I would think it has something to do with the fact that you can buy a brand new 1K for around double what your asking. Its to easy for people to go out and finance a new one then drop $5000 harned earned cash on a used one.
Great point. Allow me to take it one further. Regardless of how often you see the words "adult owned," "like new," "dealership serviced," "garage kept," or my favorite, "never raced," the facts speak to the contrary. NO ONE and let me repeat again, NO ONE who owns a sport bike can say that they haven't put a little "right wrist" to it once in awhile. It's part of owning bikes that have racing in their genes. Nobody owns a Thoroughbred Race Horse and uses it to pull a plow. it just doesn't happen. In the case of buying a used sport bike it doesn't matter how many of the phrases (or many more like them) stated above come from the seller's mouth or printed want ads. All potential buyers know that at one time or another these bikes have been "got onto." Hell, my street bike (an '02 CBR600F4i) has been ridden hard on a "few" occasions and I'm over 50 and it's in (genuinely) showroom shape. The other fact which is a direct result of the above is insurance rates for sport bikes. They are higher than other motorcycle categories. More sport bike claims result from wrecks that were caused by riding too hard. Two of the four guys that I do trackdays with bought totaled bikes that had very low mileage and were crashed do to rider stupidity (not error, just stupidity). My one friend, John, rides an '07 CBR1000 that had 38 (let me say it again, 38) miles on it when the first owner made the mistake of stating those infamous words to his friends: "Hey, watch this!" and proceeded to attempt a wheelie. The result doesn't need to be stated. You can fill in the blanks. As a rule (And, yes, I'm speaking in broad generalities), WE are the reason sport bike insurance rates are high and resale stinks. We can't blame anyone else...I would think it has something to do with the fact that you can buy a brand new 1K for around double what your asking. Its to easy for people to go out and finance a new one then drop $5000 harned earned cash on a used one.