\At least until Mama Kaw decides to move into the 21st century and add electronic cruise control to what's already the top sport tourer on the planet.
Jap bikes have very little resell value.
Why does the C14 not hold it's value? I have a 2010 ABS model with 4100 miles. I visited a local dealership (not Kawasaki) today and test rode a motorcycle. While I was out the dealer calculated the trade in value of my C14. When I returned I was told there was good news and bad news. The good news was the discounted selling price of the motorcycle I test rode. The bad news was my C14 is only worth 8K on trade in. Holy $#!+, what's up with that? I'm no virgin when it comes to buying / selling / trading of motorcycles; I've owned 21 different motorcycles in the last 12 years. Rarely have I had more than 1 in the garage and never more than 2. The C14 is the only one that I would lose my shirt on if I decided to move on to something else.You wanna demo a bike that will make you think twice about trading in connie....
With that said, luckily out of all of them this is the one that trips my trigger the most and it's a keeper. At least until Mama Kaw decides to move into the 21st century and add electronic cruise control to what's already the top sport tourer on the planet.
(Based upon the last statement don't flame me for having a moment of temporary insanity for test riding something else. I know I should've known better. But it's times like these that make one realize how good they've got it and they don't have to look elsewhere. I rode home from the dealership with the feeling that I was nuts for even thinking about letting go of the C14 in the first place.)
You wanna demo a bike that will make you think twice about trading in connie....
Give the new BMW K1600GTL a ride. What a nice bike! Tho I would prefer the GT, than the GTL.
I was able to demo one yesterday, and yeah, very nice!
(Based upon the last statement don't flame me for having a moment of temporary insanity for test riding something else. I know I should've known better. But it's times like these that make one realize how good they've got it and they don't have to look elsewhere. I rode home from the dealership with the feeling that I was nuts for even thinking about letting go of the C14 in the first place.)
I was at my LBS today and saw VFR1200's on sale. $11k for the manual, $11.5k for the auto. Both 2010's. Good thing I'm not in the market and the garage is already full. At $15k+, they didn't interest me, but at that price I could be tempted, at least for the manual shift version.
Ducati, BMW, Moto-Guzzy, Aprilia hold value better than jap bikes. Sure they take a beating like any new item, but if you look at 1 year resale values or such metrics you'll find they don't lose near what the jap bikes do.