whats my k5 worth ?

[steveg]

Thinking of may be part-x ing my k5 sv650s next month it has 12k miles on the clock is in good condition FSH etc.
Any one have a approx ball park figure of how much its worth ?

Worried that if I keep it another year it will have nearer 30 k miles and be worth jack

Cheers Steve

[Razor]

Swapping for a curvy, wise move 8)

[steveg]

thinking more of changing to a aprillia sl 1000 falco / sv1000


cheers Steve

[hovis]

£2500 ?

[The Basket]

A good question.

The new Sport and cheapo Suzuki deals means not as much as you would hope.

£3k for a minter. 12k miles is quite a bit more than normal so maybe £2,800? Maybe less.

if you want cash then sell private or make sure you are getting a really good deal on what ya buying.

Dealers never give cash away.

[BILLY]

You would be better off selling it Private you will get More money for it!!! the dealers will just give you rock bottom price!

[kwak zzr]

thinking more of changing to a aprillia sl 1000 falco / sv1000


cheers Steve

the sv1000 is quite abit different to the 650 so have a good test ride on one before you buy and make sure it suits you sir :wink:

[fraser01]

part ex you may be looking at only 2 grand...best off private sale

[steveg]

part ex you may be looking at only 2 grand...best off private sale

2k !
Paid 3800 OTR for it 10 months ago (which I thought was a bargin for a new bike)

Its seems that if you actually use a bike for transport you are shafted , Had to give my Fazer 600 away as it had 55k on the clock , it had not missed a beat in that time & still did not use a drop of oil .Would have gone round the clock

I know most jap bikes will easily handle 50 k+ miles , however they hold no value .
The sensible bike maybe a BMW next as they hold their values better with large mileage.
Trouble is they are expensive to buy and would image expensive to run ?
I do like the R1100S though

Cheers Steve

[Biker Biggles]

I don't hold with the idea that you sell now to avoid next year's depreciation.Like anyone who buys new you have taken the big hit already,like about £1600 worth.If you end up with a two year old bike with 25,000 miles on it you won't lose another £1600.You will lose maybe £800 in the next year,and maybe £400 the year after that.Buying any new bike now will just start that all over again.If you do a high mileage,you really just have to think of your bike as a tool for the job,and forget about what it is worth to sell.More a case of if it lasts you five years and is worth £300 at the end,it's cost you £700 per year in depreciation.If you can make it last longer than that,and it should,it will have cost you even less.
My son's curvy has over 78,000 miles on it,so the engines are well good for it if you change the oil regularly and don't scrimp on the valve clearances.

[The Basket]

BMWs are not that pricey for servicing and no more than a similar Honda.

Problem is there are lots of weekend warriors(like me) who have low mileage bikes (like mine) who make your bike look high mileage by comparison.

[diamond]

Problem is there are lots of weekend warriors(like me) who have low mileage bikes (like mine) who make your bike look high mileage by comparison.

Thats not high milage, my K5 has done more than twice that. :lol:

[The Basket]

By my standards, it's high mileage :wink:

[Toypop]

Sorry to say that £2k is probably what you would get px.

One dealer offered me £2900 and that was for a 6 months old K5 with 2k on the clock, absolutely immaculate with the lower fairings and seat cowl. In that case their justification for the offer was that new ones were going for £3700 and the dealer wants £500 profit out of it so that allowed them to sell it for £3400 but even then that is not easy to get someone to buy that when for a few hundred pounds more they can have a new one.

Far better selling it private. I think you are on the threshold where people wouldn't want to buy a used bike with anymore miles than that.

There are people on here that would say it isn't a problem but they arent waving a wad of notes in front of you. So I'd get rid of it cos once you get to 20k its gonna be hard to shift.

[Cloggsy]

In all seriousness, I'd have to agree with Hovi5 - £2,500 private, probably less for a trade in TBH :!:

[steveg]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160075632434&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:UK:12

a as new 1000 for just over 3k

crazy

[diamond]

But it is a 2003 bike just been recently registered, hence the low price.

[kwak zzr]

mine only had 2000 miles on for 3k.

[Bornagainbiker]

Thinking of may be part-x ing my k5 sv650s next month it has 12k miles on the clock is in good condition FSH etc.
Any one have a approx ball park figure of how much its worth ?

Worried that if I keep it another year it will have nearer 30 k miles and be worth jack

Cheers Steve

I got £2200 for my 3000 mile 650n k5. against a march 1st GSX-R600 k7.

This isn't alot, but then the gsxr is £700 under list price, plus it has over £600 worth of Suziki carbon fibre trims thown in. I think a bikes value depends a lot on what you're trading it against, and how much bunce there is on it.