That guy is dreaming. In January of '05 I paid about $6200 USD for my brand new -leftover '03 VTR. Included the warranty, 1 year road service and a free subscription to the Honda World or whatever it is magazine. I doubt anybody has paid $8k USD for a new VTR in the past 8 or 10 years. The VTR is a cool enough bike that someday, guys will pay $8 for a minty one. That day has not yet arrived.

 

There are still plenty of NOS around at dealers for around 9k... And a good low mile 04 and newer (5 year warranty from Honda) usualy goes at around 6k-7k-8k... Older than that they drop of pretty fast...

New in Sweden when it was a current model 06, continuing to sell as 07's it cost around 11-12k... Then that was the later years with dropping sales... Before that it was closer to 13k new...

I bought my 97 in 01 for 6k... And that was an absolute steal... A buddy of a buddy needed money fast and sold it with low miles, pristine condition... If he had had the time to sell it properly he would probably have gotten 7k or a bit more at that time... His asking price was 8k and I talked him down to 6.5 ish before hand (at the time it was defintely a buyers market...) and lowballed him slightly, 6k in hand - sale now... And he went for it...

To note for you guys... What is the price new right now for a oh say CBR1000RR ?? 12k base price in the US...

In Sweden the base price right now is 17.5k... a new 08 at the dealers is ~16.2k... And BTW that is rising again fast as the $ is going the wrong way...

 

this is from a thread posted on another board:

"08 CBR1000RR For $9498 @ MotoSport Hillsboro

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We have SEVERAL 2008 Honda CBR1000RRs on sale here at MotoSport Hillsboro...

The price is $9398 (no freight/setup...just titling). (YES I KNOW THE PRICE IS DIFFERENT FROM THE TITLE...WE LOWERED THE PRICE! )

If interested, contact NICK SCHREIBER in sales @ 503.648.4555. I normally don't post up bike deals, but I know a lot of you are stoked on these bikes last year and this year so i thought I would let you all know...

Enjoy!
Matt "

 

Well... The 12k base was actually 09 model... but OK... 09 is 17.5k vs 12k and 08 is 16.2k vs 9.5k... (quoted as 11.5k at honda powersports)

It's still a hell of a lot cheaper on your side of the pond...

 

OH Btw... dunno how it works over there... titling as quoted above, how much is that?

 

it's depends on the state ... in Oregon, the title + plate & tags would be under $100.

tim