Thinking of selling my SV

Thinking of selling the SV to get something different like an CBR600RR or daytona.

What do you all think is a reasonable price i could expect.

It's a 2001 black curvy SV650S, 19k on the clock but full s/h (if i can find the receipts)
Has a full renegade exhaust system, powerbronze screen, tail tidy and belly pan and is very clean. Datatool alarm/immobiliser.
Just had service and mot.
I have the original can as well.

50p

Originally Posted by guyowen

50p

it aint comet y'know

another quality post owen. what is your purpose?

[Scoobs]

Mine was a 99S with about 28k miles and I got £2,200 from the insurance when it was written off.

Realistically, I would have expected about £1,500 if I was selling privately.

[northwind]

I know you probably know this, but far better to refit the standard parts and sell them seperately- they don't add much value except to the right buyer, and can put some people off.

Prices can vary a lot... My local dealers just sold a yellow curvy of some sort (K1 I think?) with crash damage, bodged flush-mounts, otherwise more or less standard, for a hair under £3000. Mental...

[Balky001]

Northwind beat me to it - I would get it back to original standard and sell the other parts separately.

Yeah i am thinking about putting it back to standard but if i can convince the missus to let me change it then i would rather sell it as is because it looks so much better.

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I find that really odd... When I found Roger he had his race can and all his extras fitted (and was covered in stickers which came off as soon as we got home) and I fell in love with him there and then.

He came with a road legal exhaust for MOTs (which I put back on after I bought him 'til I was confident).

But it was how he looked that drew my eye. I'd seen a standard sv in a previous shop but it didn't make me want that bike there and then... Why would non-standard put people off? Or is this just a case of me being 'the right buyer'?

when i bought my bike off spike, i was glad of the extras. I think if you have tasteful extras, along with the originals supplied, then i think you may get a bit more. If id seen my bike and another which was original but £100 or so cheaper, i think id have chosen mine. end of the day it all comes down to who wants to buy it.

[northwind]

Extras can add value, but usually less than they're worth seperately- since if you have a bike with a full system you're trying to sell it to someone who wants a bike with a full system, while if you sperate them you're sellng to someone who wants a bike, and someone else who wants a system. See?

Standard is good for a lot of people- reduces insurance for one thing, and gives them a blank canvas. Mine came with a perfectly good hugger, I just didn't like it, so when it came to setting a price I ignored it.

Sometimes an extra will help- mine had a Pyramids bellypan that made it look, I don';t know, beefier than standard. Set a very good first impression.