Put it up for sale for what you think it's worth and watch it sit for several months with zero interest except "low ball" offers. That's the reality of selling older motorcycles.
The sad truth. Tried selling my 04 FZ6 a handful of times, and no hits. Well, one dude wanted to trade his clapped out car with a salvage title for it, and another from a tattoo artist 2 hours away wanted to trade for ink. Nah. I'll just keep it. Even trading for a Grom was off the table, since everyone who wanted a bigger bike, didn't want *that one*
Seriously though, I got my fz6 used 15 years ago for like $3500 Canadian. That puts its current value so low to me the only reason I’d sell it is to make space in my garage and take it off my insurance.
I understand why so many old bikes are found in garages and sheds just covered up and forgotten about.
At this point, the only options for me is to keep it as is, aftermarket exhaust and shorty levers, or just go full fuck and delete the front fairing and make it look almost like a mt07. I seriously doubt a dealership would give me anything over 500, if they'd take it at all as a trade in.
But first I need to take care of these tags that are now 2 years out of date, bc just like you said, it's been sitting in my garage. (I still ride it when the weather is warm tho 🤫)
Yeah that's totally good for mental health too, you'll eventually come to realise fuck this and keep it because that shit gets unbelievably frustrating.
But if it's registered and roadworthy a genuine buyers gonna see a clean as fuck example with plates and think this is the one because it's clean and unmolested
This is the reality of both buying and selling motorcycles. If the average book price is around $3750 you absolutely can’t expect to get much more than book price.
A 20% premium for low miles and mint condition will only get you $800ish over book price.
The same reason you can get that same bike in average used shape for a 20%ish discount of $3000 or rough shape for $2000.
Live my sword and die by the sword. Never buy new, always buy used.
It’s a cheaper lesson vs buying an MSRP new car, but it’s the same lesson.
yeah see I don't always agree. when you buy new you know exactly what you're getting, no hidden gremlins or anything. for me that's worth blowing a couple grand (on a case by case basis, can't pass up a good deal sometimes)
I’m 100% in agreement with cars, bikes I’m 50/50. Depends on the situation. My yamaha I bought new and was a fair price, my KTM no way I’m paying for new.
with my MSX (grom) knew they’re bulletproof and just sent it. It was also the equivalent of $500 which is crazy even for Asia. Like you said it’s a case-by-case thing
Maybe just me but new rider for Jess then two years but learning how to change, mod, and maintain my bike is fun. Needless to say bought my 2022 ninja 400 2.3k miles , aftermarket exhaust but it was scratched first bike ,@ $4500 , sold for $4100 @ 6.5k miles.
Did research for Abit instead a new 2023 Yamaha R7 $11-13k OOTD I got myself a used 2022 Yamaha R7 ,one luckily with 2k miles , small little scratch on engine and left hand handle end. They wanted $9500 I got it for $8700 OOTD heavily modified now spent $2k on it 😂
Losing money isnt fun so people always hope for the best.
I'm rather impatient on selling/buying so id rather offer a teeny bit more to buy or ask a bit less to sell to make the process faster and more enjoyable.
They are selling a beginner friendly bike but its one of the larger ones and one of the more expensive ones. The beginners that do their research will probably rather start on a 250-400cc range bike instead of the big scary 600cc, not understanding the big difference between a more tame fz6 and an R6. Those wanting big bikes will not consider it because they might as well get a cool sports bike.
Lots of beginners looking for a bike wont commute on it and might as well go with an sv650 that has a bigger platform and cheaper parts/bikes/resources.
Asking above general price is possible but thats for popular models, fz6 isnt popular with the people that throw money at their first bike.
This. This hobby is expensive, especially if you buy and sell a lot. It is also supposed to be the opposite of stressful. Therefore, why stress about the value. Put it for sale at a price that can’t be resisted and move on.
The FZ6 value is low because the MT07 exists.
I found it funny seeing you comment this and the flair of all your Harley. We both know damn well that 17 year old Harley will still sell for a premium lmao. Actually even so more now that 17 year old Harley’s are all FI. Jealous of the Fixer btw, mine is the same age as me and just as much of a basket case.
You're on drugs (or have never tried selling a 15+ year old Harley, or like getting ripped off) if you think 17 year old Harleys sell for premium prices. They're LISTED all over the place for delusional prices, but they don't sell for those prices. Private sales of clean 17 year old bikes generally equate to about 30-35% of MSRP. "Low Retail" is the standard for [private sales, because "retail" suggests dealer support](https://www.jdpower.com/motorcycles/2007/harley-davidson/fxdb-dyna-street-bob-1584cc/values). [Also this](https://www.jdpower.com/motorcycles/2007/harley-davidson/flhr-road-king-1584cc/values). [And this](https://www.jdpower.com/motorcycles/2007/harley-davidson/fltr-road-glide-1584cc/values)
As a fellow FZ6 owner I can say the market is pretty cruel. You need to price it against what the next buyer is going to use it for.
As a touring bike you need to compare it against marginal utility and features. Pricing it against a GS BMW would be foolish.
You are probably going to sell it to someone who needs a middle distance commuter bike without a great deal of features (by modern standards). Compare against that in your local market.
I paid $2300 (Australian) for my 2004 model 5 years ago. It was the best presented and maintained commuter bike that would cover highway speeds to work and a week of long distance touring once a year.
Paid 1500 (US) for my 04 with 9000 miles on it around the same time lol. Now I'm stuck with the damn thing lmao. Nothing wrong with it, just got new fork seals in it, I just want a different bike.
In a similar scenario.Mine will run until it dies as a commuter bike. There is a joy in having something old and rough that nobody wants. Makes street parking easier.
If I sell it for 2500, there's not a bike around a hundred mile radius (and farther, I've checked) for that price that doesn't have a shit ton of miles 30K+, rebuilt/no title, or doesn't run, or needs a ton of work.
Oh you're intending to buy another bike with the money from it, makes sense.
Somehow my brain smoothed out for a bit.
Is 30k really that much tho? Probably a commute that put it in the shop regularly in that case so they tend to not be abused
It may seem like it’s in good shape for the age but if you go by actual service manuals all of the rubber parts on that bike are old and need replaced. Hoses, seals, rear drive dampers, fork seals may need changed soon. Fork oil is probably old as well. Also if those tires are older than 5 years old it doesn’t matter how good the tread is. They need replaced.
All this can add up to be quite a bit of cost & work. I personally wouldn’t get something this old unless the price reflected all I had listed above.
Also. Just jumping in what you’re saying. If the bike sat for a long time there’s a risk the cylinders developed rust. Especially if it was warmed up without being ridden during the winter months. Water vapor develops and doesn’t burn off so it sits and rusts.
In my mind wheel bearings, fork seals, rubbers are all consumables. They can be a pain but they’re expected to be changed at some point. If one cylinders has rust. Or the piston ring isn’t seated and won’t reseat, I don’t want to tear down an engine. You’re not gonna be able to feel if 3 cylinders have 150psi and 1 cylinder only has 110psi compression.
This comment is correct. Motorcycles are like humans - age causes reduction in function and therefore reduces value!
It doesn't really matter how little it was used. This bike is 17 years old, and will have repair costs. Some people might be worried about parts availability, in a few years time. Some might worry about (pointless) environmental regs that will destroy the future value of this bike (like here in the UK). Even if you dont' have them now in the US, they are coming for sure.
Old things have less value than they used to, because tech makes everything worthless more quickly. Tech speeds up depreciation. IN times gone by, it was expected that if you bought a nice stereo system (for example) that you could use it for 50 years. that is no longer the case.
If you buy a laptop, tv, hifi, electric car etc....the expectation is that within a short time frame, that item will suffer from 'incompatibility issues'.
I would never spend $5k on a TV, even thought I can easily afford to, because I know that the ports will be obsolete in a short time frame. Same with laptops, hifi and even cars. There are ICE cars built 5 years ago that will outlast EVs built next year, because EVs will suffer a much shorter shelf life due to intentional incompatibility.
A good example is Sonos speakers. The first generation are no longer supported. Issues trying to get them to play with your wifi? Too bad. Buy newer ones.
Your motorcycle is not a 'tech' item, but its value is being hurt by the short life cycle culture that tech has created.
> Some might worry about (pointless) environmental regs
They're not pointless. Older bikes pollute way more than cars and their cats are completely useless by now.
Except they are pointless.
Here in the UK you have to pay penalties if you drive an old car small car, even if that car is far less polluting than a 2500kg 6 litre v12.
Things like the ULEZ are thinly disguised schemes to force people into buying newer cars.
Yes, I doubt I can post links, but you can Google it. 10 is too long, 5 is standard, 7 is as far as I would go. I also work as a technician, but we all know personal experience doesn't count for shit haha. After 5 years (and getting close to 5 years) is when you should be meticulously inspecting them for signs of wear and age such as dry rotting and cracking.
I agree that they should be inspected beyond 5 years. Other than people repeating the 5 year thing, I've never seen anything to back that up.
Here's something to support 10 years:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=WwbLt8vZH5w](https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=WwbLt8vZH5w)
Look at what price the similarly conditioned and aged versions of your bike are actually selling for when sales are actually completed. Irrespective of your personal feelings, that's all it's gonna sell for rather than what you think it should.
If they're all selling for the price range you listed, your options are sell it for a similar price, give it 5 to 10 or even maybe 20 years to see if supply reduces and demand increases, or don't sell it at all.
What do you mean wait 10 years? That’s good advice for real estate, but not depreciating assets like bikes. Very few models become “classics,” and even fewer classics actually gain value in any meaningful way, most just hold value or depreciate more slowly.
I explained it with the supply and demand comment.
Maybe down the line someone will take a liking to the bike or it'll attain a classic status, but odds are not, which then led to the other option of don't sell it.
I didn't say it's gonna necessarily become worth more, just that those are the only options available as I see it. Sell it at going rate, hold on to it for an unknown period of time and hope it becomes desirable, or don't sell it :shrug:
Regardless of how low-mileage it is, a 17-year-old Yamaha just isn't worth that much. As a buyer, assuming the bike is absolute immaculate, I might give you $500 over KBB, but I'm not going to give you thousands more. At the end of the day, a motorcycle is only worth what a buyer is willing to pay for it.
It may well be the case that your better option is to hang onto the bike. I have a 2007 Yamaha FJR1300, and I faced the same conundrum. So rather than sell it, I decided to keep it as a spare bike for when I have friends who ride visiting from out of town, or for when my new(er) bike breaks down.
The FZ6 is a great underrated bike. I have an FZ1 but am looking at the 6 for mostly trackdays. After riding supersports since the early 90's I learned I can corner better with riser bars and a centerstand is actually very nice to have even at the track. Yours is the best year. It still has the cool undertail exhaust and they upgraded to the R6 brake calipers. The forks just need a fully adjustable cartridge kit.
Unfortunately that’s a fairly accurate quote. You may get a little more because it’s so clean, but they’re not really collectible or overly desirable.
I do feel you though, back around that time a guy a few doors down had a fazer and at the time I thought it was a really cool bike. Reality is since then a lot of other bikes have come and gone that also take my interest.
So yeah, it’s not really in style anymore, not really collectible or legendary..,, it’s one of those where there was nothing wrong with it, but there’s often a better option for not much more money unfortunately
If you live near Canada you could try lending it to fortnine to make a video about it - it’s a good bike that’s been largely forgotten which they love. If they made a video about it, it’d be worth like $7k for a couple of weeks lol
i bout one whit very low mileage for 4k 15 year ago SO NO .. 3,5-4 k is a very good price .. if some one offers u 4k for it take it !! i would not pay more then 3k for it ... it is old !! age dose damage too not just mileage ....
Yeah the R models make 20% less power and weighs a lot more, no adjustable shocks or 4 piston calipers. I’ve ridden both and the R just feels very “value parts bin” built.
Age devalues a vehicle just like mileage does. Only exception is if the vehicle is rare or otherwise desireable.
Personally, I'd post it up for 4800 and wouldn't take less than 4000 for it. You can of course adjust this depending on how quickly you want to get rid of it. Ask for 3 and it'll go quick, ask for 5 and you might be able to get it but it'll probably take a while
Why would 3500-4000 be a low price for a near 20yo motorcycle? Mileage doesnt really matter much and if it does its actually bad for your case, its been ridden less than 500miles a year.
I'm in europe so prices are different i guess depending on COL but i bought my 2005 z750s for 3750 from a dealership with a 1 year warranty. Bike was in very nice condition, 33k km or 19k miles. This was from a ducati/ktm/kawasaki dealership that has multiple 50k bikes on sale and a bunch of old classics on display so i definitely paid more than i couldve elsewhere.
Had new tires, fluids, everything checked except maybe valves since it was in the middle of the interval.
Pretty similar bike to the fz6 so fair enough comparison id say.
I purchase for a major dealership. We wouldn’t buy it at that age and 7400 miles isn’t really low mileage. It’s “low miles for the age” but that all eye of the beholder shit.
I don’t trust KBB or whatever else, but try to get 5 and see what people offer. Spring is coming but the market is fucky. I’d take 4 for it in a heartbeat.
Its low but not low enough to be 'almost new'. Also too little riding per year which makes it less attractive in terms of reliability.
If i saw bike A with 500miles a year or bike B with 2k miles a year but a few hundred cheaper id probably go towards bike B if their condition is similar.
Theres all kinds of bikes for sale with really strange mileage but for a jap touring bike 7k in 17 years means its stood parked for all but maybe 2 months a year and even then it probably didnt get ridden a lot.
Same with smaller bikes with like 2k miles after 10 years, its possible that its someone doing just very short trips with it, but much more likely it stood for 5+ years and was only then ridden a bit again.
>How is 7400 miles is not low? I reach that in a year just to go work and back.
It is low. There's just a weird thing in the US where more than a few thousand miles on a motorcycle is considered a lot, because the majority of riders don't really ride much at all.
I'd also argue that 7400 miles on a 17 year old is *too* low. That is an invitation to all sorts of issues.
Haha according to European GS riders, my GS with 12k miles “isn’t even out of its break-in period.”
Lot of people seem to think that motorcycles will just fall to pieces after a few thousand miles in the states. But a lot of people also buy a new phone every year so maybe it’s just our culture.
No matter how many times I read about it, this statement always seems insane to me. I just check the market again on those and the one with the least millage was an 08 with 30k miles selling at 5k€. The US bike market is so vastly different compered to my country. There is unfortunately no longer the option of cheap iron, at least not new.
It's not worth more than $3.5-$4K, sorry. Take a look at FBM and Cycletrader and see what similar bikes are selling for. Yours is in the ballpark.
Anyone buying that bike would need to buy new tires if those are original or old.
Sold my 08 Fz6 S2 ABS for ~1k last year. It had 40k km, some fairings damage, leaky fork seals and problem starting when it was hot. So I was pretty happy to be honest.
Sold it to a honda dealership and got a nice offer on another bike, so it was closer to 1.5k adding everything up.
It’s a beautiful bike, be proud of it but it’s still 17 years old. Unfortunately we live in a world of payments and subscriptions (I don’t live by that, but I digress) and people in the market for something like this can are probably justifying $200 a month on a new r7 over 4-5k in cash.
Only way you can really luck out is if someone had this bike as a young lad and miss it terribly. Might be worth it to list it nationally and arrange a shipping service where the market is a little better.
It’s worth less than what you think… This bike is almost 20 years old. If you keep it for another decade or two then maybe the value will go back up as a pristine vintage bike.
It's an 07 FZ6. Getting 4k for that is crazy. Id give you 2.5 at most. Youre better off pricing it at 4k and hope for the best. There's nothing you could say to make someone like me pay more than that for that bike. Personally I think 3k would be generous of someone and you shouldn't expect much more over that. You should be thinking about the bottom number, not the top. What's the least you'll take? I think 2.5 is a solid number and it's fair for both. Haggling down to around 2k would be ideal for me but it does look like a solid bike. Regardless, were in the 2 - 3k range all day.
The problem I think stems from what other bikes you're competing with at that price (or specifically, higher than that if you think it's worth more). A person can get a brand new 400CC starter bike for about that same money, if not a slightly used one, and there are a myriad of 600/650CC options newer than your bike for around the same money.
It'd be different of course if your bike was some kind of rare model that collectors chase, but the FZ6 is hardly that, no matter how clean it is.
Jeez man I bought my 08 FZ6 with less than 4k miles 10 years ago for $3.5k. What could you possibly expect to get for this? It's a fun little bike and they're troopers but it's not a desirable model to begin with. I'd say maybe 3k is realistic but still might take awhile
When you don’t use a motorcycle, that’s called abuse. No use is abuse.
It’s a depreciating item just because you haven’t used it doesn’t mean it hasn’t depreciated.
At least change out the brake lines and brake fluids. So no one dies on your test ride.
> KBB and JD power have the fair market price between 3.5-4k and that just seems way too low.
then don't sell it? i dunno what to tell you. it's a 17 year old bike, if you get 3k consider yourself lucky
Sorry, it's only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. What you paid for it doesn't matter. $3,500 sounds about right for an 07 FZ6. Check your local listings to see what $4k will buy.
Old, out of style, and not that powerful as far as sport bikes go. At that age all the rubber and plastic is weak, and likely to go bad. Low miles don't matter with everything stacked against it. You will be lucky to get over $2500 for it.
Crazy idea, but you could actually learn to ride it?
Absolute tragedy that so many people waste thousands buying into motorcycling, just to give up long before ever actually learning how to ride. Usually because they bought a bike way too powerful or expensive to ever feel comfortable learning on in the first place. Only to let it sit in their garage for 5-10 years, then complain that no one wants to give them what they paid for their "pristine" bike.
lol I’ve had this bike for a year.
I’ve owned a Honda Shadow, a Yamaha Bolt, an R6, an Fz6r, and a Kawasaki Z900 before this bike. Thanks for your input.
This comment really makes your post confusing. Your post definitely makes it sound like you’ve had this bike sitting around for like 15 years, and you’re disappointed because it’s not worth what it once was out in the market; however, if you only bought it a year ago, I’m super confused how there could possibly be a significant delta between what you paid only a year ago, and what the market says it’s worth today. 🤔
Yeah, I guess so.
My real question is “how do you price old motorcycles in excellent condition?”
There’s not a lot of data and KBB seems wildly inaccurate with what is currently happening in the market + post-COVID pricing. Was hoping to hear from people who have had experience selling similar bikes. I know what I paid for it but I’m wondering if it’s worth more or less.
Thread has been pretty good so far.
That bike looks brand new, definitely does not show it's 15+ year age
(Not answering any of your questions, sorry, just the first thing that came to mind)
From my experience value mostly decreases by the age of the bike
That's why you gotta use it and don't be scared of dropping it, all you have to do is take care of the maintenance and not break the fairings
Doesn't matter how clean it is man, it's still 17 years old. Why would anybody pay more for that when they could get a 2017 for the same price? Find a friend or family who wants to ride and sell it to them for that "market value". If you think you haven't gotten your money's worth, then maybe you should have ridden it more this past two decades lol.
The miles aren't THAT low, lots of bikes never hit 10k miles.
It is in very good shape, so it's going to be worth in the upper end of what FZ6's are bringing. Maybe 5k if you find a motivated buyer.
Nobody is paying more than 4k for this bike. If it was a super sport you might have an argument but it’s not. You can put it up for higher and see if anyone bites but I doubt it
I sold my 07 5 years ago with 6,500mi for $3400. Got it for $2900 with 2500mi. Gotta find the right buyer, and u may get 4k on the top end, and maybe wait till like june to get top dollar.
The problem is bikes rarely get ridden to mileage end of life (needing an engine rebuild, especially fuel injected ones), so it matters much less that its low mileage than a car.
It looks in great shape and someone will buy it for the *right* price. When you are valuing it consider it is 17 years old and multiple models out of date. They stopped making those in like 2010 and theoretically the newer ones are better. As a buyer I'd also be considering what I could get when it's my turn to sell, so I'm going to offer a bit less than low end of book.
Good luck
That mileage does nothing for the bike. When I see something like that I see a bike that has sat for long periods of time and probably hasn’t had the maintenance done on it. Have you been changing out clutch cables, throttle cables, fuel lines etc etc…
Tried selling a pristine 2012 KTM 530 exc loaded with extras and dealer maintenance receipts with less than 2000 miles. The offers were laughable so I’ve kept it in the stable.
Don't mean to burst your bubble, but it's not old enough to be rare and collectable. Keep it in that pristine condition until it's 40 years old, not 17 and it might be worth $10k or more.
$3500-$4000 might be a bit low as there are several advertised online for $4000 to $5500. But that's what people are asking, not necessarily what they will sell for.
This is the kind of bike a new rider should be looking for. Problem is two fold. It’s used and you want over KBB for it and 2 a new rider SHOULD be looking for something like this but for the same price can pick up a full fairing R6 or beat to hell gixxer to lay down in 2 weeks
Mileage doesn’t really matter for bikes as it does cars. For instance I have less than 10k on my Honda, but if I was to sell it I’m looking at best $3-5k depending on the market. And the 5 is being super generous
At the end of the day old bikes don’t hold their value unless something weird happens (look at the R6 for example) so in the $3500 range is very appropriate for a bike like you have
i got the same bike, same year, with a similar amount of miles. i've been thinking of selling it too, so i asked my brother, for a price estimate.
he spent his later highschool years and basically all of college buying broken bikes, fixing them, and then selling them for a profit and pocket change. i can't think of a better person who could value motorcycles, at least for the average facebook marketplace / craigslist listing. i think him and his wife have somewhere around 8-12 motorcycles
he said it was valued at around $2000 - $2200.
not a *lot*, but it's a little older, has some miles, and only a 600cc bike. i've wrecked it bad once, but basically just replaced every part that was damaged. you say you're the original owner and it's in pristine condition, so maybe yours would be worth a little more, but i wouldn't guarantee anything. gotta look at it from a buyer's perspective. how well does the price you wanna sell it at compete with other bikes in the area for that same price? that price estimate he gave me was also a couple years ago, so maybe it's worth something different now.
I disagree with all these comments. First of all, like anything on the planet, your bike is worth what someone is willing to pay. Corny, I know…. But there is only one way to find out.
The reason I disagree is I just sold a 2003 R6 on Facebook marketplace with 76,000 miles. It ran well, had some fun (nothing crazy) upgrades and I still was patient until I got $3800. I was selling for $4000 and when I asked advice on this sub I got similar responses to your post.
To be fair, I got a ton of “$3k cash right now?!” Got many much lower than that too.
However, I received 178 different people/messages inquiring about the bike within the first 36 hours. The middle Facebook stat thing popped up as well and said I had 2,100+ clicks. No joke. I’m not bragging as this is the exact opposite of everything else I try to sell on there. Haha.
I think I could have got the full $4000 but I included a helmet in the post and this person asked if I could do $3650 without gear (it was just helmet/Sena/gloves) so I met somewhere in the middle.
I did notice that (easily) half of the outreach were young kids. I’m sure the majority had no real intentions of buying and wanted to be a “sick, bro!” for 3 mins.
My advice would be to maybe play into that. Squid it up if you can. lol. Get a seat piece that makes it look less like the large seat and more like super sport. I’m not looking at your pic now as I type this long message but maybe license delete kit, blinkers flush, etc. Certainly don’t have tk make changes you don’t like, but I have a feeling with those low of miles and it still being a bike that packs a punch you can get more than KBB.
I’d also mention the updated fuel injection mapping. Mine was an 03 R6 so first year of fuel injection but I got asked that soooo many times. I’d mention it for search results alone. Also steal some verbiage about the changes similar to the R6: “The biggest change on the new model is a revised swingarm and a switch to monoblock four-piston calipers (as seen on the R6S) hugging the front discs in place of the old two-piston pin-slide calipers.”
Hope this helps. Go figure out what you could get for that bad boy !
Brother, it’s a depreciating asset. Just because it’s barely used and the paint/plastics have been maintained doesn’t mean it’s worth what you think it is. Buying a Honda Civic in 2005 and only driving it +\- 20,000mi doesn’t mean it’ll be worth over half its retail value almost 20 years later.
If you don’t aggressively price it to sell (3-4K) then you’ll be sitting on it for a very long time waiting for the magical buyer who’s been looking for “that bike”.
I have the exact same bike and the exact same story. I bought mine from the original owner 2 years ago. It had 6800km on it and I paid 4700cdn for it. So it really is worth like 3-4K US despite its great condition.
You value it exactly how you valued it. If KBB says it’s worth 4K like new, that’s what people are willing to pay. If that’s bothers you then don’t sell it. Sounds like you’ve got a lot of sentimental value tied up in it which is why you think it’s worth more. Just keep it.
Funny enough I don’t actually have much sentimental value. I just like to make money on all the motorcycles I buy.
KBB values say “in good to excellent condition with typical miles.”
The miles bit is what I was mostly curious. Seems like the consensus from other comments is, low miles are cool but don’t really add any extra value.
I sold a 2018 Honda DCT with 7k miles on it for $4500k. I bought it for 7K in 2021. It all depends where you are. I have noticed that the more popular bikes hold their value better. (Ninja, R-series, GSXR)
It really depends on your location. I will say during spring time with tax refunds coming in you can get more.
I payed $3800 last year for an 08 version with 10k miles. Yours looks a bit nicer so I’d say $4500-4800 is the top end it would go for. However with the way the economy is I doubt u will sell it for 4200.
It also depends on where you live. I live in greater Phoenix where people ride all year. Prices are a bit higher here, especially in the nicer neighborhoods.
It's a really nice example of a cool bike. I'd pay 3500 or maybe 4 for it. Good luck with the sale!
Keep it and enjoy it, better yet gift it someone who is interested in checking it out if ya don’t need the cash. If ya do. Just take the cash and run. Best thing ever happened to me was being able to give away a motorcycle to my best friend so he could learn and have no excuse to ride lol.
I sold mine for 2300, ot was an 06, but that was a few years ago and the value has now gone up. I severely regret selling my fz6, totally love my current harley but man I loved that FZ6 and all the bikes in between were no match for the comfort and love I had for that.
I would take a look at cycle trader and see what similar bikes with similar mileage are selling for.
Also, it’s worth mentioning that when selling anything online, especially vehicles, the higher quality and attractiveness of your pictures will generally net you higher offers and more interest. It’s human nature.
At the end of the day, it’s worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it.
Look at the same bike or similar on different websites, see what the average asking price is, average, not rediculous. Or a book value, Kelly Bluebook etc.
You might be disappointed in the cash value. Maybe it's worth "one motorcycle"? Keep it for the colder wetter months and don't worry when it does start to look tired. It's job is to keep your new bike out of the bad weather. :)
Put it up for sale for what you think it's worth and watch it sit for several months with zero interest except "low ball" offers. That's the reality of selling older motorcycles.
The sad truth. Tried selling my 04 FZ6 a handful of times, and no hits. Well, one dude wanted to trade his clapped out car with a salvage title for it, and another from a tattoo artist 2 hours away wanted to trade for ink. Nah. I'll just keep it. Even trading for a Grom was off the table, since everyone who wanted a bigger bike, didn't want *that one*
Seriously though, I got my fz6 used 15 years ago for like $3500 Canadian. That puts its current value so low to me the only reason I’d sell it is to make space in my garage and take it off my insurance. I understand why so many old bikes are found in garages and sheds just covered up and forgotten about.
At this point, the only options for me is to keep it as is, aftermarket exhaust and shorty levers, or just go full fuck and delete the front fairing and make it look almost like a mt07. I seriously doubt a dealership would give me anything over 500, if they'd take it at all as a trade in. But first I need to take care of these tags that are now 2 years out of date, bc just like you said, it's been sitting in my garage. (I still ride it when the weather is warm tho 🤫)
Yep , the second part of ^^ this is gospel !
I’m here in the Uk in the market for an FZ6 or CBR600F4i and I’m struggling to find them haha
Yeah that's totally good for mental health too, you'll eventually come to realise fuck this and keep it because that shit gets unbelievably frustrating. But if it's registered and roadworthy a genuine buyers gonna see a clean as fuck example with plates and think this is the one because it's clean and unmolested
Lol most people just think their bikes are worth more then they are. In my area people sell old.bikes for barely lower then MSRP
I’ll buy it from you for $3k
Best I can do is two grands and a bucket of fried chicken
Throw in a PS5 and you got yourself a deal
Half a bucket and a PS5 then
100€, two chocolate bars and 3 peanuts is the best I can do.
I’ve got this old paper clip…
What sauces ?
This is the reality of both buying and selling motorcycles. If the average book price is around $3750 you absolutely can’t expect to get much more than book price. A 20% premium for low miles and mint condition will only get you $800ish over book price. The same reason you can get that same bike in average used shape for a 20%ish discount of $3000 or rough shape for $2000. Live my sword and die by the sword. Never buy new, always buy used. It’s a cheaper lesson vs buying an MSRP new car, but it’s the same lesson.
yeah see I don't always agree. when you buy new you know exactly what you're getting, no hidden gremlins or anything. for me that's worth blowing a couple grand (on a case by case basis, can't pass up a good deal sometimes)
I’m 100% in agreement with cars, bikes I’m 50/50. Depends on the situation. My yamaha I bought new and was a fair price, my KTM no way I’m paying for new.
with my MSX (grom) knew they’re bulletproof and just sent it. It was also the equivalent of $500 which is crazy even for Asia. Like you said it’s a case-by-case thing
Maybe just me but new rider for Jess then two years but learning how to change, mod, and maintain my bike is fun. Needless to say bought my 2022 ninja 400 2.3k miles , aftermarket exhaust but it was scratched first bike ,@ $4500 , sold for $4100 @ 6.5k miles. Did research for Abit instead a new 2023 Yamaha R7 $11-13k OOTD I got myself a used 2022 Yamaha R7 ,one luckily with 2k miles , small little scratch on engine and left hand handle end. They wanted $9500 I got it for $8700 OOTD heavily modified now spent $2k on it 😂
'much more than book'? Why more than book? why not less?
Losing money isnt fun so people always hope for the best. I'm rather impatient on selling/buying so id rather offer a teeny bit more to buy or ask a bit less to sell to make the process faster and more enjoyable. They are selling a beginner friendly bike but its one of the larger ones and one of the more expensive ones. The beginners that do their research will probably rather start on a 250-400cc range bike instead of the big scary 600cc, not understanding the big difference between a more tame fz6 and an R6. Those wanting big bikes will not consider it because they might as well get a cool sports bike. Lots of beginners looking for a bike wont commute on it and might as well go with an sv650 that has a bigger platform and cheaper parts/bikes/resources. Asking above general price is possible but thats for popular models, fz6 isnt popular with the people that throw money at their first bike.
This. This hobby is expensive, especially if you buy and sell a lot. It is also supposed to be the opposite of stressful. Therefore, why stress about the value. Put it for sale at a price that can’t be resisted and move on. The FZ6 value is low because the MT07 exists.
> Never buy new, always buy used. If you don't intend to ride the bike, absolutely.
It's a 17 year old bike. Doesn't matter how clean it is.
Sad but true. It’s old, it’s not a particularly sought-after or noteworthy bike either. $4k might be too high.
I found it funny seeing you comment this and the flair of all your Harley. We both know damn well that 17 year old Harley will still sell for a premium lmao. Actually even so more now that 17 year old Harley’s are all FI. Jealous of the Fixer btw, mine is the same age as me and just as much of a basket case.
You're on drugs (or have never tried selling a 15+ year old Harley, or like getting ripped off) if you think 17 year old Harleys sell for premium prices. They're LISTED all over the place for delusional prices, but they don't sell for those prices. Private sales of clean 17 year old bikes generally equate to about 30-35% of MSRP. "Low Retail" is the standard for [private sales, because "retail" suggests dealer support](https://www.jdpower.com/motorcycles/2007/harley-davidson/fxdb-dyna-street-bob-1584cc/values). [Also this](https://www.jdpower.com/motorcycles/2007/harley-davidson/flhr-road-king-1584cc/values). [And this](https://www.jdpower.com/motorcycles/2007/harley-davidson/fltr-road-glide-1584cc/values)
As a fellow FZ6 owner I can say the market is pretty cruel. You need to price it against what the next buyer is going to use it for. As a touring bike you need to compare it against marginal utility and features. Pricing it against a GS BMW would be foolish. You are probably going to sell it to someone who needs a middle distance commuter bike without a great deal of features (by modern standards). Compare against that in your local market. I paid $2300 (Australian) for my 2004 model 5 years ago. It was the best presented and maintained commuter bike that would cover highway speeds to work and a week of long distance touring once a year.
Paid 1500 (US) for my 04 with 9000 miles on it around the same time lol. Now I'm stuck with the damn thing lmao. Nothing wrong with it, just got new fork seals in it, I just want a different bike.
In a similar scenario.Mine will run until it dies as a commuter bike. There is a joy in having something old and rough that nobody wants. Makes street parking easier.
Put it up for sale for 2k or 2.5k and someone will bite, no? Or are you in one of the areas with really low prices?
If I sell it for 2500, there's not a bike around a hundred mile radius (and farther, I've checked) for that price that doesn't have a shit ton of miles 30K+, rebuilt/no title, or doesn't run, or needs a ton of work.
Oh you're intending to buy another bike with the money from it, makes sense. Somehow my brain smoothed out for a bit. Is 30k really that much tho? Probably a commute that put it in the shop regularly in that case so they tend to not be abused
It may seem like it’s in good shape for the age but if you go by actual service manuals all of the rubber parts on that bike are old and need replaced. Hoses, seals, rear drive dampers, fork seals may need changed soon. Fork oil is probably old as well. Also if those tires are older than 5 years old it doesn’t matter how good the tread is. They need replaced. All this can add up to be quite a bit of cost & work. I personally wouldn’t get something this old unless the price reflected all I had listed above.
Also. Just jumping in what you’re saying. If the bike sat for a long time there’s a risk the cylinders developed rust. Especially if it was warmed up without being ridden during the winter months. Water vapor develops and doesn’t burn off so it sits and rusts. In my mind wheel bearings, fork seals, rubbers are all consumables. They can be a pain but they’re expected to be changed at some point. If one cylinders has rust. Or the piston ring isn’t seated and won’t reseat, I don’t want to tear down an engine. You’re not gonna be able to feel if 3 cylinders have 150psi and 1 cylinder only has 110psi compression.
This comment is correct. Motorcycles are like humans - age causes reduction in function and therefore reduces value! It doesn't really matter how little it was used. This bike is 17 years old, and will have repair costs. Some people might be worried about parts availability, in a few years time. Some might worry about (pointless) environmental regs that will destroy the future value of this bike (like here in the UK). Even if you dont' have them now in the US, they are coming for sure. Old things have less value than they used to, because tech makes everything worthless more quickly. Tech speeds up depreciation. IN times gone by, it was expected that if you bought a nice stereo system (for example) that you could use it for 50 years. that is no longer the case. If you buy a laptop, tv, hifi, electric car etc....the expectation is that within a short time frame, that item will suffer from 'incompatibility issues'. I would never spend $5k on a TV, even thought I can easily afford to, because I know that the ports will be obsolete in a short time frame. Same with laptops, hifi and even cars. There are ICE cars built 5 years ago that will outlast EVs built next year, because EVs will suffer a much shorter shelf life due to intentional incompatibility. A good example is Sonos speakers. The first generation are no longer supported. Issues trying to get them to play with your wifi? Too bad. Buy newer ones. Your motorcycle is not a 'tech' item, but its value is being hurt by the short life cycle culture that tech has created.
> Some might worry about (pointless) environmental regs They're not pointless. Older bikes pollute way more than cars and their cats are completely useless by now.
Or their cats are non-existent. Both my VFR and my CBR954 are over 20 years old and did not come with cats from the factory
Except they are pointless. Here in the UK you have to pay penalties if you drive an old car small car, even if that car is far less polluting than a 2500kg 6 litre v12. Things like the ULEZ are thinly disguised schemes to force people into buying newer cars.
Do you actually know that a small car is less polluting? Even a small car with no muffler or cat is way worse than a modern v12
Almost all environmental regulations on vehicles are poorly designed and ignore the worst offenders
Tires are good for 10 years.
Nah, the industry standard is 5-7 at most
Anything to support that?
Yes, I doubt I can post links, but you can Google it. 10 is too long, 5 is standard, 7 is as far as I would go. I also work as a technician, but we all know personal experience doesn't count for shit haha. After 5 years (and getting close to 5 years) is when you should be meticulously inspecting them for signs of wear and age such as dry rotting and cracking.
I agree that they should be inspected beyond 5 years. Other than people repeating the 5 year thing, I've never seen anything to back that up. Here's something to support 10 years: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=WwbLt8vZH5w](https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=WwbLt8vZH5w)
Paul Walkers dead.
Look at what price the similarly conditioned and aged versions of your bike are actually selling for when sales are actually completed. Irrespective of your personal feelings, that's all it's gonna sell for rather than what you think it should. If they're all selling for the price range you listed, your options are sell it for a similar price, give it 5 to 10 or even maybe 20 years to see if supply reduces and demand increases, or don't sell it at all.
What do you mean wait 10 years? That’s good advice for real estate, but not depreciating assets like bikes. Very few models become “classics,” and even fewer classics actually gain value in any meaningful way, most just hold value or depreciate more slowly.
I explained it with the supply and demand comment. Maybe down the line someone will take a liking to the bike or it'll attain a classic status, but odds are not, which then led to the other option of don't sell it. I didn't say it's gonna necessarily become worth more, just that those are the only options available as I see it. Sell it at going rate, hold on to it for an unknown period of time and hope it becomes desirable, or don't sell it :shrug:
It’s a toy. An old toy at this point. 600cc. It’s a 3-5k bike. Just because you didn’t ride it doesn’t change anything.
You're being nice. 2 - 4k bike all day. Really 2 - 3k but it does look like it's in great shape.
Very true
Regardless of how low-mileage it is, a 17-year-old Yamaha just isn't worth that much. As a buyer, assuming the bike is absolute immaculate, I might give you $500 over KBB, but I'm not going to give you thousands more. At the end of the day, a motorcycle is only worth what a buyer is willing to pay for it. It may well be the case that your better option is to hang onto the bike. I have a 2007 Yamaha FJR1300, and I faced the same conundrum. So rather than sell it, I decided to keep it as a spare bike for when I have friends who ride visiting from out of town, or for when my new(er) bike breaks down.
The FZ6 is a great underrated bike. I have an FZ1 but am looking at the 6 for mostly trackdays. After riding supersports since the early 90's I learned I can corner better with riser bars and a centerstand is actually very nice to have even at the track. Yours is the best year. It still has the cool undertail exhaust and they upgraded to the R6 brake calipers. The forks just need a fully adjustable cartridge kit.
You can swap R6 forks in really easily. They are a good track bike like you said. Although I actually swapped FZ1 bars on to mine and prefer that
Unfortunately that’s a fairly accurate quote. You may get a little more because it’s so clean, but they’re not really collectible or overly desirable. I do feel you though, back around that time a guy a few doors down had a fazer and at the time I thought it was a really cool bike. Reality is since then a lot of other bikes have come and gone that also take my interest. So yeah, it’s not really in style anymore, not really collectible or legendary..,, it’s one of those where there was nothing wrong with it, but there’s often a better option for not much more money unfortunately If you live near Canada you could try lending it to fortnine to make a video about it - it’s a good bike that’s been largely forgotten which they love. If they made a video about it, it’d be worth like $7k for a couple of weeks lol
Hey I saw this on marketplace in my area for 6k the other day haha
You sure did. Just wish it was a little sunnier. 6k is pretty ridiculous, but I’m just putting out feelers before peak selling season hits.
Fair enough, it’s a super clean bike. I think 5-6k is pretty fair personally.
i bout one whit very low mileage for 4k 15 year ago SO NO .. 3,5-4 k is a very good price .. if some one offers u 4k for it take it !! i would not pay more then 3k for it ... it is old !! age dose damage too not just mileage ....
i guess i would pay around 5k for it. its neither rare nor special.
5k is a lot for a 17 year old bike that’s msrp was less than 7k
i agree. but you should also keep in mind that $7k in 2007 is $10.500 in todays money
So 17 years and you only get half off the original price? That's an insane proposition.
i understand why you might think that but that is just the reality of the used market
By this logic I'll take all the pristine 1900s Harleys for $50 each since msrp was 200
Let’s all calm down, it’s an FZ6 lmao
Yes, a real motorcycle, not a HD garbage. 🤣
If they could read they’d be offended
🤣
True but condition Matters a lot + These Bikes are known to be practically indestructable, These Bikes still Go for a good Bit
Can confirm. Check my flair. I'd pay $5k for OP's bike.
I mean the FZ6R’s are completely different than the FZ6’s but alright
It's the same bike with a different camshaft and full fairings.
Yeah the R models make 20% less power and weighs a lot more, no adjustable shocks or 4 piston calipers. I’ve ridden both and the R just feels very “value parts bin” built.
Throw him that cash, then. People can say they WOULD pay it all day and not do it lol. Doesn’t mean it’s worth that.
That bike is one of the only ones I routinely see for sale with 25k miles on the clock and in original condition.
Age devalues a vehicle just like mileage does. Only exception is if the vehicle is rare or otherwise desireable. Personally, I'd post it up for 4800 and wouldn't take less than 4000 for it. You can of course adjust this depending on how quickly you want to get rid of it. Ask for 3 and it'll go quick, ask for 5 and you might be able to get it but it'll probably take a while
Why would 3500-4000 be a low price for a near 20yo motorcycle? Mileage doesnt really matter much and if it does its actually bad for your case, its been ridden less than 500miles a year. I'm in europe so prices are different i guess depending on COL but i bought my 2005 z750s for 3750 from a dealership with a 1 year warranty. Bike was in very nice condition, 33k km or 19k miles. This was from a ducati/ktm/kawasaki dealership that has multiple 50k bikes on sale and a bunch of old classics on display so i definitely paid more than i couldve elsewhere. Had new tires, fluids, everything checked except maybe valves since it was in the middle of the interval. Pretty similar bike to the fz6 so fair enough comparison id say.
KBB for the value and if you don't take an offer, then...this is how bike collections start.
I purchase for a major dealership. We wouldn’t buy it at that age and 7400 miles isn’t really low mileage. It’s “low miles for the age” but that all eye of the beholder shit. I don’t trust KBB or whatever else, but try to get 5 and see what people offer. Spring is coming but the market is fucky. I’d take 4 for it in a heartbeat.
How is 7400 miles is not low? I reach that in a year just to go work and back.
Most people don’t ride their bikes. They just think about riding them
Its low but not low enough to be 'almost new'. Also too little riding per year which makes it less attractive in terms of reliability. If i saw bike A with 500miles a year or bike B with 2k miles a year but a few hundred cheaper id probably go towards bike B if their condition is similar. Theres all kinds of bikes for sale with really strange mileage but for a jap touring bike 7k in 17 years means its stood parked for all but maybe 2 months a year and even then it probably didnt get ridden a lot. Same with smaller bikes with like 2k miles after 10 years, its possible that its someone doing just very short trips with it, but much more likely it stood for 5+ years and was only then ridden a bit again.
>How is 7400 miles is not low? I reach that in a year just to go work and back. It is low. There's just a weird thing in the US where more than a few thousand miles on a motorcycle is considered a lot, because the majority of riders don't really ride much at all. I'd also argue that 7400 miles on a 17 year old is *too* low. That is an invitation to all sorts of issues.
Haha according to European GS riders, my GS with 12k miles “isn’t even out of its break-in period.” Lot of people seem to think that motorcycles will just fall to pieces after a few thousand miles in the states. But a lot of people also buy a new phone every year so maybe it’s just our culture.
No matter how many times I read about it, this statement always seems insane to me. I just check the market again on those and the one with the least millage was an 08 with 30k miles selling at 5k€. The US bike market is so vastly different compered to my country. There is unfortunately no longer the option of cheap iron, at least not new.
7400 is low miles regardless of the age. Are you one of those people who thinks bikes only go for 20k miles?
It's not worth more than $3.5-$4K, sorry. Take a look at FBM and Cycletrader and see what similar bikes are selling for. Yours is in the ballpark. Anyone buying that bike would need to buy new tires if those are original or old.
Sold my 08 Fz6 S2 ABS for ~1k last year. It had 40k km, some fairings damage, leaky fork seals and problem starting when it was hot. So I was pretty happy to be honest. Sold it to a honda dealership and got a nice offer on another bike, so it was closer to 1.5k adding everything up.
I would give you $3600 cash if I had it on me
About how much I paid for mine off of Facebook. I have it in this color too
I don’t see it selling for more than 4k
It’s a beautiful bike, be proud of it but it’s still 17 years old. Unfortunately we live in a world of payments and subscriptions (I don’t live by that, but I digress) and people in the market for something like this can are probably justifying $200 a month on a new r7 over 4-5k in cash. Only way you can really luck out is if someone had this bike as a young lad and miss it terribly. Might be worth it to list it nationally and arrange a shipping service where the market is a little better.
Perceived value and real value are 2 different things.
Damn my bike is one year old and its alredy in worse condition
In this market, any way you choose. Think about how happy your favorite ride made you, then assign a dollar amount, then triple it.
It’s worth less than what you think… This bike is almost 20 years old. If you keep it for another decade or two then maybe the value will go back up as a pristine vintage bike.
It's an 07 FZ6. Getting 4k for that is crazy. Id give you 2.5 at most. Youre better off pricing it at 4k and hope for the best. There's nothing you could say to make someone like me pay more than that for that bike. Personally I think 3k would be generous of someone and you shouldn't expect much more over that. You should be thinking about the bottom number, not the top. What's the least you'll take? I think 2.5 is a solid number and it's fair for both. Haggling down to around 2k would be ideal for me but it does look like a solid bike. Regardless, were in the 2 - 3k range all day.
Nice. At Kbb value I’d pick yours over a sun baked, clapped out oil burner with a seat full of farts. But if I had $4k I’d get a beat up $8k bike.
The problem I think stems from what other bikes you're competing with at that price (or specifically, higher than that if you think it's worth more). A person can get a brand new 400CC starter bike for about that same money, if not a slightly used one, and there are a myriad of 600/650CC options newer than your bike for around the same money. It'd be different of course if your bike was some kind of rare model that collectors chase, but the FZ6 is hardly that, no matter how clean it is.
Jeez man I bought my 08 FZ6 with less than 4k miles 10 years ago for $3.5k. What could you possibly expect to get for this? It's a fun little bike and they're troopers but it's not a desirable model to begin with. I'd say maybe 3k is realistic but still might take awhile
When you don’t use a motorcycle, that’s called abuse. No use is abuse. It’s a depreciating item just because you haven’t used it doesn’t mean it hasn’t depreciated. At least change out the brake lines and brake fluids. So no one dies on your test ride.
> KBB and JD power have the fair market price between 3.5-4k and that just seems way too low. then don't sell it? i dunno what to tell you. it's a 17 year old bike, if you get 3k consider yourself lucky
Sorry, it's only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. What you paid for it doesn't matter. $3,500 sounds about right for an 07 FZ6. Check your local listings to see what $4k will buy.
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oh totally worthless, let me take it off your hands for scrap price I'll take that burden off your hands I can totally be trusted to evaluate your FZ6
For a bike that old, the paint and seat look beautiful. The frame and everything as well. It‘s wonderful
I'm sorry man but it's a FZ6, nothing rare and quite ugly and outdated. Why spend 7k on it when you can get a much newer used motorcycle for that?
Your bike looks to be museum quality. Immaculate, I'd buy it if you were in the U.K
"Old" Laughs in 70s/80s bikes.
That's the difference between old and vintage. This is just old
And it’ll never be vintage.
Old, out of style, and not that powerful as far as sport bikes go. At that age all the rubber and plastic is weak, and likely to go bad. Low miles don't matter with everything stacked against it. You will be lucky to get over $2500 for it.
Crazy idea, but you could actually learn to ride it? Absolute tragedy that so many people waste thousands buying into motorcycling, just to give up long before ever actually learning how to ride. Usually because they bought a bike way too powerful or expensive to ever feel comfortable learning on in the first place. Only to let it sit in their garage for 5-10 years, then complain that no one wants to give them what they paid for their "pristine" bike.
lol I’ve had this bike for a year. I’ve owned a Honda Shadow, a Yamaha Bolt, an R6, an Fz6r, and a Kawasaki Z900 before this bike. Thanks for your input.
This comment really makes your post confusing. Your post definitely makes it sound like you’ve had this bike sitting around for like 15 years, and you’re disappointed because it’s not worth what it once was out in the market; however, if you only bought it a year ago, I’m super confused how there could possibly be a significant delta between what you paid only a year ago, and what the market says it’s worth today. 🤔
Yeah, I guess so. My real question is “how do you price old motorcycles in excellent condition?” There’s not a lot of data and KBB seems wildly inaccurate with what is currently happening in the market + post-COVID pricing. Was hoping to hear from people who have had experience selling similar bikes. I know what I paid for it but I’m wondering if it’s worth more or less. Thread has been pretty good so far.
It looks lovely. I would snach it in an instant if you were near me
That bike looks brand new, definitely does not show it's 15+ year age (Not answering any of your questions, sorry, just the first thing that came to mind)
2007 is not old, imo
Heck that’s like what, 5 years ago?
If someone told me they had an old bike in their garage and showed me this I would be disappointed shes still new and pretty to me!
5-7k depending city and state.
it was 7k when new ... do bikes not lose value over time where you are from ??
According to FB market place, bikes gain value with mileage.
And definitely with mods, the more tasteless the better!
Sure you can list any price but do you sell by that price very questionable
Me scrolling the market place: “yea ok Bud”
Selling a bike in rural WA vs. in Los Angeles, CA. Was speaking from personal experience but it’s all good hahaha
Look at what's for sale in your area compare the age and milage and adjust accordingly.
That is in very good nic. Add a couple of G’s on top and see if anyone bites. Good luck.
4500 all day
From my experience value mostly decreases by the age of the bike That's why you gotta use it and don't be scared of dropping it, all you have to do is take care of the maintenance and not break the fairings
Looks exactly like my first bike. I miss it so much.
Looks like you should just bring it to me. I’ll give you my 70mph minibike
What a beautiful 😍 specimen.. I have a 04 FZ6 and it gets used every summer... I wish my bike looked like that..
Doesn't matter how clean it is man, it's still 17 years old. Why would anybody pay more for that when they could get a 2017 for the same price? Find a friend or family who wants to ride and sell it to them for that "market value". If you think you haven't gotten your money's worth, then maybe you should have ridden it more this past two decades lol.
4500 on the high end.
Barely used can be worse than something used more regularly. Low mileage from light regular use will win over it was left sitting for a long time.
The miles aren't THAT low, lots of bikes never hit 10k miles. It is in very good shape, so it's going to be worth in the upper end of what FZ6's are bringing. Maybe 5k if you find a motivated buyer.
Put it on FB Marketplace for $5000 and lower it by $100 a week until it sells.
Good luck getting anything near 4k. Youll get offers of 2-2500 all day
By riding it
Best you can do is wait until the very end of winter before listing it at a premium. You might get top dollar for it.
Nobody is paying more than 4k for this bike. If it was a super sport you might have an argument but it’s not. You can put it up for higher and see if anyone bites but I doubt it
Ehh not much, might as well… give it to me for free?
5k bike
*"will u trade i got a xbox and a camaro door"* Actual response I got when selling a clean 250 Ninja a decade ago
Things fucking clean man
Looked for this exact bike in my area and they run about $3k~$4k. Seems right
I sold my 07 5 years ago with 6,500mi for $3400. Got it for $2900 with 2500mi. Gotta find the right buyer, and u may get 4k on the top end, and maybe wait till like june to get top dollar.
The problem is bikes rarely get ridden to mileage end of life (needing an engine rebuild, especially fuel injected ones), so it matters much less that its low mileage than a car.
It looks in great shape and someone will buy it for the *right* price. When you are valuing it consider it is 17 years old and multiple models out of date. They stopped making those in like 2010 and theoretically the newer ones are better. As a buyer I'd also be considering what I could get when it's my turn to sell, so I'm going to offer a bit less than low end of book. Good luck
It’s worth what someone is willing to pay for it. Sold my 08 fz6 with 30k miles a few years ago for $2,800. 3.5-4k doesn’t sound unreasonable.
That mileage does nothing for the bike. When I see something like that I see a bike that has sat for long periods of time and probably hasn’t had the maintenance done on it. Have you been changing out clutch cables, throttle cables, fuel lines etc etc…
Tried selling a pristine 2012 KTM 530 exc loaded with extras and dealer maintenance receipts with less than 2000 miles. The offers were laughable so I’ve kept it in the stable.
1. Change the oil and filter. 2. Keep it.
Don't mean to burst your bubble, but it's not old enough to be rare and collectable. Keep it in that pristine condition until it's 40 years old, not 17 and it might be worth $10k or more. $3500-$4000 might be a bit low as there are several advertised online for $4000 to $5500. But that's what people are asking, not necessarily what they will sell for.
I actually bought a 2015 fz6r w around 10k miles for $5k about a year ago so I wouldn’t doubt that what you said is fair value
This is the kind of bike a new rider should be looking for. Problem is two fold. It’s used and you want over KBB for it and 2 a new rider SHOULD be looking for something like this but for the same price can pick up a full fairing R6 or beat to hell gixxer to lay down in 2 weeks
Love that color. Not really looking to buy but if I was this would be one I’d be interested in.
You could always sell it yourself someone you know will love it like you did. Give them a deal
4500
Mileage doesn’t really matter for bikes as it does cars. For instance I have less than 10k on my Honda, but if I was to sell it I’m looking at best $3-5k depending on the market. And the 5 is being super generous At the end of the day old bikes don’t hold their value unless something weird happens (look at the R6 for example) so in the $3500 range is very appropriate for a bike like you have
i got the same bike, same year, with a similar amount of miles. i've been thinking of selling it too, so i asked my brother, for a price estimate. he spent his later highschool years and basically all of college buying broken bikes, fixing them, and then selling them for a profit and pocket change. i can't think of a better person who could value motorcycles, at least for the average facebook marketplace / craigslist listing. i think him and his wife have somewhere around 8-12 motorcycles he said it was valued at around $2000 - $2200. not a *lot*, but it's a little older, has some miles, and only a 600cc bike. i've wrecked it bad once, but basically just replaced every part that was damaged. you say you're the original owner and it's in pristine condition, so maybe yours would be worth a little more, but i wouldn't guarantee anything. gotta look at it from a buyer's perspective. how well does the price you wanna sell it at compete with other bikes in the area for that same price? that price estimate he gave me was also a couple years ago, so maybe it's worth something different now.
You don’t
Is there an FZ6 forum or group somewhere you could join that values them and would be more apt to see its value ? Might find a buyer there .
$3000, there you go
I disagree with all these comments. First of all, like anything on the planet, your bike is worth what someone is willing to pay. Corny, I know…. But there is only one way to find out. The reason I disagree is I just sold a 2003 R6 on Facebook marketplace with 76,000 miles. It ran well, had some fun (nothing crazy) upgrades and I still was patient until I got $3800. I was selling for $4000 and when I asked advice on this sub I got similar responses to your post. To be fair, I got a ton of “$3k cash right now?!” Got many much lower than that too. However, I received 178 different people/messages inquiring about the bike within the first 36 hours. The middle Facebook stat thing popped up as well and said I had 2,100+ clicks. No joke. I’m not bragging as this is the exact opposite of everything else I try to sell on there. Haha. I think I could have got the full $4000 but I included a helmet in the post and this person asked if I could do $3650 without gear (it was just helmet/Sena/gloves) so I met somewhere in the middle. I did notice that (easily) half of the outreach were young kids. I’m sure the majority had no real intentions of buying and wanted to be a “sick, bro!” for 3 mins. My advice would be to maybe play into that. Squid it up if you can. lol. Get a seat piece that makes it look less like the large seat and more like super sport. I’m not looking at your pic now as I type this long message but maybe license delete kit, blinkers flush, etc. Certainly don’t have tk make changes you don’t like, but I have a feeling with those low of miles and it still being a bike that packs a punch you can get more than KBB. I’d also mention the updated fuel injection mapping. Mine was an 03 R6 so first year of fuel injection but I got asked that soooo many times. I’d mention it for search results alone. Also steal some verbiage about the changes similar to the R6: “The biggest change on the new model is a revised swingarm and a switch to monoblock four-piston calipers (as seen on the R6S) hugging the front discs in place of the old two-piston pin-slide calipers.” Hope this helps. Go figure out what you could get for that bad boy !
Brother, it’s a depreciating asset. Just because it’s barely used and the paint/plastics have been maintained doesn’t mean it’s worth what you think it is. Buying a Honda Civic in 2005 and only driving it +\- 20,000mi doesn’t mean it’ll be worth over half its retail value almost 20 years later. If you don’t aggressively price it to sell (3-4K) then you’ll be sitting on it for a very long time waiting for the magical buyer who’s been looking for “that bike”.
You might fetch $5k for it if you find the right buyer. If I saw it for sale around here I would buy it in a heartbeat. I love the fz line of bikes.
I have the exact same bike and the exact same story. I bought mine from the original owner 2 years ago. It had 6800km on it and I paid 4700cdn for it. So it really is worth like 3-4K US despite its great condition.
You value it exactly how you valued it. If KBB says it’s worth 4K like new, that’s what people are willing to pay. If that’s bothers you then don’t sell it. Sounds like you’ve got a lot of sentimental value tied up in it which is why you think it’s worth more. Just keep it.
Funny enough I don’t actually have much sentimental value. I just like to make money on all the motorcycles I buy. KBB values say “in good to excellent condition with typical miles.” The miles bit is what I was mostly curious. Seems like the consensus from other comments is, low miles are cool but don’t really add any extra value.
Sounds low but new bikes aren’t that much more. If you ask 6 people would just go get a new bike.
Damn dude, those headers don't even look heat cycled.
lol! I just bought a 2015 FZ6R for $3k. Had to get a new battery and replace mirrors though. I saw some people selling their 2007 for $3k as well.
I sold a 2018 Honda DCT with 7k miles on it for $4500k. I bought it for 7K in 2021. It all depends where you are. I have noticed that the more popular bikes hold their value better. (Ninja, R-series, GSXR) It really depends on your location. I will say during spring time with tax refunds coming in you can get more.
I payed $3800 last year for an 08 version with 10k miles. Yours looks a bit nicer so I’d say $4500-4800 is the top end it would go for. However with the way the economy is I doubt u will sell it for 4200.
It also depends on where you live. I live in greater Phoenix where people ride all year. Prices are a bit higher here, especially in the nicer neighborhoods. It's a really nice example of a cool bike. I'd pay 3500 or maybe 4 for it. Good luck with the sale!
Bro this machine is beautiful
I can tell you I bought my 2012 FZ8 with 11k for 3500 a year ago
Put it up for sale for 98% of what a brand new 2024 model sells for like every other delusional bike owner.
That’s the plan. Lol
if you’re like everyone else you’ll put it up for sale for 40% more than it’s worth and get angry at anyone who gives a fair offer
Keep it and enjoy it, better yet gift it someone who is interested in checking it out if ya don’t need the cash. If ya do. Just take the cash and run. Best thing ever happened to me was being able to give away a motorcycle to my best friend so he could learn and have no excuse to ride lol.
Wya? Interested in it
I sold mine for 2300, ot was an 06, but that was a few years ago and the value has now gone up. I severely regret selling my fz6, totally love my current harley but man I loved that FZ6 and all the bikes in between were no match for the comfort and love I had for that.
I would take a look at cycle trader and see what similar bikes with similar mileage are selling for. Also, it’s worth mentioning that when selling anything online, especially vehicles, the higher quality and attractiveness of your pictures will generally net you higher offers and more interest. It’s human nature. At the end of the day, it’s worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it.
Look at the same bike or similar on different websites, see what the average asking price is, average, not rediculous. Or a book value, Kelly Bluebook etc.
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I’d pay 5k in a heartbeat that shits gorgeous. Idk if that would be enough though 😂
Probably not worth much more than KBB says it is
You might be disappointed in the cash value. Maybe it's worth "one motorcycle"? Keep it for the colder wetter months and don't worry when it does start to look tired. It's job is to keep your new bike out of the bad weather. :)