Some Used Motorcycle Statistics

[RhadamYgg]

You know, I can't stop looking at and shopping for motorcycles, either, even thought I love my Versys and don't have any desire to change. My excuse is that sometime in the next year or so, Hubby will be looking for an upgrade, so I'm just keeping my finger on the pulse of the market. I dearly want to test ride all kinds of bikes: biggish cruisers, littler cruisers, sport tourers, dual sports, offroads, etc. And by all kinds of makers. I just want to know and compare what they are like, strengths & weaknesses, in regard to price.

Nearby dealer has a Triumph Speedmaster with 700 miles on it, for $6000 USD. Hubby won't test ride it, because, as he said: "I'm not done dropping the VStar yet!" It's a valid point, but I'm dying for him to give it a whirl, because then I would have an excuse to try it out as well. Then there is a Honda Shadow 1100 with 3-4000 miles on it, all decked out, for the same price. I want to compare them!! I wanna, I wanna, I wanna ride them both!!

Me too... I get bored quick and I have the same problem with cars... But I still manage to keep my cars the better part of 10 years.

RhadamYgg

[RhadamYgg]

Rhadam, did you throw out the high and the low to get the average miles and cost per bike? That might affect your numbers quite a bit if you did not.

Speaking for myself I've only been riding for a year and a half but I averaged just over 2600 miles/year which is right in line with your analysis.

No, I didn't, but since I have the data I could do the intra-quartile range and come out with some adjusted figures - if I remember how to do it right.

RhadamYgg

[RhadamYgg]

Thank you for the information - that is alot of work. BTW - Where is the Cycle Exchange??

Up waayyy north in NJ, USA. I went there once. Nice place. Good place for data collection.

I should increase my sample with some more good generic used bike places that have on sale 20 to 50 bikes and do the intra-quartile range to really get some accurate information.

RhadamYgg

[RhadamYgg]

Wow. I can't imagine averaging less than 5k a year. I put on 4500 in the 5.5 months I had the bike (@#$% crash...). My poor dog probably won't see me for more than an hour a day once I get another one.

Yeah, if I'd kept up like I was last year... I'd be headed for 5K a year. It seems a lot of people on this site put exceptionally high numbers of iles on their bikes compared to the average - or even 2 standard deviations from the mean.

This year I might hit just average. Unless I get lucky.

RhadamYgg

[Dragon on Wheels]

Well, these stats seem to be for used bikes that are on sale. So, people who keep their bikes might put on more miles than people who ended up selling them.

[RhadamYgg]

Well, these stats seem to be for used bikes that are on sale. So, people who keep their bikes might put on more miles than people who ended up selling them.

That is a really good point. The data for bikes not on sale would be harder tto get at though without some kind of poll that included year and make of bike.

Rhadamygg