Ive found the guides to be a poor reflection of the sydney market.

Online classifieds are a better guide, but remember they are 'asking
prices', and nothing sells for the asking price.

Sean

--- In bikers_anon@..., pwjones@... wrote:
>
> I have used both Glass' Guide and Redbook for years to value *cars*
and have
> always found Redbook to be on the very low end of the scale that
Glass' provides.
> Glass' tends to mirror pretty closely what you find if you troll
the papers
> and on-line classifieds. I'm not sure whether Glass' covers bikes
but it's
> getting harder to access - it seems to be more an industry tool than
a public
> one.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Peter
>
> >-- Original Message --
> >To: bikers_anon@...
> >From: Christian <xtian@...>
> >Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2007 08:05:56 +1000
> >Subject: [bikers_anon] Re:Market Value quote
> >
> >
> >Red Book as per AAMI said my XS was worth $1200, I got an independent
> >assessment from Motorcycle Assessors at $8000 so it depends how low you
>
> >want the quote, Red Book is not market value, it is what the insurance
> >companies want it to be.
>