Over here in the UK the bikes are being virtually given away, down from £13000 to £10,000 with a number of Ex Demonstrators and "pre-registered" bikes about for around £9500 - some only have 5 or 10 miles on them!
The problem is the guy who may want to swap has a 2010 model (First edition) with 10,000 miles on it, I can get a 2011 registered first edition with just 1,000 miles on it for under £1000, so in my reckoning his is only worth about £8000 tops.
My BMW is easily worth £7k with luggage, and I have £2k of "sensible" accessories including £1200 of Wilburs finest supsension, de-cat headers, tall screen, pannier liners etc. etc. etc. and with so many BMW's around selling off parts is easy and you tend to get good money back, I am sure the bike would sell for £7k in a flash, and I would make £1100 - £1250 from selling the other bits, so would be looking at a straight swap, but the guy is hoping for £1k his way - by which time I could sell my bike and bits and get a brand spanker!
He also has a personal plate, which he thinks is worth £500, so maybe if he can sell that we are close, he also as crash bars and other bits I ain't that keen on, but would pay a few hundred more for.
Hopefully got a demo ride Saturday, so by the end of the weekend I may be doing a deal ::013::
If not I can wait until next year when a few more used bikes are about, I saw one 2010 in a dealers with 2k on the clock for £8,000, but I would probably lose out with poor px value - hence I am interested in the swap - and unlike with a BMW higher than average miles are not too much of a worry.