K1 Valuation needed so i can sell.

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Need a valuation boys. It is a K1. Belongs to my Dad. Done only 322 miles. Was fully serviced about 3 years ago and a few seals replaced also fuel pump.
Nobbles still on the tyres. Will be MOTd and Serviced before any handover. All docs available. Any idea how much I should be putting it out there for. I am seeing them with 20,000 miles for £6k. What do you all think.
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i had a black one which I sold 4 years ago had less than 7,000 verified miles on the clock, from a one owner who bought it new.
All was in excellent condition and had been serviced regularly but not annually. Mine was H reg.

They are a specialist Bike and not generally popular.

Clearly the new owner will need to get it serviced and replace the tyres. He will then need to check everything or get the Bike checked over.

As I said IMHO there is a price limit ....... I do not think that it would be as high as £8k though ...... I would think that it would be nearer £5k ......... I sold mine for just over £3k .......

Hopefully there are no cracks in the plastic panels ...... K1 specific bits are expensive

Nick Marshall may know as in the past, (I'm not sure about now), he had a few and was keen on the K1

GLWS
 
Maybe 8k to the right buyer? :nenau

The 'right buyer' is going to be the issue isn't it.

On an open ebay sale, 5k realistic, but with that mileage, the 'right' buyer may well go to over 8k, which is still a good buy IMO, as it's effectively a 'New' bike and a classic to boot. (Along with the tennis girl scratching her arse, the K1 poster was the iconic image of its time)

If it were mine, I'd probably put it on Ebay with a set of top notch photos, all the provenance and as a classified sale........

to the 'right' buyer, it's worth over 8k, but finding that person is the tricky bit.

Good luck, it's a stunner :clap
 
Prices are rising but they're not high.....yet.

It needs a decent clean, new tyres and possibly "recommissioning" (some seals are likely to need replacing - oil/water pump seal will probably fail shortly after it's run for any length of time and the output-shaft O-ring is likely to go south too).

Possibly the best thing about that mileage is that the tyres are original and therefore no-one has needed to remove the wheels and cock it up yet. Removing the wheels without splitting the front wheel fairing seems to be beyond most ham-fisted owners/tyre fitters, then they think that the wheels will come out without major dismantling of the brakes (even with a ramp that has a wheel-drop panel).

Values are subjective. Interest is growing, their rarity is both an asset and a drawback. They are (wrongly) believed to be a complex bike. They were in comparison with what was on offer twenty years ago but by comparison with today's bikes they are simple enough.

Most parts are still available new, only a couple of K1 specific parts are NLA. Unfortunately they are the most fragile of the inner fairing panels (they weren't nicknamed "yoghurt pots" in Germany for no reason).

The biggest problem is that you really need to ride one to understand and few people have done so due to their rarity. That means that the market is reduced to those who wanted one when they were a current model, those who had one once before and want one again or a collector.

There weren't many who wanted one when they could be had new, BMW seriously mistook the appeal of such a single-purpose bike.

Of those who had one twenty years ago the problem is that twenty years later they possibly cannot fold themselves into the position needed to fit in it (and it is in not on).

I've had lots of interest in mine, more than there was when I had one twenty years ago. Whether that would translate to enough interest to buy it is another matter (not that mine is for sale, I made that mistake once before and regretted it bitterly).

Keep it. Go through it, clean it and ride it (if you can). It will never lose money but it will be a few years before it really fetches what it's worth.
 
Just been and collected mine from Ocean who've had it for their stand at a show and they tell me that they insured it for 10 Grand. :eek:

Twice as much as I'd say it's worth.

Had to take the old girl for a quick blast. How the hell anyone could part with one is beyond my comprehension.
 
I rode my brothers old K1 Touring.....I thought it was feckin awful.

Felt like the front was tucking as soon as you went near a bend.

My bro, and my dad (who owned it first) both loved it and said it was one of the best bikes they'd ever ridden.

Although I hated it, I still have a hankering to own one :blast:blast:blast
 
Just been and collected mine from Ocean who've had it for their stand at a show and they tell me that they insured it for 10 Grand. :eek:

Twice as much as I'd say it's worth.

I think that's pretty standard - the cost of sourcing a replacement will always be more than the resale value of the bike. For example, the subject bike of this thread will probably fetch £5k or so (unless two people that want it get into a bidding frenzy) - it would cost a considerable amount more to restore it to the condition your bike is in.

I have some experience of this... :D

Personally I'd fully valet the bike and take a load of pictures; put a well worded, very detailed advert on eBay and start it at £50 with no reserve. I reckon that's the best chance of maximising sale value - and of attracting those two people who are willing to enter a bidding war ;)

This is exactly the kind of bike that would sell for some crazy price in the right environment...

Mike :cool:
 
At 322 miles, I'm not sure what needs restoring:confused:

Unless something has been scratched or damaged and it appears this is not the case

As long as it has been stored correctly and no corrosion has occured, then there's nothing to 'restore'

All that needs doing, is change all the fluids, air filter and tyres and ride it

People fret about 'low miles' bikes, but they can be fine

If something down the line needs fixing, then fix it 'if and when' it occurs

I think it'll be fine
 
OP....When you say that ‘I’m seeing them at 20,000 miles for 6K’ do you know what they are actually selling for?

A mate bought a really tidy one last year for £3.5K with 20,000 miles (blue, but would have preferred red) Private sale.

Without a doubt your ‘bike is a real beauty and I don’t think that it would be too hard to get £5K, above that I agree with the others, anything could happen in an auction.

If you don't already know, this then MikeP above really is 'The Man' on this stuff.

Lovely thing.....Good luck with the sale......:)
 
At 322 miles, I'm not sure what needs restoring:confused:
Not restoring JB but recommissioning.

I'd go along with Mike O, strip it, clean it and take detailed photos in the process. People worry what's under all that plastic, let them see the condition under there.

New tyres because a) tyre technology has moved on and b) twenty year old rubber isn't a good idea.

Some new seals in places, cooling fan checked that it isn't seized through lack of running, all fluids changed and maybe some stainless fasteners in places.

The two critical things regarding condition are cosmetic; the fairing panels and the yellow parts. Both cost a lot to replace or repair, mechanical stuff is relatively cheap, easy to do and very robust. There's an art to removing the plastics and wheels without damage. A bike with that mileage probably has never been apart and is the single biggest asset. The low mileage means little in terms of mechanical attractiveness.

If I was selling it, I'd pull out all the stops on an ebay advert with lots of detailed photos. I'd set a reserve at 5K. It has the potential to be the best available.
 


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