Dear Biker Base,

I observed that bikes tend to hold their value better compared against cars.

What is the depreciation (in %) like for bikes of different categories, and which type of bikes hold their value best?

Categories being kapchai, scooters, sports, touring and superbikes, over 1-5 yr range.


Thanks!

Quickly comparing them prices

Kawasaki Z900
2019 NEW RM 47K @ https://www.zigwheels.my/new-motorcycles/ka.../z900-abs/price
2018 USED RM 39K @ https://www.mudah.my/2018+Kawasaki+Z+900-79692570.htm
2017 USED RM 39K @ https://www.mudah.my/2017+Kawasaki+Z+900+Z900-79380894.htm

3 yrs depreciation = 39K / 47K = 83% value held ... NOT BAD for the dealers.

Yamaha MT 09
2019 NEW RM 49K @ https://www.zigwheels.my/new-motorcycles/yamaha/mt-09
2017 USD RM 40K @ https://www.mudah.my/YAMAHA+MT+09+TRACER+MT...on-79822306.htm
2015 USED RM 34K @ https://www.mudah.my/2015+Yamaha+MT09+MT+09...on-79863029.htm

4 yrs depreciation = 34K / 49K = 70% value held

Feel free to correct my simple math above if I made a mistake.

Of course this is assuming cash purchases. The lost will be much much higher if purchased under shop loan installments (which can see a 25% interest on the total loan amount spread over 6 yrs).

And then there is the user trade-in values which tend to be lower than displayed by dealers in the link above.

So generally bikes have good resale value (save for black sheeps like KTM) provided they were originally purchased at RRP (outside of high interest loans like Aeon and Singer).

This one is April 2017 model?
https://www.motomalaysia.com/kawasaki-z900-...specs-malaysia/

RRP OTR RM 49,000
Now RM 35,000

Depreciation = 1.0 - (RM 35,000 / RM 49,000) = 0.2857 = 28.57%

Depreciation over 2 years and 8 months from April 2017 (as at 19.12.2019).

Pretty good!

Dayum. How much did you initially bought it for at 2015?

Estimate current value RM 4000

Depreciated value
= (10800 - 4000) / 10800 * 100
= 6800 / 10800 * 100
= 63% depreciated over 5 years (2015 - 2019)

Amagad

Fuh that's not bad at all.

Any other bikes with similarly good depreciation?

Wow, is like depreciation don't apply past certain levels for MT07s