Advice required for Newbie

[MadArchie]

Hello all
Apologies if this is not the usual forum for such questions.
I'm really looking for advice on here about selling my dad's two motorbikes. He recently and suddenly passed away and I'm afraid that I have no clue whatsoever about bikes but we are looking to sell them. One is a Yamaha XJ600N (W plate) and has a mileage of 21000. This bike starts up nicely, the engine is very solid but it needs a clean up and service.
The second is a Suzuki RG125 H plate - the engine in this appears completely seized but some locals who have been round to view have said that some enthusiasts might be interested for spares/repair for racing. I'm basically looking for advice as to what to charge for these bikes or indeed where to look to get advice or what questions I need to be asking as we need to raise money for funeral expenses. Any guidance that could be offered would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance!

[Freddyfruitba...]

Sorry to hear that.

I'd have thought your best bet would be to sell them on ebay just as they are; be open and honest about their status (ie, tell it like it is; and what you do and don't know about the bikes); that way you ought to get their market value.

That presupposes you already have an ebay presence (you really don't want to start selling vehicles with a new ebay account and feedback rating of 0).

Have a look at sold items on ebay to get an idea of what they are worth:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=XJ600N%29&_sacat=0&LH_Complete=1
and
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_osacat=0&_odkw=XJ600N%29&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313.TR9.TRC2.A0.H0.XSuzuki+RG125.TRS0&_nkw=Suzuki+RG125&_sacat=0

I appreciate you might not want the aggro of ebay selling at the moment; maybe someone else here has a better idea?
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[Beehive Bedlam]

Check your inbox OP.

[Teflon-Mike]

I cant imagine who would want an RG125 for 'racing'. There was never any real class for production 125's, and it would be hopelessly out-classed in the 125 'open' class, as its basically a bored out moped.

As a two-stroke 'sports'. it has some value on the nostalgia market as a road bike, where the expectation is concourse standard. Something seized and sat in a garage for decades probably doesn't qualify as is, so its a spares or repairs project base, that may fetch £2-300 if you are lucky; the model was never wonderfully popular when new, and so isn't all that common, or well supported for spares, now, and would, even if in 'promicing' conditrion to start with be a challenge for a practiced restorer, or right headache for optimistic enthusiast.

The XJ600 Diversion', was one of the most common big-bikes on the UK roads for many years. A good, late model, road going example, taxed and tested, might fetch £1000. Again, what you have is probably not at the top of the market, neding a 'clean up', and without T&T will likely struggle to fetch £500; if needing work, you may struggle to give it away. Should be reasonably easy to shift, but neither is much of a gold mine, I'm afraid.
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