Rare Suzuki valuer?

**Racey Rider** · 23rd July 2008, 20:13

I have need to get a written valuation on a rare'ish Suzuki for insurance purposes. My local Suzuki Dealer doesn't know much about this model, so I'm guess he's not in the know to give a good valuation.
Who would you recommend I take the bike to in the central North Is area that knows thier stuff?
(ie Tauranga / Hamilton / Palmerston North are on my sometimes traveled routes.)

Thanks.
Racey.

**imdying** · 23rd July 2008, 20:14

What model?

**Pussy** · 23rd July 2008, 20:16

Maybe Russell Josiah in Taumarunui? His shop is BikeTorque

**Racey Rider** · 23rd July 2008, 20:55

>What model? Will PM you, rather than put details on here before it's even insured.

>Taumarunui ... Oooo! SH43! Course, I'd need to find a buddy to ride Shotgun.

**scott411** · 23rd July 2008, 21:19

pm what it is, i have a Customer who is very good on most suzuki's, prob with rare stuff is it is mostly guess work, if anyone knows he will, restores a lot of older suzuki's

**Meekey_Mouse** · 23rd July 2008, 22:01

If Tauranga is on your route then I'd suggest MotoGB ... Suzuki store there and it's a pretty big shop. The guys have always been helpful when ever I've gone there

Couldn't say anything on their valuations though as I've never had a bike valued lol.

**ManDownUnder** · 23rd July 2008, 22:01

Depending on how rare, look it up in the historic sales on Trademe to see what they sell for (establish a replacement value of sorts).

**Warr** · 23rd July 2008, 22:08

Triboy up hams way has been around bike shops for a while. Send him a PM

**FJRider** · 23rd July 2008, 22:14

Contact a vintage japanese motorcycle club. If they cant give an estimate, no one else could.

**Boob Johnson** · 23rd July 2008, 22:15

Originally Posted by Racey Rider

>Taumarunui ... Oooo! SH43! Course, I'd need to find a buddy to ride Shotgun.

he he always keen to do a run on SH43

Failing getting a val, call David Vinsen (in the book, Remuera) or Mike (his Brother) at "Mike Vinsen Motors".....the same Mike Vinsen who raced bikes in the 70's. They are old bosses of mine from many moons ago. Him & his (4) brothers used to have the Suzi dealership on Beach road in Auckland. They collect rare Suzi's themselves & will highly likely know what it is worth of the bat, hope that helps

**BIGBOSSMAN** · 23rd July 2008, 23:35

Rare Suzook? Time for a sweepstake! I'll bet $1 that it's an RE5 rotary (high-roller 1$ gambler

)

**Forest** · 24th July 2008, 03:58

Originally Posted by BIGBOSSMAN

Rare Suzook? Time for a sweepstake! I'll bet $1 that it's an RE5 rotary (high-roller 1$ gambler

)

My money is on a corrosion-free Chinese-assembled GN250. Doesn't get any rarer than that!

**marty** · 24th July 2008, 08:00

or a gixxer thou that hasn't been crashed......

**imdying** · 24th July 2008, 08:35

No less than $8k assuming it's in good nick. If it's one of the models I mentioned, then it has a theoretical value of up to $16k for certain models, although that'd be less shipping it to a market with more potential (read the States or Europe), and even then it'd have to be 'on the road'. So yeah, depends on the details.

**nudemetalz** · 24th July 2008, 10:11

Originally Posted by Boob Johnson

Failing getting a val, call David Vinsen (in the book, Remuera) or Mike (his Brother) at "Mike Vinsen Motors".....the same Mike Vinsen who raced bikes in the 70's. They are old bosses of mine from many moons ago. Him & his (4) brothers used to have the Suzi dealership on Beach road in Auckland. They collect rare Suzi's themselves & will highly likely know what it is worth of the bat, hope that helps

My old man was the workshop manager there in 1980-83 and I worked there in 1987.
Really great guys and they know everything there is to know about Suzukis from back then.

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