Ok I am going through a divorce and must sell my bike. (Tear)

It's a 2005 CBR 600F4i. with 12k miles it is silver.. I am the only owner and have babied it. I just put new tires on ect.. The Bike runs great and has no issues.. It was lowsided once but it was a purely cosmetic thing.. Pictures attached. I have to sell the bike no choice here... What is she worth in REAL WORLD $. And should I replace the scratched cowl/ strator cover to make the bike perfect? Dealer wants $500 for all the parts..

Please any ideas are welcome.. But what is the real world value of my bike???

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ii saayyy you report it stolen store it in a garage till your devorice is over then magicly some one finds it.. but thats me i wouldnt get married in the first place.. wait nvm yea i would because im poor anyway LOL

dude, dont sell your bike because of her! i dont know what the implications are... does she want half the money on the bike? i would say take a look at the law... do you wanna sell it because you need the money? or because she wants half of the bikes worth... if she wants half, f her, its your bike bro... unless she paid for it i guess.

if you need the money, then sell it... and when you have money you can get a better, faster and badder bike. in any case, i am sorry to hear about the divorce, always a hard thing, i do not recomend you do anything that is not legal and can potentially get you in more trouble. you have enough crap to deal with already.

as for REAL WORLD value, i dont know, kbb has a pretty good value on it.... i would say sell it to someone on the forum, dont worry about spending $500 on the cosmetics, someone who knows what bike he is getting wont care, i know i would not care... i mean, unless it destroyed, but the cosmitic problems pictured seem to be perfectly acceptable, to me anyways.

KBB retail value for your bike is $6470, but thats assuming you do not have the cosmetic damage and that your milage is about 7400. factor those two things into it. for the cosmetic, i would not decrease the value by the full $500, but maybe $250, so someone is cool with saving 250 but having scratches... win win situation. the milage, your gonna have to bend on that too.

REAL WORLD you just have to be competitive, if you wanna sell but not in a hurry, you have to research craigs and ebay and see what other f4i's are going for and you need to set the price competitively. if you need to sell right away, your gonna get hurt, you have to lower the price, so your deal stands out and goes first.

good luck, honestly i hope you decide or find a way to keep the bike, first owner takes a big loss unless you ride the bike to its death. i am the first and only owner on a 2006 f4i and i have come to conclude that financially the best decision is to get as much out of this bike as it can give so that i can get my moneys worth. might be something for you to consider.

in any case, let us know what you choose to do.

If you end up selling it to a noob or sceptic then the stator cover might be the only issue... fixing that might improve your claim of a fully functional bike.
Frankly I didnt care when I got mine, as long as all the damage was listed up front and was not functional damage.
Good luck

Since she owns half the bike, she has to take half of the depreciation, so the loss isn't as bad as you think. I just have general divorce advice and that is to try your best to avoid lawyers. At $300 or more an hour will leave nothing for you or your wife or your kids if any. You are better of being a little too generous now just to avoid those c**ksuckers. Stay on her good side if possible. Use a 'paralegal' and move on. You know the old joke.....Why do divorces cost so much?.......Because they are worth it!!!!

good luck and sorry it is happening to you too.

sell it to a buddy for $100, then when your divorce is final, buy it back!:D

Thanks.. I already had to enlist a lawyer due to child support issues.. But regardless the bike or my car must go.. And they are both for sale... whichever sells first is gone..

ORIGINAL: thunder31634

sell it to a buddy for $100, then when your divorce is final, buy it back!:D



hes got a good point, sell it to somone cheap and then buy it back after the divorce.


as for the stator cover, you could always sand it down alittle bit and then spray it with heat resistant paint
i did and everyone thinks i bought a black stator cover unless i tell them what happened.

nice bike btw

Well life really isn't that simple. If she can prove that I sold the bike for under the "appriased" value i would have to pay her the difference between the selling price and the actual value. Approx $6k according to NADA.

Plus I owe on the bike... So selling to to a bud is out...

i hate to let go of a bike... give her the living room set for the bike =]

oh man, these suggestions are too funny and not in the good way. F4iguy 6k is kind of low. although you have scratches and high mileage; i would try to sell if for 7k but settle for 6.5k. 6k is the lowest but dont start with that.
+ alternator cover cost $65-80 and installing it is 1 hour max with the right tools. if you want to pay for the whole thing it should not be more than 160. screw the dealer.

@alekinci:

i think you are setting the value too high, take a look at KBB retail value for his bike, with less milage and exelent condition they say $6470. correct if i am wrong but doesnt KBB even have the reputation of aiming higher on the retail suggested prices?

i personally would say $6000 is about right for this bike, but then again, i really dont know. take a look at what prices people are selling similar bikes on ebay and craigs, then you have your real market value. one thing to keep in mind is the following, F4i in no longer in production.

2006 was the last year for the f4i, so if someone wants a clean f4i, someone who likes the bike, will pay a little more then KBB to get one. all i can say is think about $6k to $7k at most. anything in there, should be acceptable.

I feel your pain. Best wishes.

I paid $6,950 and it had 1,300 miles and not a scratch on it.

Go out and wreck it and collect the insurance for the value of it, that will get your money fast and then buy it back as a totalled bike. All you have to do is tear up the fairings and its totalled.

dude, why are you guys giving him advice that can potentially cause him greater grief? thats called insurance fraud, he can get into alot of trouble if cought. and not all insurance companies have "total loss" coverage. if they did, why would you even wreck it? just pay someone to steal it from you...

but thats not the point, im sure he has too much on his shoulders right now to have to deal with court cases relating to insurance fraud over a few thousand dollars... thats the kinda **** that makes a mans hair white and gives him heartattacks at a young age.

do the right thing dude...

ORIGINAL: loyalty_anchored

dude, why are you guys giving him advice that can potentially cause him greater grief? thats called insurance fraud, he can get into alot of trouble if cought. and not all insurance companies have "total loss" coverage. if they did, why would you even wreck it? just pay someone to steal it from you...

but thats not the point, im sure he has too much on his shoulders right now to have to deal with court cases relating to insurance fraud over a few thousand dollars... thats the kinda **** that makes a mans hair white and gives him heartattacks at a young age.

do the right thing dude...



oh man, i see that you are new around here. all i can tell to you is this, that people start a thread but it never stays to that point(rarely). every post here goes off tangent and it’s common in most forums. going back the pricing for the 05 f4i. KKB does overshoot insanely; however, note that those prices on kkb and nada.com are given for bikes without full fairings. so naturally the price of the estimation will be much higher. hence, if you ask for the price within the estimated range from private to trade-in with full fairings than that is an acceptable cost. thats why i thought that the 65hundred is a good price for selling, not for buying of course(two sides to that fence, right?).

I can go as low as $6200 but other then that I am screwed...

just leave it outside your house with the keys in it?

ORIGINAL: 05F4iGuy

I can go as low as $6200 but other then that I am screwed...


you should be able to get $6200 for it, im assuming thats how much you owe on it, which is why you need to break it even... right? if you want the bike to go quick, set the price as low as you can go, and post it on craigs and ebay... do not sell it to a dealer, they will bend you over and rape you over their counter.

set the price as low as you can go and make sure you tell people you will not negotiate... its as low as you will go, period. goodluck to you man, and sorry again that you have to go through ****, i can only imagine how it feels.

I owe $7400 on it but have some cash to knock off it....

dont get a divorce your kids need TWO parents in the same house. simple as that you'll funk them up permently. thats should be your only option. do you want some other guy raising your kids. if not shot her and sell the bike for 6K, since you'll be a single parent

ORIGINAL: kup125

dont get a divorce your kids need TWO parents in the same house. simple as that you'll funk them up permently. thats should be your only option. do you want some other guy raising your kids.
Thats the best advice I heard in this thread....

i must say, i agree, i will say from personal experience, kids do need both role models in the home... on the other hand guys, what if the two role models just cannot get along? what if one cheated on the other and has no respect or care for the other?

the kids just might be better off having 1 parent arround, im not making any assumptions, just saying, we cannot give advice of the sort without knowing the details.