What is my motorcycle worth?
Pick your make, model and year, or enter the VIN. You'll get a value range for your exact bike from current US market data — in under a minute, no account.
- 1Your bike
- 2Details
- 3Your value
Which motorcycle are we valuing?
Pick it from the list. If you have the VIN handy, that tab decodes the exact model and year from NHTSA.
One bike. One honest range.
A used motorcycle is not worth a single number. It is worth a range, and where you land in it depends on how you sell. We show you the whole range and let you decide.
What a dealer pays for the bike exactly as it stands — no listing, no waiting, paid this week. When several dealers compete for it, the offers move up from here.
What the bike changes hands for between riders — after the haggling, not the asking price. It takes photos, a listing and a few weeks in season to get there.
How motorcycle values fall with age.
The first year takes the biggest bite — 15–25% — then a cruiser or touring bike loses about 5% a year and a sportbike or dirt bike more. Past fifteen years values flatten, and a clean example of the right model starts climbing again.
| Year | Value range |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $19,500 – $24,950 |
| 2025 | $18,000 – $23,100 |
| 2024 | $16,700 – $21,400 |
| 2023 | $15,950 – $20,450 |
| 2022 | $15,250 – $19,550 |
| 2021 | $14,550 – $18,650 |
What affects a motorcycle's value.
The two biggest inputs together. Start from what the bike cost new and how its category depreciates.
Not absolute miles: 30,000 is average on a ten-year-old touring bike and double typical on a sportbike.
Excellent to fair is a 20% swing; poor is about 60% of good. Recent tires and a service with receipts recover most of a mileage discount.
A salvage or rebuilt title takes 30–45% off and removes most dealer interest. A loan doesn't change the value; the lender just gets paid first.
California, the Southwest and the Pacific Northwest run above the national average; the Midwest runs below.
Demand peaks March–June and troughs November–January. Worth 5–10% in northern states.
Read more: how to value a motorcycle, motorcycle depreciation by category, salvage title value, and how our values compare to blue book.
A real range, from real market data.
A motorcycle isn't worth one number — it's worth a range, and where you land in it depends on how you sell. We show you the whole range, and what moved it, so you can decide how to sell, not just whether to.
Identify the bike
Enter your VIN and we decode it through NHTSA's vehicle database: make, model, year, engine. No VIN? Pick from every major make and model sold in the US.
We search the market
Our engine pulls current US listings and recent sales for your exact model and year, discounts asking prices to real transaction prices, and adjusts for your mileage, condition, title and region.
You get your range
A value range for your exact bike with a confidence level. Plus what drove the number, open recalls for your year, and — if you want — offers from local dealers.
What the range means
The low end is what a dealer pays for the bike as it stands — no listing, no waiting, paid this week. When several dealers compete for it, the offers move up from here.
The high end is what the bike changes hands for between riders on Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist or Cycle Trader — after the haggling, not the asking price. Getting there takes photos, a listing and a few weeks in season.
Dealers list comparable bikes above the range, with a warranty, financing and a detail. That is retail money, and nobody buying privately pays it.
Where the data comes from
Our valuation engine runs on Claude, Anthropic's AI model, with live web search. For every valuation it looks for current US listings and recent sold results for your exact model year and the years either side, then reasons about your bike specifically. We store only aggregates — how many comparables it found, the median, the range — never other people's listings.
Every result is checked against our own deterministic model (original MSRP × the depreciation curve for that category × mileage, condition, title and regional adjustments) before it is shown. If the two disagree wildly, you see the conservative number and a low-confidence label, not a guess dressed up as a fact. Recalls and owner complaints come from NHTSA.
- Model year and mileage. The two biggest inputs, together.
- Condition. Excellent to fair is a 20% swing.
- Title. Salvage or rebuilt takes 30–45% off.
- Region. California and the Sun Belt run higher; the Midwest lower.
- Season. Spring peak, Q4 trough — worth 5–10%.
Book values are updated a few times a year from dealer-reported data. Ours is computed from what bikes are listed and selling for this month, in your part of the country. Read more in our guide to motorcycle blue book values.
Motorcycle value, answered.
- What is my motorcycle worth?
- It depends on the model, year, mileage, condition, title status and where you are. Pick your bike above and you'll see a value range in under a minute — from what a dealer pays for it as it stands to what it changes hands for privately — with a confidence level.
- How do you calculate a motorcycle's value?
- From the exact model and year — decoded from the VIN through NHTSA or picked from our register — we search current US listings and recent sales for that bike, discount asking prices to what bikes actually sell for, and adjust for mileage against what's typical for the age, condition, title, modifications, region and season. The result is checked against a depreciation model built on original MSRP before it's shown.
- Is this a Kelley Blue Book or NADA motorcycle value?
- No. Those are published book values, updated periodically from dealer data. Ours is computed for your specific bike from this month's market and your part of the country. They're usually within 10–15% of each other; where they differ it's mileage, title, modifications or the season. Our guide to motorcycle blue book values explains the difference.
- How accurate is a used motorcycle value?
- For a common bike with plenty of comparable listings, the private party figure is typically within 10% of what it changes hands for, and we say “high confidence.” For rare bikes the range is wider and we say so. No automated value is exact — it's a well-founded estimate, not an offer.
- What affects a motorcycle's value the most?
- Model and year first, then mileage relative to the year, then condition. A salvage or rebuilt title is the biggest single deduction at 30–45%. Region moves the number up to 10% and the season as much again in northern states — spring peak, November trough.
- Do I need the VIN to get a value?
- No. Pick make, model and year from the list. If you have the VIN, it decodes the exact model and engine through NHTSA, which tightens the range a little.
- Can I check the value of a motorcycle I want to buy?
- Yes. Enter the seller's model and year with their mileage and your honest read of the condition. The top of the range is what you should pay a private seller; anything above it is dealer-retail money without the dealer.
- Is the value free?
- Yes. Free, instant, no account. We ask for an email to send your result and a phone number, because getting a value means agreeing that up to three licensed dealers may call or text you about buying it.