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What are these bikes worth?
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1979 KZ SR650, stock candy persimmon red and crossover pipes
1981 KZ 1000LTD with non stock and more comfortable handle bars and 4 into one V&H
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just my opinion, not meaning to anger anyone.
Matt Milwaukee, WI
75' KZ400, (5) 78' KZ400, 76' KZ 750, 78' KZ650
78'CB750F, 78' CB550K
89' BMW R100RT
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What is this line of bikes worth? Just curious. Are these bikes like old time cars that can sell for lotsa money if they are in good condition, or are they just normal old bikes?
It's a good question, just hard to answer. Seems like there's a market for vintage Kaws with buyers willing to pay $2,000 to maybe $4,000 for a well-maintained, cosmetically nice KZ.
The more original it is, the more it's worth. I was at a biker hangout a few weeks ago, talking to a guy with a pretty '72 Honda 750 four. His bike was very stock and really clean. He said he'd like to have a KZ, but "they are just too rare".
'76 KZ900 LTD (Blaze)
'96 Voyager XII (Dark Star)
'79 KZ650 Cafe Project (Dirty Kurt)
Greensboro, NC
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I'm hoping to get $1500 for the 79 KZ750 I just put together, then I'll use the money to finish a 80 KZ750G and 80 KZ750E, then probably sell the G so I can finish the other G
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76 KZ1075
93 ZR1100
71 Moto-guzzi 750
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i am of the opinion that if a bike is not 100% original it will decrease in value. ie. Paint, seat, exhaust etc. i really do not care what you have done to it, if you strayed from originality it will be worth less to me. now someone may come along and give you good money for it, but if you "personalize" your bike to your tastes it may take some time to find that person, if at all.
Bingo!
When I watch the Barrett-Jackson auctions, it's the all original survivors that bring top dollar. Customized/personalized machines appeal to only a very small subset of an already small group of people interested in a given model. From a collector's standpoint, modifications detract from a machine's potential value.
Now, back in the real world, not all that long ago a ready to ride UJM was probably worth about a dollar per cc. With the national average price for gas now well north of $3/gal, that has jumped to at least $2/cc and maybe higher. Looking at both NADA and KBB websites yesterday for the value of an early '80s CM400 fell right in line with the jump in prices I've seen within the past 12 months.
Monday evening a guy stopped by on a 1985 Ltd 454 he'd gotten recently. It looked to be in good shape and he paid $900 for it. A couple of years ago $500 would have been a fair price. The market place is pushing the value of these old bikes back up.
Nate
Nates vintage bike axiom: Riding is the reward for time spent wrenching.
Murphys corollary: Wrenching is the result of time spent riding.
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