Also, are you looking only for comps in DC?
Look up/down a couple of states for some real comparison. DC it’s not your typical bike market.
I've looked within 250 miles of here, pretty much the mid Atlantic, cant really find any.
PS: if the bike was ORIGINAL, in good used condition, and with service history probably $6500-6800.
By original do you just mean put the stock fairngs back on and go back to the older wheels? That I might do if your saying it's almost a 2k differece.... Or do you mean take off all the carbon parts, remove the exhaust, remove the clutch and put it all back to the original? I dont have all those original parts... and I definitely wouldn't to spend time downgrading it.
I agree with the valuation given. Would be very optimistic to expect anywhere close to $10k
As a comparison of the other end of the market, I recently purchased a 1998 916 SPS with less than 500 miles, for $17k.
Not expecting 10k, just wanted to point out the range and get a feeler for where I might be at.
And that is a steal!
Someone who is near always correct on the value of Ducati items.
And I will disagree this time. It's down between $3.5k and $4k.
- Early era... that would cost a fortune to bring back to it's original value.
- Value of early era, devalued by the mods that have made it a "better" bike. (Not too bad choice in mods)
- The original graphics are gone
- A low mileage 97 will do the same job and reign in more money
- On a 20 year old antique a purchaser doesn't care about rocker arms
It seems you are viewing this possibly more from a antique collector's point of view, and not a motorcycle riders? Yeah, should the time come, that would definitely not be my target buying group here with this.
And I would love to be in your market area, your seeking fulley retored 916s for 3500? Literally that is the price of used vespa scooters here
https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/mcy/d/great-falls-2014-stella-vespa-px/6845813840.html
All the 916 bikes with the classic Cagiva style logos in gold and silver are desirable to an extent but if it hasn't been looked after or it's been modified it's basically just an old bike and the value reflects that.
Mods are very subjective, and i modify all my bikes but it reduces the value because not everyone will like what you have done, genuine parts, termis and D/P mods are the most accepted on Ducati, aftermarket stuff not so much. The general theme seems to return them to original and the more mods the more expense to make it how it was...
The rocker issues didn't occur until the 996 series i thought?? i never had an issue until i hit trouble with my S4R (996)
Still got all the Cagiva logos, but I can definitely see your point there.
For sure, mods are extremely subjective. They will cut out a share of the market, but will highlight a smaller share still as well.
Case and point I had a zrx the was completely rebuilt from the ground up and heavily modded, the older "should have kept it stock guys" were saying it was now only worth 2500, though ended up selling for 7500 to someone who wanted exactly what I had done.
Me personally I would never buy a used bike that wasn't upgraded. If your actually planning on riding or hitting the track you can save a lot this way.
I'm about 8k into it now total (bike and restore) just about finished and wanted everything to be like new, not original but new. I know that for sure customization cuts out a big part of the market and am seeing that... well I guess when the time comes, I'll find out for sure...lol
Appreciate everyone's input.