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V-Due unsold at auction

 
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barnmankit



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 8:31 am    Post subject: V-Due unsold at auction Reply with quote

The new (11km) V-Due located in the Netherlands was unsold on the catawiki auction. The highest bid was 25k euros which was less than the (unspecified) reserve set by the seller. No doubt the bike will appear elsewhere. Could anyone put a realistic value on this bike? What was the price new in 2003? The auction "experts" estimate was 30k plus.
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2bims



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 10:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

IMHO....25K euros was too much.....for a bike thats beautiful but if unmodded....useless as a road bike to actually ride

Vdues first came out in 1997.....and then bought back or exchanged for B6/6R///SB8 etc....then a few mods and ultimately the demise of the company.....so in 1997...circa £16K....But....when re engineered and carbs put on under the ownership of the person that bought the bankrupt company and stock of some 250-300 vdues...they were drip back onto the market for roughly £12-£15K......range of values depending on spec...jolly motos...etc....and rise and fall of exchange rates.....Euro has bounced around between £1 and £1.50....hence £10K or £15K in UK monies....
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 11:54 am    Post subject: V due value Reply with quote

The reasons for seeking advice on value include not wanting to pay more than the price of another similar bike in the market and wanting some reassurance that, if bought, the bike could be sold again without incurring a significant loss. However, there are not enough V-dues in circulation to give meaningful comfort on either score. There isn’t enough of a market to meaningfully inform price discovery. The “value” of a V-due to a prospective purchaser is what ever he’s prepared to pay and if a deal is done, a “price” for that bike, on that day, is set. But that price is unlikely to materially influence the terms of any future sale, even of the same bike.

The “value” of a rare bike lies in what it will do for your soul, whilst the “price” is, what the price is.
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barnmankit



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 1:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the info Steve, and very true Jonny. It seems to me that the V-Due's value lies more in its originality as an engineering exercise (similarly to the Tesi) and a bold one at that: a new in-house motor which must have cost a fortune to develop, and the only direct injection 2-stroke ever put on sale to the public. As such, an important, if minor, part of motorcycling history and therein lies most of its value - not so much as a usable machine. But it's also beautifully put together and very pretty. A bit of a sad story but massive kudos to Bimota for making it.
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Marcus1974



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 11:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The seller is advertising the V-Due on a dutch website for €31.999.
So his reserve on catawiki should have been around € 30.000 i supose?
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