Where: Middleburg, Florida (Jacksonville)
Why: A time capsule special edition
Price: $7500 opening bid
For the discerning 25th Anniversary Edition buyer, here's your dream: Ridiculously low miles, unmodified, like new condition...everything except the price.
Our seller claims to be the original owner and has managed to put on fewer miles than the equivalent of one tank of gas per year; only 1342. Other than a fresh battery the bike is as delivered. There's no ABS and the tires are past their use-by date, but this beauty is as close to a new 10 year-old bike as you'll find outside a museum. Trouble is, the upper market for this model seems to be closer to the $6K mark than our seller's opening bid of $7500. Also, most of us are in the midst of a brutal winter and many buyers would need to factor in shipping costs. A quick search of the seller's area brings up a 2015 VFR800 with 7800 miles for only $1000 higher asking price. I hope to be proven wrong, but a wait-and-see strategy might be best here — see if the seller lowers the price in a subsequent listing.
And here's a good comparable:
Where: Ft. Worth, Texas
Why: White wheels, of course (and great price)
Price: $4650 asking
Up for sale is this Anniversary Edition showing 11,000 miles. All stock except for the (awesome) white powdercoated wheels. A two-owner bike, this one is also absent ABS, but does include a set of OEM saddlebags in white. Offered on ADVrider (may require registration). Or, here's the link to the seller's local C-list ad.