My dad is thinking of selling his tiger. He has owned this bike for 18 years and it has covered 24000 miles from new. It really is immaculate. Original indicators, screen and exhaust and also with it. Always been serviced by himself and full service until he had it. Extremely competent at all the servicing as he would rather trust himself than a garage to be honest. What do you guys think it's worth? I'll have to get some pics of it up asap
If I was him I’d keep hold of it! Future classic. gary1966 on here has just bought one. Might be worth sending him a PM.
@gary1966 just bought one so may be in a good positon to help. Someone was looking for a 92-94 blade but wanted low mileage and don't know if they would class 24k as low even for a bike of that age.
There is always going to be a gem somewhere with say, 5-7,000 miles on it. Bit do we hang out for the possibility or snap up one that's a little higher mileage but well maintained. I guess it's always the enthusiast's conundrum. (For example, my 1985 VF1000R had only 9620 miles on it) There happens to be one with 27,000 miles advertised on eBay (coincidence???) for 7 grand: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1995-HON...ES-/332659283148?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368 I wouldn't pay a dealer 7 unless it was near perfect. I think in the region of 6 to 6,500 is nearer the mark - but it's a buyer's market for these. Steve's dad could comfortably ask 8K and get good interest.
I don’t think there making that sort of money nigelrb but will in the near future I am sure, that one on eBay is 2k over priced at least. A bike is only worth what ever someone is willing to pay I look at a lot of bikes RD LC 1998 R1 etc etc and there is some dreamers out there. Steve750 I have replied to your pm let me know what I can help you with Gary
Hi all, Yes I have seen that one and I could honestly say it's better than that one and no it's not my dad's bike. It's immaculate in every manner. No tank marks and only 2 or 3 small stone chips on the front fairing.
Excuse my ignorance but what difference does the mileage make? Most of them just end up sat in a garage or the lounge to look at.
The comments above are spot on, it’s worth exactly what someone is prepared to pay for it. Unfortunately prices have got swept up in the last 5 years on the back of the loony car prices and some of those speculators have moved onto bikes. There will be someone out there that will fancy it, history is more important than 1k miles a year on it. Serious collectors look for first edition models with zero or near zero mileage to add to collections, so hopefully someone will buy it who will ride it and look after it in the manner it deserves.
Hi Raphael. From my perspective, mileage is significant in that it makes the bike 'newer' or seemingly less used. As the owner of some 'lounge room' bikes, the low mileage is a pride and bragging factor to the ownership, as if we're fortunate to have scored the bike early in its life. Any owner and prospective purchaser is much more overjoyed to see 5,000 miles on say, an RR4, than 35,000. As an 'investment' component, it also makes the bike more saleable - even though it's a 14-year-old bike. In some ways we are bent on capturing or preserving history or marking out milestones in our own life in the manner of: 'I remember when . . .' We love our bikes no more or less than the owner who does his daily commutes in the wet and turns over 8,000 miles per year. Perhaps a psychological analysis might see us pigeon-holed as a fanatic or looney, but perhaps the same could be attributed to a collector of anything from coins to stamps to mounted butterflies.
