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Motorcycle Discussions => Japanese Bikes => Topic started by: Wyle87 on June 22, 2016, 11:17:16 AM
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Hi,
I was hoping for some advice.
My Dad recently passed away and has left a red GT750. It has only had 1 owner and has done 39000 miles.
It has been kept under cover and has been started at least once a year so I believe it will still run.
It's in pretty good nick, had seat cover and pipes replaced at some point.
I realise i dont have masses amount of information and for some reason i can't attach a photo (but can email if necessary).
Was hoping for a genuine estimate about how much you think it might be worth. It's really special to me but i have no choice but to sell as i can't use it. I don't want to be ripped off, it would be an insult to my Dad.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks.
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I always find the best guide is to look at the completed listings on ebay:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Suzuki/9808/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=suzuki%20gt750&LH_Complete=1&rt=nc&_trksid=p2045573.m1684
Prices here seem to vary between £2,000 and £4,000.
Call it a "barn find" and for some incalculable reason you'll get more for it......
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It's worth is what someone will pay for it.
Once its sold on ebay,thats its price, and binding,after that you cannot change your mind.
It may well be a special bike to you, but to anyone else its an old bike.
Hard but so is life.
You could always keep it in the sitting room.
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i used to own one of those bikes, the trouble with the triples is that the seals go hard and the engine can get smokey so they are a bit of a trial to keep running nicely but on the other hand they are much sort after, there is a kettle club, surely the best place for valuation/advice. i agree with ebay being a market value but if you were looking for a gt 750 that wouldn't necessarily be the place that you would go, it being a classic now.
sorry you lost your dad Wyle87. why not keep it, i would.
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Funny thing about Japs is that they're only "classic" when they're show standard and original. Show some rust, dirt and mods and they're just another old clunker no-one wants.
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even the clunkers are getting decent money , hard to get a project thats all ther for less that 3grand here.
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In good condition these bikes go for between 7 and 8K now, more if really nice.
Personally I don't really fancy a drum brake at the back again plus they are heavy and the weight is high, nevertheless beautiful machines and they sound lovely.