to stage it there till she could figure out how to arrange for transport and expenses on her dime ( cause I was going to charge her for storage and handling if it stayed with me).....so this past May she lost her job and has been going through some measure (not sure the reality of things, but going on what she says) of health issues but somehow is still able to pay for some lawyer in the divorce proceedings...she calls said mutual friend out of the blue a month-ish ago and he told me she said for him to sell it for $3K....regardless of real value or anything ( and she hasn't seen the bike or anything) she just said site unseen to sell it for below market value...he calls me to let me know that she called to say this and asked me if I knew anyone interested....now, he doesn't know anything about Ducati's whatsoever and just a touch more about motorcycles in general, but is mechanically savvy and is an old muscle car guy, so for the fook of it I told him what KBB value was for his own edification (he isn't very internet savvy either really-he does construction stuff for a living)....I know what has been done to the bike when it was in my care and what it was needing and on the verge of needing, but have no clue about what, if anything really since I turned it over.....so I have lots of things running through my head.... Title: Re: crazyness and venting.... Post by: mstevens on July 21, 2009, 11:03:46 AM Power steering?!? Even I know better than that.
Title: Re: crazyness and venting.... Post by: Bun-bun on July 21, 2009, 11:13:48 AM I'm guessing steering damper.\
If so, he got it half right. Better than "Ya know, that thing. The one that sits up there on the front, on the other thing, and connects to the whatchamacallit." So, another Duc for the stable? Gonna welcome back an old friend? Title: Re: crazyness and venting.... Post by: zooom on July 21, 2009, 12:01:57 PM So, another Duc for the stable? Gonna welcome back an old friend? no...I don't want to give her the money....if someone else should happen to rob her and get a great deal after nickeling down the dollars to reality thing...sure...just for spite if nothing else...but I don't have the money and I don't want to just practically give it to her. Title: Re: crazyness and venting.... Post by: swampduc on July 21, 2009, 12:38:23 PM no...I don't want to give her the money....if someone else should happen to rob her and get a great deal after nickeling down the dollars to reality thing...sure...just for spite if nothing else...but I don't have the money and I don't want to just practically give it to her. Hmm... maybe I should offer her $2k ;DTitle: Re: crazyness and venting.... Post by: monster monkey on July 21, 2009, 04:31:17 PM Is the bike in L.A.? I would love to rob your ex just to support you morally!!! [laugh]
Title: Re: crazyness and venting.... Post by: zooom on July 21, 2009, 04:59:11 PM bike is in MD because she never got off her ass and put the funds together to ship it out to herself....I am guessing because she had other priorities like Burning Man and clubs and Corsets and all kinds of crap...
on the otherhand...you could make her an offer robbing her of her nice Honda Hawk which IS in L.A. !!! |