What’s the value of this motorcycle in your opinion?

1994 Ninja 500 with brand new $200 helmet (which I’d probably try to sell)

The good: approx 6,300 miles, very clean and apparently well maintained (don’t know right now what might be available as far as service records & much of it was done by the first two owners themselves), no general rust other than minimal surface rust at exhaust attachment points & none inside original tank, brand new rear tire, 50% tread on front, brakes in good shape, no apparent leaks including fork seals, paint is glossy and seat cover is subtle, the sprockets and chain supposedly are nearly brand new (haven’t done any verification). I test drove it and it revs and shifts fine but idles a bit low/rough (it’s currently located at an elevation above where it was supposedly tuned up so the air pressure/thickness I imagine does affect it. It’s enough of a difference to make your ears pop a bit)

The bad:

It went down once. The right front turn signal broke out of the fairing & had to be epoxied back into place. The turn signal is quite scraped up. The corner of the upper fairing right by the turn signal got ground down pretty good and is now flat rather than pointy. The right muffler also got scraped up really good. The left muffler is covered with some molten boot sole (I’ve previously been able to polish that kinda stuff off of chrome exhaust piping so perhaps it’ll work on this, too)

The Blue Book value is $1425 in excellent shape with significantly more miles. At such an already low value, how much do the low miles add and how much does the cosmetic condition take away from that price? I offered $1000 and was told $1200 is the max they’d take because supposedly that’s what they bought it for just a couple of months ago (changed mind on motorcycle riding). The bike’s been listed for about 2 weeks and the only other option they currently have is a guy who wants to pay $500 down and then make payments (they would only go for a $900 down payment from the guy).
I meant "$1200 is the least they’d take" of course.
No, the husband doesn’t want his wife to ride it after all because he nearly got into an accident while riding it.

Them people are out of their minds thinking that they will get that kind of money for an almost 17 yr old bike ,please.Like my friend Sportbike said,800 max and that would be about 200 more than what I would give them .Also point out to them that you can get a road worthy helmet for 100 bucks.

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