What's it worth?

[veeeffarr]

Hey guys,

Just wondering how much my bike is worth?

2000 VFR800F with 19,000 miles, Tax and Test til August.

The good

16,000 mile service done with new front pads, air filter, and fluids, oil and filter done at 15,500.
'MRA' Double Bubble screen with 2 x Originals
'MTC' High level tri-oval twinport exhaust, with normal level pipe and standard can
RAM GPS mounts
Baglux tank cover
Full Honda toolkit
Rear Seat Cowl
'Red Fox' rear hugger
Quite a bit of meat left on the Pilot Road 2 Tyres
Chain and sprockets in good nick
Datatool Veto Evo alarm
All documents, Spare ignition key, User manual, Haynes, Service book.

The bad

Scuffed bar-end (From a 0mph drop)
Indicator mounting in the fairing cracked (From a 0mph drop)
Scuff on tailpiece (From a 0mph drop)
Scuff on engine casing (From a 0mph drop)
Scuff on right hand side fairing (From a 0mph drop)
Scratch on left hand side fairing (Dropped it)
Scuffed mirrors (From getting in and out of the previous owners garage)

[Timmeh]

For the amount of money it would cost you to repair the superficial damage, I'd do it, and then you'd have a MINT bike.

The word MINT adds at least £500 to the price, whereas the words, 'little scratches here and there' lose you about the same.
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[veeeffarr]

Hmm, maybe, to be honest I'm overstating the damage, it's not really that bad, but enough to piss /me/ off.

[dodger]

You giving up biking for good or just until the DVLA sort your new license out?
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[veeeffarr]

[mattgirv]

If you did touch up the very small problems you have with it and give it a good polish I'd see no reason why you couldn't easily fetch £2,500 for it.

Things like the bar-end, it would probably be very easy just to sand it smooth and dab a little paint on it, same for the fairings and engine cover.

I paid £2,000 for my VFR around August, which literally was mint with 20,000 miles on the clock. But the guy selling it had it up for a while and hadn't managed to get rid of it, so he had knocked the price down a few times. I believe it started at about £2,800ish.

The fact you have some sensible extras that would be worth fitting in the first place helps as well.

The only bummer that doesn't go to your favor is I believe that all the confusion and frustration over the VTEC 16,000 service costing a grand has died off and you can get it done for a pretty average price now, the VFR VTECS may have stolen some of the market, but I wouldn't worry too much.

Shame to see you selling it, but completely understandable given the circumstances.
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Bikes: 1998 Honda VFR800Fi, 26,500 miles
1989 Honda CB-1, 38,000 miles

[veeeffarr]

Thing is, I probably won't actually sell it.

I'm thinking maybe I /should/, as I have to be off of the road anyway, so it'd be a perfect time to change, but I'm really struggling hard to think of a 'better' bike.

T

[mattgirv]

Well don't sell it then, at the end of the day it isn't worth selling it if you are only going to go out and buy another VFR when you get your license back.

I guess you could drain the tank to stop the temptation of going for a quick blast on it :p
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Bikes: 1998 Honda VFR800Fi, 26,500 miles
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