Just curious if anyone else has run into this.. I have had my 05 sh for awhile now and just about every time I take it for a ride somebody stops me to check it out. Most people have heard of them, but never have seen one and most of the time have nothing but good things to say. I enjoy mine and love riding it, but need to sell it now.
Now that I am trying to sell it, and it is in excellent condition..it isn't so cool anymore. I have been trying to sell it for 2 months now with little to no interest. Am I missing something????

 

What's your asking price?

 

3700.00

 

Question answered....

 

IMO the hawk is a largely overlooked and under rated bike. Mine to me is worth more as a bike than the monetary value of it's worth. It's a steal when u buy it, I paid 2500 for mine, but ull never get a whole lot for it. Even if u spend time and money modding it, which won't increase the value really.

 

$3700 is right in the middle of low to high retail according to NADA. The problem is that same price is populated with 600's with superior suspension and braking components. The narrow market means you are only going to sell it to another Hawk enthusiast, the average new rider goes for the RaceReplica 600's.

 

Yeah, 600s are a dime a dozen here. especially the gsxr. There has been 3 superhawks in the area that sold recently 2 red one yellow. All 3 are 98-99 models and all three claimed they got 3000-3200 for them and they aren't in as good of shape as mine. not even close. Guess I need to paint it! lol.

 

They're easy to sell but they have to be priced right. Unfortunately for us as sellers "priced right" isn't what we necessarily want to hear. I've sold two of them in the last couple years, a decent '98 for $2100 (listed at night and was gone the next morning), and a pretty perfect '99 for $2800. Sat on that one a few weeks to get my price. Doubled my money in both cases though... Depending on how bad you want to get rid of it you may just need to drop the price a little. As was said if it's priced the same as more popular/flashier/faster bikes you'll narrow your market and may have some trouble. Mine were always very clean and the pictures showed it, and there really wasn't much comparable on craigslist for the price with regards to condition or performance, so they (and many other bikes I've sold) usually sell pretty fast. If you haven't already done so taking an afternoon to detail the bike and take many NICE pictures (not like the guy selling a new Ferrari who takes flip-phone pics during a rainstorm-yes I've seen it) and writing up a nice, honest description works wonders.

 

Like jscobey, the mike is worth more to me as a bike rather than what its worth in dollars. Just find it hard to believe that a 05 SH with low miles in very good cosmetic condition and in excellent mechanical condition, that runs smooth as silk thru the entire rmp range is worth at least 3500? I didnt pay anything close to that for it, but it needed quite a bit of tlc to get her back into shape. Got lucky, just invested mainly several hours of my time, very little money.

 

The main problem is there is essentially no difference in my 99 that I traded for a dirt bike and your 05.

 

I paid $2900 just last summer for my 2000 in near mint shape, but it did need some TLC and some upgrades which I am still in the process of doing, but like others have said you need to find someone actually looking specifically for a Hawk as I was to get what you want out of it. Lets face it most of the newer 600's will spank the hawk perfomance wise, but in my opinion are focused on the 18-22 year old market. Need to find a older guy like me that wants a V-twin sport bike which are far and few between. I tried selling mine as well after only 1 season on it as some other things came up and I needed the cash, but after 4 months of trying I gave up because it was worth more to me than I could get for it. Sucks, but the nature of having an older obsolete machine.

 

That's why I wouldn't sell it. I've had a few people offer me money even though I'm not looking to sell it. But it's just a much better bike than what someone would actually pay you for it. People don't see it as "sexy" and they think it's "old" but all that means is I got a good deal on a great bike when I bought it. I've heard the term sleeper and idk if that's what I'm going for with my hawk or not but nothing beats watching guys on much newer bikes with TC and rider modes and ABS and variable engine braking and 200 ponies get smoked by me in the twisties.