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For one of them valuation thingies again, please

SO has seen/ridden a VFR750, N reg, with about 40k miles on the clock.
Cosmetically it's pretty rough looking, cracked fairing, furry looking
swingarm/rear shock, dodgy paint job on tank and the exhaust (apart from
can) is pretty ropey and has just been patched. Apart from that, the engine
sounds good and the bloke who owns it has had it serviced regularly (damage
to bike was previous owner to him).

Biketrader and MCN vary from the sublime to ridiculous, so got no idea what
it's worth. However, there seems to be a level at which the value never
seems to drop.

He wants about £2100 for it.

Ta

 

He's taking the piss.

 

Just what I was thinking

A ten year old bike with 40k up, in dodgy cosmetic condition with a
knackered exhaust - do you *know* how much an exhaust is for a VFR?

I reckon 1200, personally.[/QUOTE]

I was thinking 800-900 myself.

 

That was my gut feeling.

 

You could start at £500 to wake him up.Take a look at
http://search.ebay.co.uk/vfr750_Mot...12QQfltZ9QQfromZR8QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQsacatZ422

 

I know *exactly* how much a VFR exhaust costs.

Ta for that. My feeling is to walk away tbh.

 

There's eff-all point in using ongoing Ebay auctions as a price guide
because all the bidding action happens in the last two minutes.

Completed auctions are much more useful.

That said, there are a couple of BINs there which suggest that, yes,
this seller has got his head somewhere north of his lower intestine.

 

Bear says...

My view is that all he'd be buying is more bills.

 

It's not just the price of the exhaust, it is the fitting thereof...
The collector box is connected to the rear downpipes, which you cant get
off unless you drop the motor.
There has been loads said about this before, (take the swingarm off
etc), but it's not an easy job anyway you do it.

 

Thanks, peeps - and thanks also to Lozzo for wise words on the yellingbone.

I must admit that on seeing it my heart sank, and the closer I looked the
worse it seemed. About the only good thing to say about it was that it had
new-ish tyres. And chain and sprockets. And a touring Scottoiler )

OTOH there were bites out of the fairing, cracks in same, crazed paint on
the tank, rust here and there, a great big gobbet of exhaust repair goo on
the collector, a red flip-up screen <shudder> and a small clear voice inside
my head saying "Noooooooooo"

I insisted on not listening to the voice long enough to take it up the road
and back, and after a clanky old Yam XJ600 (sorry darling, I know you can't
see this from the garden) BY CHRIST it was quick. And it handled. And had a
gearchange like a gentleman's hand on a young lady's thigh - smooth and
purposeful.

But no. I am indebted to that most unlikely discovery - voices of reason on
UKRM ;o)

It's a shame, as Bloke doesn't come across as being deliberately on the
make - IMO he genuinely doesn't realise that it's a crock of shit.

thanks all.

 

This alone, on a VFR, would make me run a mile. It means the main header
pipe assembly is dead, and as Champ said, the bill here can top £1000.