Optimistic sellers

[Banditbandit]

Umm .. this is not on tardme - but someone who has joined KBer ... looks a bit optomistic tho' .. for an 21-year-old 400

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...post1130888442

[yevjenko]

Carjam has it as a 2007.

No. Car jam has it first registered in 2007. If you look up the vin you'll see it's a 2004... Or k4 as a previous poster mentioned

[98tls]

Umm .. this is not on tardme - but someone who has joined KBer ... looks a bit optomistic tho' .. for an 21-year-old 400

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...post1130888442

Yea saw that,was going to suggest he had put it in the wrong section but.....

[Mike.Gayner]

Umm .. this is not on tardme - but someone who has joined KBer ... looks a bit optomistic tho' .. for an 21-year-old 400

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...post1130888442

Oh good it's not just me then. Sometimes people get all wanky over particular models and I wondered if this was one of them. Evidently not, it's just plain old overpriced.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Oh good it's not just me then. Sometimes people get all wanky over particular models and I wondered if this was one of them. Evidently not, it's just plain old overpriced.

Future classic no doubt BUT it needs to be bone stock for that. Bone stock unmolested and original: I'd pay $7k. $6k for that. Not that I want one.

[mossy1200]

Future classic no doubt BUT it needs to be bone stock for that. Bone stock unmolested and original: I'd pay $7k. $6k for that. Not that I want one.

I would be paying less because 7k plus buys a very good big bike with 3 times the power.


Its a nice bike though. Looks cool and likely is a fun ride but $4k as a non collector of bikes.

[sil3nt]

$4k?

$8k is definitely optimistic $5k-$7k dependant on condition is much more realistic.

Best LAMs bike out there and they only come up once or twice a year.

[Banditbandit]

Yep keeping an eye on it, be interesting to see the final score.

Over $70K now .. and still not met the reserve .. it closes in two days.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-924567681.htm

[jasonu]

Future classic no doubt.

I doubt it.
Nice looking bike for what it is but will never be a 'classic'.

[EJK]

I doubt it.
Nice looking bike for what it is but will never be a 'classic'.

Yep. Just a pretty replica of the full sized RC45. Other than that it's just a normal VFR400.

[yevjenko]

Best LAMs bike out there and they only come up once or twice a year.

Would need a genuine exhaust to become Lams approved again - or at least one that looks like it might have been genuine

[imdying]

Nice looking bike for what it is but will never be a 'classic'.

Sure it will, here in NZ that just means 'old'

Seriously though, the pinnacle of 400cc sports bikes, quite beautiful if you're into that sort of thing (and many people are), a sought after model for the last 20 years... it certainly has all the credentials required to become a legitimate classic, as does the younger brother, the NC30.

I was linked to an NSR250SP MC21 Rothmans the other day, a pretty similar bike (lightweight, JDM, sportsbike, also a Honda), and the asking was USD$14000. He'll get it too. Show that to some cruiser loving git and he'd probably wah wah wah about it, but frankly his taste (or perhaps lack of), doesn't count for diddly squat.

[mossy1200]

$4k?

$8k is definitely optimistic $5k-$7k dependant on condition is much more realistic.

Best LAMs bike out there and they only come up once or twice a year.

Yep but I have a full licence so lams means nothing to me. Someone will pay 5-7 it just wouldn't be me because 5-7 would buy me a bigger bike.

Its really needs an original exhaust or good quiet copy of it to sell to a learner market and keep the electronics upgrade Quiet.
The pipe will get the owner into trouble the first time that person is caught be naughty.

[Tazz]

Yep but I have a full licence so lams means nothing to me. Someone will pay 5-7 it just wouldn't be me because 5-7 would buy me a bigger bike.

It's not just a LAMS thing. Some people don't want/need/like bigger bikes

[mossy1200]

It's not just a LAMS thing. Some people don't want/need/like bigger bikes

Correct but not me so that's why my value is lower than someone else may pay. Someone will likely pay 5-7 it just wouldn't be me. Not when 5-7 would buy me a bigger cc bike. 7g to spend for me would likely be a gsxr1000 2002-2006.
Its likely a good bike but its smaller than I would buy once on a full licence. Its likely a lot (not all) riders after a sports bike on a full licence would do the same thing. Its primary market is lams if it was legal or collectors after an original un-modified vfr400 in mint condition.