Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > 999 / 749 > 999R Good price?

[final_edition]

I've noticed this '03 999R for sale, Is it a good price? £9500.00
It's cheaper than a 996R that my dad bought recently.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/86455.htm

[KeefyB]

That one has been for sale for a while.Not a bad price.

[keefer]

triple nine R's go for les than 996 and 998 R's
les aught after

[martins]

Given that the 999R are newer bikes, why do 996R and 998R fetch more money on the used market?

[ath748]

Originally Posted by martins

Given that the 999R are newer bikes, why do 996R and 998R fetch more money on the used market?

Probably cos they're the more desireable styling...

<Tin hat goes on....>

[bike mad]

no your dad just paid to much for his old bike.

[VanDaMauler]

wait till the 999 replacement comes out next year...

the price will go through the floor.

[Jools]

Originally Posted by Bubbles

wait till the 999 replacement comes out next year...

the price will go through the floor.

I'm neither a seller (cos I don't have a 999) or a buyer because I don't have 999 money to spare at the moment, so I'm completely neutral.

But I can never get my head round why the price of something plummets because there's summat new to be had. I can sort of understand it since human nature dictates that we always want the latest, greatest toys but from a 'real world' perspective it makes no sense.

A 999R is a cracking bike that offers loads more than I could ever use, so I don't quite get why that is devalued when something comes along with even more that I won't be able to use.

I can stay with most stuff on the road today on my 888, not because I'm a riding god, far from it....it's just that almost every bike that's been produced for the last 15 years is a way better machine than 99% of riders could ever handle.

[Bionicle]

I have a 996 for the track and a 999R for the road, even though the 996 is set up spot on, it is still a straign on the muscles round the track, where as the 999R is a dream to ride on the track and takes alot less effort to turn in, the only reason i stopped using it was the cost involved in a drop, the 996 parts are cheaper and easer to get hold of on ebay.

Its true we all want the latest toys and money available i will move up next year, however i will be gutted if the resale price of my R has dropped to a point where a 748\996 demands a higher price.

[Carbon749]

Originally Posted by Bionicle

I have a 996 for the track and a 999R for the road, even though the 996 is set up spot on, it is still a straign on the muscles round the track, where as the 999R is a dream to ride on the track and takes alot less effort to turn in, the only reason i stopped using it was the cost involved in a drop, the 996 parts are cheaper and easer to get hold of on ebay.

Its true we all want the latest toys and money available i will move up next year, however i will be gutted if the resale price of my R has dropped to a point where a 748\996 demands a higher price.

Time will out .... all the Ducati 'R' models depreciate to a level and then sit there with very little movement. This was part of my reasoning when I bought an 18 month old 749r 2004 homologation model. Initial owner has lost all the depreciation and hopefully I've bought it a price that will be stable for the short term.