Where to sell a K3 SV1000N
 

Folks,

Time has finally come. After several false starts, I'm going to move on....

Where is the best place to sell a connoisseurs bike such as this? The .org is pretty quiet these days. Ebay is full of chancers. Autotrader is very expensive. So if you have a wonderful well loved Naked SV1000 to sell on, where would you list it?

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I wouldn't. I'd keep it in my garage for those long summer evenings when you fancy going for a cruise rather than a frantic blat on the sports bike.

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https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/cat/15/ might be an option?

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That would be the ideal if I had somewhere to keep it. However I don't which is a real shame as I'm sure I'll regret getting rid of it.

Not far away from you if you fancy owning it :)

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Not entirely sure a 54k mile cheapo Japanese bike is top of the list for many buyers in there. Maybe if I clock it, plant some tomatoes on it and declare it a barn find it could just work..... Now then where's my John Innes?

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Not at the moment - I'm trying to get things out of my garage so I can convert it into a workshop. So adding a bike would be counterproductive unless you wanted to trade it for a non-running TVR that's been stripped out for track day use.

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If you want shot of it Gumtree?

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You haven't said how much you want for it.
Post a pic, and it might sell itself.

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Everywhere... forums, Facebook, Gumtree, eBay classifieds. Not sure I'd bother with Autotrader any more though. I never look there.

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Freeads?

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Good morn,
How much did you want for it?
Alan

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I'll be looking for sensible offers over £2k. Need to see how well she cleans up as to how much over £2k I can get.

Tricky one as working Nakeds are pretty rare these days yet it's an imperfect 15 year old bike with >50k on it ...

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Hi,
Sorry, over £2000 for a 15 year old is too rich for me.
Good fortune with the sale,
Alan


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Not quite sure what to ask for it. Yes it's old and done a few miles but there are virtually no naked thous for sale these days and lots of posts for people asking how to nakedify an S.

Guess I'll clean her up, a few pictures in the sunshine and keep adjusting the price until someone bites.

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I think the problem isn't that it's not worth that price, it's just when you get to a certain price / value, the options and possibilities with other bikes opens up a lot. So you need someone who really wants your bike. Same goes for really good condition 650s. Once they go over £2000 in value there's a whole world of other bikes available too. A lot of people go for an SV as you get a lot of bike, often for under £1500.


The thousand is slightly different in that it's rarer as you say. But it does need the right person who really wants it to come along. That might just take time.

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+ not naked, but...
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...8479931847584/




edit : in case you can't see it (might have to be a member of the for sale group) it's a faired 2005 SV1000 with lots of bling, £3300.

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Hi Mark_h
Whilst I wish you well, I'm with Adam Ef on this one, the bike is only worth what someone will pay for it, and I'm far from convinced there is any rarity premium for 15 year old mainstream bikes. You might just find someone who wants exactly your bike and is will pay you over £2000 for the privilege of buying it, but I'd wonder why he/she would not buy this 2008 model first (at £1700 and open to offers - I suspect a pocket full of £1400 in folding money would buy it without too many questions):

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Suzuki-sv...a15:rk:12:pf:0

Adam Ef is right: there is a big market for bikes under £1500, and plenty of SVs under that level. I hope I am wrong, but I just can't see a high mileage SV1000 that needs cleaning up making over £2000 - but good fortune with the sale.

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I think I'd put it on ebay just to get an idea of what the market is doing and see if there's any interest. You could put a reserve on it if you don't want to end up giving it away. I have been browsing bikes on ebay for the last few months and I get the impression that people are being cautious with their money (brexit maybe?). I saw an immaculate 1972 Yamaha YR5 (350cc pre RD, two stroke), it only had one bid in 5 days and sold for £2500 (that's a great price - for the buyer!). An immaculately renovated Honda CD175 for £2000, no bids.

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I think you are right Seeker. March-May should be the best time to sell second hand bikes privately (by June all those who want a bike for the summer have bought one), but I see lots of bikes just not selling. I'm nearly always on the look out for interesting bikes at the right price and see lots not making their asking price or reserves - then being re-advertised a bit cheaper. Once the spring buying window is closed prices will slide back of course, so there is no rush.

Occasionally I monitor Suzuki B120 prices on eBay (only because I have one) and have seen the same few bikes for sale this last 6 months (admittedly at silly prices - people asking £1300 for tatty bikes just because they are 40 years old).

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Best call it £1950 then :)

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Good fortune.

Alan

Where to sell a K3 SV1000N
 

I was curious as to what SV1000s might be making (I might be looking for one myself once I've completed my bike garage building project in the summer) and so have been tracking a few on eBay. This quite nice 2003 S with 36,000 miles failed to get a bid of £1200:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUZUKI-SV...rdt=true&rt=nc



I'd probably have bought it if the garage was finished and I had somewhere to keep it.

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Sold today for £2k. Very happy buyer. Like I said, very few unmolested nakeds about.

Various left over bits will be on ebay shortly.

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Well done!

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Was about to chime in and say it's worth £2k all day long, you'll always have cheapskates after a bargain telling you it's only worth what they just so happen to have in the bank.

The thou is everything the 650 isn't. It loses the asthmatic, anemic performance issues of its little brother and has nothing but benefits from the get go. It's rare, even rarer in naked form, and they're gorgeous, sound great, have semi gear driven cams, a massively under stressed engine...etc. There's minor niggles like the clutch basket, rear shock usually being over-sprung and it doesn't cosmetically wear well in year round use - but nothing a vibe free mod and a regular rinse won't sort. The fact you can literally bolt in various GSXR front ends and have the job completed in around 2 hours is fantastic and makes the bike a great modding tool that can easily be reverted. A truly fantastic, underrated bike that has so much potential for so many applications.

So, in conclusion - glad you got what you wanted for it. I personally couldn't part with mine, love it far too much! Hopefully the images below will work.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8r...A=w482-h642-no

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Zr...g=w856-h642-no

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What?

They look identical apart from the engine casings. Sound very similar (some might say the 650 sounds better). Both have under stressed bullet proof engines. They both easily accept GSXR bolt ins. The 650 has way more aftermarket parts and of course second hand parts. The 650 handles better, has better mpg. Power wise the sv1000 isn't really up there with most 1000's

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HAHA...handles better. Yeah, alright.

All spoken like one of those experts that never even sat on a thou, let alone owned one for long enough to give an educated opinion on it.

Do be quiet.

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I have actually done a fair few miles on a naked thou. I also had a 650 with the exact forks you have on yours. The 650 definitely feels nimbler and lighter. Turns in easier

What about the other points you glossed over? No need to be rude if you can't make a proper argument

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Well I'd love to know about this "the 650 has way more aftermarket parts". But tbh, it's boring going back and forth and - like many things in the world - people will argue the toss over stuff without ever conceding, so we might as well save our time and just agree to disagree. But having said that...I'll bite...

I'll take my years of use on both pointy and curvy 650's and both SV1000's I've owned, all in various guises of stock and far from stock, and remain strong in my opinion that the 650 (while having a fun bottom end in the rev range) runs out of puff almost immediately, looks malnourished, has incredibly poor quality, non-adjustable forks and one of the worst, bounciest shocks in motorcycle history, hilariously bad sliding calipers and has a speedo driven off the front wheel (not that it's a major issue, but makes putting an alternative front end on a slightly bigger ballache), is wirey and requires some pretty serious money thrown at it to make it something special and also isn't quite the handling masterpiece that people crack it out to be....and that the thousand makes up for all the shortfalls of the 650 by providing fully adjustable, non-sealed cartridge forks (pre 05) with very decent Tokico 4 pot calipers (that are easily made into immense brakes with a good MC such as a Brembo RCS19) a surprisingly good rear shock that mostly just needs a lighter spring for the bulk of riders (again, fully adjustable and can be revalved easily), an engine that has ridiculous levels of torque from the get go, right through to the rev line, looks like it's been in steroids and down the gym for 12 months non-stop, has a far stronger engine from a far better lineage, doesn't require any daft speedo wires or brackets and magnets to stick an alternative front end on...etc, etc etc.

It's the better bike.

And in response to thou not having the power of other thousands...well, the 650 rarely has power in the same range as other 600-700cc motorcycles. But like the thou, it makes up for it in low end power - albeit, the thou continues that power through to the redline and will stomp on most things when it comes to the twisties, assuming both riders are of equal skill, simply due to the sheer brute force of the engine anywhere in the rev range.

Good enough for ya?

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Forks so good they got replaced ;)

Yeah that speedo bracket is a nightmare...


:smt043

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I have no idea of the relative merits and demerits of SV650 vs SV1000 - I was the tightwad looking for a bargain (as I always am to add to my bike collection). If mark h got 2 grand for his bike then he did well, I’ve just watched this nice bike sell at £1500:

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F202615798714

I think I’ll look for a SV1000 at the end of the summer when I’ve finished my bike garage project (and can fit another 3 or 4 bikes in), I doubt that I’ll have to pay much over a grand (which is fine - maybe less).

Cheap bikes are such fun.

Alan


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Got replaced - for cosmetic purposes. I'm a fickle f*cker. A revalve would have them outperforming any GSXR forks of that era, easily.

Look, you own a 650, I guess - your butthurt is clear.

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Thing is, I'm guessing Mark's bike probably wasn't covered in fork and engine case pitting like the efforts you shared. You do kind of get what you pay for. I laid out £2750 for mine, it had sub 8000 miles and had never been used in winter. So everything was mark and rust free. The two you've shared look like they've lived an outdoor life - hence the price. Just depends on how picky you are about looks.

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Maybe, and maybe not. Perhaps I buy a bike like yours for £900 in November :-)


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You can have the forks for £900, the rest you can have for an additional £2000. How's that?

Where to sell a K3 SV1000N
 

Maybe, maybe not. Perhaps I’ll buy a bike like yours for £900 in November :-)


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Is someone seriously arguing the 650 is better than the thou lololololololol keep dreaming I love the 650 I had a curvy s and a pointy N but they are not a patch on the thousands.

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Always the case, buddy. People get butthurt that their bike isn't the best version available and repeat what they've read elsewhere, from someone else who's only read something elsewhere - it's not very often that people like you and I (who've owned every possible variety) can actually lay down some facts.

It's this simple: The thou is superior to the six'fiddy. In every conceivable way. It's even cheaper to insure!

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Don't reignite that old one, otherwise this thread will go on for months!

The 650 and the 1000 are both cheap and cheerful bikes within their own market sectors, that is all.

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Thou is much much better than the 650 in every way. I've had both. Anyone who recons it's too lumbering needs to learn how to corner correctly. Oh and take the steering damper off.

Had my thou for 12 years. Loved it. The only reason I got rid was I needed something with better luggage and pillion provision so got myself a multistrada which is a whole different kettle of ball games although I'm sure Othen can get one of those for a tenner too.

Most 650 riders have never actually ridden a Thou in anger so use their google-fu as the basis of unfounded fact.