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matthewmosse:
I just sold off a few bikes rather than keep them- not being used has a way of making extra jobs on a bike, from stale fuel to sticking brakes and dead batteries, that said my dilemma was to dither on my ntv, it ended up staying simply because if I wanted another it would surely cost far more than my ratty bike would get. Nearly sold my BMW but got fed up with hagglers - offer a bike cheap, still get chancers wanting it for less, decided I'll build it up myself - that's the big downside of selling, dealing with tyre kickers.

SumpMagnet:
Personally...I'd keep it.

The 97 VFR is not ever really going to go up in value, lets be honest. Not in a reasonable timespan. The early VFR's will, as they were the genesis of Honda's reinvention of V4's after the awful VF750 disaster killed confidence.

It is, however, a very capable all round machine that will do just about anything you could want a bike to do.

If you sell it...you will get less money than it really ought to fetch, and unless you have something you really want to replace it with, you would be stuck if you wanted to replace it with something else. Enjoy the turnkey reliability of a bike that will just start as long as you look after the battery, and will not need tweaking, adjusting, fettling and will almost certainly never sulk and just randomly refuse to start.

I nearly bought a VFR800 a while back, and only got put off by the spaghetti exhaust and complexity of pipework under the fairing. Got a Hornet 900 instead. The 750's were prettier than the 800's with cleaner lines......

As Moorey said....when the time to sell is right, you won't need to ask. If you have to ask...you are not sure. If you are not sure you may regret it. If you regret it...you probably won't find another as nice as the one you have for the money yours raised.....

masonmart:
Thanks for the replies, it's certainly a difficult one. I don't ride in bad weather now and I park the bikes up over winter so the driver to have such a capable bike as the VFR is low especially 150mph +. My other bikes are an old Bonnie, CB77, Kawasaki Avenger and a Thruxton Velo all of which are very capable bikes although the Velo is a bit extreme for most trips. I have that Dresda to finish and that will be a user so reducing the number is my long term goal I think. The real killer though is selling a phenomenal bike in a very weak market. I want to find a place for a CB500/550 too though and that may dictate selling.

taysidedragon:
With a good selection of other bikes to choose from I would sell the VFR and get your CB500/550. Go for it. Spring is coming and the VFR will sell. 👍

sye:
Martin, I have a 1997 VFR750 that I've owned since new. It's only been out once or twice during the past year and covered something like 350 miles. I've dabbled with selling a few times but I have an attachment to it. It owes me nothing, is worth very little and, like yours is mint. Keeping it for the time being.

HTH

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