No More Motorcycle

One of the challenges in moving to another country for an extended period of time is figuring out what to do with your vehicles. Jenna and I had her car, my car, and my motorcycle to deal with.

My Honda Element sold right away to some friends who needed a new car. That was great, and got us down to two. Jenna’s Honda Civic was the next to sell. Again it went to a friend who needed a new car. My motorcycle (a Honda Shadow) was the hardest to deal with.

We posted it to a couple of for-sale lists, and talked to friends about it, but no one was interested. So, we ended up taking it over to Peninsula Honda to sell it to them.

The batter was dead on the motorcycle so we had to have it towed over to the dealership. The tow truck driver and I got over there with no problem using a few simple rules for caravanning.

After we unloaded the motorcycle the guys at the dealership looked it over, got it started, and took it for a quick spin. They made me two offers. One was to sell it on consignment, the other was to sell it to them outright. The consignment estimate was about $300 more than we thought we would get for it, and the outright offer was about $200 less than we thought we would get.

We ended up taking the offer, and selling it to the dealership. They were great folks, and I’m looking forward to buying a new motorcycle from them when we get back in a couple of years.