Thoughts on buying a Hawk used?

[Megadan]

Originally Posted by Jeff Richardson

TBH, there's not a huge incentive to buy used. I mean, $1,400 brand new and to your door? Hard to beat. I did buy used, but under 100 miles and I was afraid of licensing, at the time, and knew the bike was already successfully registered. That said, I wouldn't want to be a seller either. My bike rolled over 1,500 miles and, even with the upgrades, is probably worth $800 on a good day. Crazy right? You can probably make a killing parting these bikes out.

I think the incentive is there if the bike is lower mile, already registered in your state, and sub $1000. Say it was a bike sub 1000 miles on it, with a title, and was complete with nothing broken or missing and you got it for $800. That's 43% less than a new bike, and for somebody on a really tight budget could be the difference between having one or not.

As far as worth more in parts? I doubt it. No matter how good the engine is, you might get $300-350 for it. stock exhaust is worth about as much as scrap metal, or you MIGHT get $20 for it if you waited a long time. I couldn't give mine away. The plastics, assuming they are unbroken and excluding the headlight, maybe $100 for the set. Fuel tank in good shape with no leaks, maybe $50. The CDI, coil, etc are so cheap new that you would have to sell them for almost nothing. The front and rear wheels might be worth a little, but again, less than $100 since a new stock wheel is only a bit over $100.

So, in a best case scenario, you might get the same $800 out of it in parts vs. selling the whole bike. Selling a whole bike is much easier lol.