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So I sent Randy Baxter (Baxter Cycles in Marne, IA) an e-mail note asking about trading with them. I'd dealt with them before with vintage motorcycles. They're very honest, and seem to have an excellent ability to move motorcycles in both the US and overseas. They're pretty big in the vintage bike export business.
In any event, Jeremy called me back quickly, I sent him some pictures, and we worked out a deal that was $2000 better for me than the one offered to me by Castle. It was pretty much all in the trade value of my '08.
I drove up there with my '08 in the trailer, and drove home with the '14.
They put my '08 up for sale at a fair price, and they sold it in the Spring market. They made money on the deal, and I have been very happy with the '14 ABS.
So ... Baxter is also quite good about working out shipping details. In fact, they've actually brought a trailer to my house to pick up a vintage bike ... Randy makes trips around to get vintage bikes whenever he gets enough leads to make the trip worthwhile.
I would have liked to trade with Castle or Pandora, but even with the expense of the trip up there, I came out $1500 to the good by going to Baxter.