Repainting / changing colour

D3V!L

Hi lads / ladies

My 2014 HD Street Glide needs a little paint work from where Harley badly fitted the seat and it wore threw the paint and a couple of little bits and pieces.

I'm sort of on the fence on whether I should change the colour, it'd be a good opertunity or just to get it resprayed the same as the original (boring black).

My question is, does changing the colour of a bike devalue it in your opinion and would you prefer a bike in its original factory colour ?

blade1

D3V!L wrote: »

Hi lads / ladies

My 2014 HD Street Glide needs a little paint work from where Harley badly fitted the seat and it wore threw the paint and a couple of little bits and pieces.

I'm sort of on the fence on whether I should change the colour, it'd be a good opertunity or just to get it resprayed the same as the original (boring black).

My question is, does changing the colour of a bike devalue it in your opinion and would you prefer a bike in its original factory colour ?

Devalue it in my opinion.
No matter how goodthe job is.

Esel

Eh.... No.

Del2005

I was looking at a bike a few years ago and a history check showed a colour change. I wondered why someone would change the colour of a vehicle for no reason, it put a doubt in my mind, so I moved on and bought a different bike.

It's a buyers market and unless it's heavily customised a colour change raises issues, but then the vast majority of buyers don't do history checks.

Max Headroom

Wouldnt put me off, especially if i liked the colour....could be a bonus to have something different....at the end of the day its your bike ,everyone else 's opinion doesnt mean jack.....

arybvtcw0eolkf

Depends, mostly I'd avoid a resprayed bike. I know you keep yours in great condition and new so you'll be looking top dollar (rightly). If I was spending a wedge I'd want the original color.

Wonda-Boy

TBH, a full service history would be what I was looking for. You can tell within 10 mins of meeting someone if they are a chancer or not.

D3V!L

Thanks lads, some good points there.