Have a friend who wants to sell his 998r his father left him, he had no real interest in it and has offered it to me first knowing I like Ducati before going to dealers. How much would a 998r with 18k, good but not perfect condition (some chips, mild, maybe polish out scratching) be with these days. Can't find much out there on consistency of pricing? Even if it's too help him get the right money for it (I'm really after a 1098r so don't know if I'm interested) Thank you in advance
I think the high end is optimistic. How long has the 998R at the Bike Specialists been for sale ? Andy
Prices are all over at the moment. The £30k days are done for a while imo. A quick google and there's a massive spread. One for just under £13k with 24k miles and at the other end the Sheffield bike at £30k. Advertised prices are high due to people wanting their investment back, what they paid, not what the market is dictating at the moment. 18k miles won't attract "collectors" so I'd sit and have a chat about a "realistic" price that your both happy with..
Prices down on this side of the pond as well. The post-covid exuberance well and truly over now. First year 916's with a V in the vin now barely fetch $US10K.
Having recently sold a 29k mile 998r with a massive spares package at not too far away from my asking price I'd say somewhere between £15k to £18k for a bike with no spares, but, very dependent on condition, recent maintenance etc. To ask £30k the bike needs to be very, very low mileage and look like its never been ridden, the buyers of those that sort of thing are rare. There are a few buyers out there who want a 998r to ride and not have as a garage ornament, they are prepared to pay a sensible price for a bike on its own. Buying a very low mileage bike makes no financial sense if you want to ride it IMHO. You pay a premium that evaporates as the miles go up. I had interest from 3 other interested private potential buyers. My preference was to sell the whole package in one deal, so it went to a private buyer in one deal last year. Made the break clean after over 20 years ownership. The massive parts package gave the owner some options and security with some now probably unobtainable stuff. Some of which was new OEM panels in OEM packaging.
The long and short of it is that when there's only a few available in the marketplace, that dictates the high pricing in my opinion and if you want ownership then get your money out.
Well going to see it next week and see if I can own an tick the 916 era bike of my owed list. Thank you for your inputs people and I'll keep you updated on this one.
It is probably worth looking up what the auction sale prices have been. There have been a few 996R for sale on Collecting Cars, generally rather Clean and some with recent refresh too. They went around the 20-ish mark. Many of those prices were in lockdown madness with bored people and cash on the hip from saving on commute. I think that the prices have calmed down with sellers trying to shoot for those numbers still, but buyers being scarcer, especially since the credit crunch. 998R is slightly different with more carbon (seat unit) and a 999cc engine, last of the R line on the 916/998 shape, etc. So, probably a slight premium over the 996R but account for change in market conditions too and you are probably around that number.
