Used Motorcycle Prices – A Statistical Analysis

Ever notice that used motorcycle prices fall off a cliff at a certain age? And beyond another point, they seem to stop losing value? RyanF9 tries to prove his theory by scraping the blue butthole of the internet for dingleberries of data.

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[questioner]

The biggest issue with this analysis is asking vs. selling price. How many Harley sellers ask a new price and settle for 2/3 asking?

[Hydraulic]

Your quips are great. The farm equipment quip was slid in as if were an everyday statement, that’s why I never miss your videos. They’re informative, very humorous, and down right satirical without being mean. It takes talent to do all of this and not end up being hated by at least one entire segment, but you have pulled it off.
Thank you for all the entertainment while educating us at the same time.

[pair_of_fins]

Sportbike guys especially go for ~2007. All the big 4 were making great bikes, for example, the difference between a 2007 cbr600rr and a 2023 is electronics, paint, and price. The 06 R6 already had RBW, and the 07 gsxr600 is legendary. Cheap compared to new, but the performance is modern

[lil-vnd]

The scraping software is called Bardeen. You're welcome.

[jeffer]

"Why pay a premium for Regina when you can be in Big Beaver in an hour?" We see what you did there, and it's why we love you Ryan. :)

[adamnorman]

Without marketplace Facebook would be dead to me.

[TheGreatChrisB]

Listing bikes for $1 drives me insane. Im about to start applying for all of them and making them do all the paperwork only to say "actually I changed my mind"

[ryanpoe]

The used market is insane right now. I work in sales at a motorsports dealership. I have so many customers who come in to buy new because the used-by-owner prices are so high right now that it just makes better sense to buy new.

[karioken]

Here is the truth: It doesn't make sense to collect bikes to make a profit. The collectors market for bikes isn't there. What makes sense is to buy a used bike and to ride it as long as you can.

[GrandPotatoe]

Man you guys are slapping out some amazing content.

[notaword]

Fun fact, I bought my 80s bike for 500 bucks, spent a year and another 500 fixing it. It was a pretty alright experience

[altarof]

Perfectly timed video, as winter is coming. I'll def be looking to get myself a nice A2 this winter.

[nunyabusiness]

Aktuallaly, most of this is because fuel injection started being incorporated into motorcycles around 2000, so they weren't discarded as readily as fussy carburetor bikes that most people gave up on if they stopped working or had issues. Anyone that's seen what it takes to clean and sync quad carbs knows what I'm talking about.

Additionally, 2000-ish to 2008 was a wild party of free credit to anyone that asked, so tons of sport bikes were bought with minimal money down and eventually sold or foreclosed on, so there's PILES of those bikes around. Furthermore, the sheer number of 00-08 bikes suppressed future sport bike sales because why would you buy a $10k+ new bike when you could buy a low mileage used one for $5k that offers pretty much the same performance? Really, the only reason to buy a newer bike is if you really want rider modes and things like that.

All in all, I don't think this data tells the whole story, and honestly bikes are so cheap just buy what you like when you know you are getting a good deal on a good bike and you probably won't lose much.

[spyrosk]

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[pd]

I wish these guys had a blog post on how they did the statistics analysis to follow along with. Looks like a nice skill to learn.

[peterullinger]

A strange and almost unknown outlier from most of those curves here in Germany is the single cylinder Yamaha XT660Z Tenere (2008-2016). Only a few were sold, but those few still cost about 4, 5k to 6k used - while they did cost 7000 new. That mimicks the HD curve. Well, farm equipment, I guess. 🙂

[chuniquepaceno]

One of the bike price mysteries I've noticed is that of the Kawasaki Concours ZG1000 vs the Yamaha TW200. Both bikes were (and continue to be in the case of the TW200) made for decades virtually unchanged starting in the 1980s. Today, I can pick up the Concours for under two grand while the Yamaha--which is much LESS bike--continues to fetch well over $3, 000, even those dating back to the 1980s. I just don't get it. I own a 2003 Concours, which I bought last year in pristine condition with 5K miles in non-running condition due to carb issues--an easy fix--which I picked up for $900 but I wouldn't mind owning a TW200 but just can't get around the price.

[artemko]

hello, the time has come when I don't have a motorcycle and I don't even have a home now, and in a month I'm leaving for Canada from Ukraine, I hope that next season I can afford to buy a bike and travel around this huge country, who knows, maybe I'll meet you on the road! one of the best channels about motorcycles, subscribed for a very long time, thank you for your work, take care friends!

[portaltwo]

I had to freeze the video at 4:47 to read the graph. Priceless! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[flatlander]

As a resident of Sask I’ll report back on how the Big beaver-Regina “loop” goes.

Big muddy is also on your innuendo route as well…. Better make sure to clean up after riding hard in that particular spot.