Should I Sell My ST1300

I would say in your neck of the woods now is when the local buyers are coming out and starting to look and why not hang it out there for a good price and see what interest it draws.
It sounds like you're making time for other things you enjoy doing in whatever spare time you have so at this time it wouldn't be any loss plus you could always buy something else later
There's a pretty good commitment of time space and resources needed to maintain road worthiness of this particular bike, my opinion is you get a lot out of it but you have to put a lot into it
Different strokes for different folks
 
MinnFallST said:
I have a 2008 ST1300 with about 22000 miles. Haven't ridden much the last few years. Should I sell it? How much do you think I could get? Maybe I'm looking for someone to talk me out of it, not sure. 😃
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It needs to be ridden. If you can’t/don’t want to ride it then sell it and either get a bike you will ride or treat yourself another way. Out it up for around 4K and gauge interest. Good luck either way
 
Story time...

In 2017, I bought a '98 ST1100. I was over the moon that I had finally acquired one of two bikes I had always wanted. It was my daily commuter, local runabout, and pleasure rider. I was never off it. Then a change in job meant that, for reasons of practicality, I had to use my car instead. Working long hours six days a week resulted in the bike becoming more of a driveway decoration. I walked past it every day, and seeing it just sitting there with a cover over it day after day made me sad. As I said at the start, it was a bike I had always wanted, so the thought of selling it didn't exactly fill me with happiness. But the bike was meant to be ridden, and the thought that someone else could be enjoying it, made me feel better about selling it. Which I eventually did in 2021. Oddly enough, I didn't regret that decision at the time.

Fast forward to late summer 2025, and another change in job meant I could go back to commuting on a bike. THAT'S when I regretted selling my 1100!

I'm now the proud owner of an ST1300, the second bike I had always wanted (Yes, I've always been a Pan fan). It's definitely much more of a beast than the 1100, and I'm still learning how best to move it about on the driveway (I'm sure it will be the cause of a future hernia!). But I'm already attached to it. I plan to enjoy it, put many miles on it, and make up for some of the riding time I lost with the 1100.

I don't know what your reasons are for not riding much. But the moral of my story is essentially this: Even if you seem 100% sure of selling your only bike, be prepared to get another one in the future. Because it seems that once you get the bug, you can never lose it!

Just my two cents.


Ride safe, guys! :cool:
 
HampshireBiker said:
and I'm still learning how best to move it about on the driveway (I'm sure it will be the cause of a future hernia!).
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Consider this... many adventure bike training sessions begin with a simple exercise:
You stand next to the bike, and find its balance point.
To the extent you can literally hold up the bike with ONE FINGER. You can walk completely around it, move your finger to different parts of the bike, while never having to lay a hand on it.
These Hondas are actually very well balanced, and when you get comfortable finding that balance point, you won't have to feel like you're straining, or fighting it.
Rolling it on level ground is a piece of cake, and even on a slope (driveway, or parking lot), you will not have to wrestle it around.
If you're going uphill on a driveway or parking lot, find the balance point, and use the motor to pull it.
As long as we all continue getting older, we may as well learn to do things smarter.
But here's the good news... I've let go of a longtime concern of mine.
I no longer have to worry about dying at a young age. 😁
 
Sadlsor said:
I no longer have to worry about dying at a young age. 😁
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:rofl1: yea, me either

I've had several friends (all younger than me) quit riding and sell their bikes. All of them regretted it. None of them bought another bike.

I dread the day when I have to make that decision. I guess it will be the day that riding no longer pleases me. I can tell you for sure that today is not that day.
 
Sadlsor said:
Consider this... many adventure bike training sessions begin with a simple exercise:
You stand next to the bike, and find its balance point.
To the extent you can literally hold up the bike with ONE FINGER. You can walk completely around it, move your finger to different parts of the bike, while never having to lay a hand on it.
These Hondas are actually very well balanced, and when you get comfortable finding that balance point, you won't have to feel like you're straining, or fighting it.
Rolling it on level ground is a piece of cake, and even on a slope (driveway, or parking lot), you will not have to wrestle it around.
If you're going uphill on a driveway or parking lot, find the balance point, and use the motor to pull it.
As long as we all continue getting older, we may as well learn to do things smarter.
But here's the good news... I've let go of a longtime concern of mine.
I no longer have to worry about dying at a young age. 😁
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Any bike is easy as long as you keep it balanced. It's what happens when you go 1+ degree beyond balance that counts and the amount of effort required to rectify the situation. The taller the bike, the higher the CG the faster it gets away from you.
 
HampshireBiker said:
(I'm sure it will be the cause of a future hernia!).
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I discovered my 1300 could act like a pinball machine flipper. I was the flipee if i held on to the handlebars of the static bike as it passed beyond that critical 1º of lean away from me. Whether I kept my grip on the bars or not made no impact on the bike - it cared less - but the difference in outcome was very meaningful to me. One time, at a gas station, my bike tossed me across the concrete. I rolled and popped up on my feet w/ not a single scratch, but a young woman rushed over to see if i was ok and insisted on helping me right the bike. Alas, had I only been a few decades younger....
 
SMSW said:
I discovered my 1300 could act like a pinball machine flipper. I was the flipee if i held on to the handlebars of the static bike as it passed beyond that critical 1º of lean away from me...
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When I started riding again, I picked up a Kymco 250 scooter. One day while on the bike in the garage, it started to lean. No sweat I thought. Well, no sweat turned into the bike continuing to fall to the garage floor. I found that it seemed light till it got past a certain point of lean. From that point on, all I could do was to slow the bike down...not prevent it from falling.

After that experience, I took the whole idea of keeping the bike upright a whole lot more seriously. :) The greater the weight, the less you can let it lean. ;)

Chris
 
Thanks for the replies and advice. I decided to keep it and brought it in for regular maintenance (24k) plus checking of valve clearances. They said it will cost $1600. Ugh. I might have them do some of it but I'm going to do most myself.( I maybe looking for someone in my area to help me. )
They had a NT1100 there which I really like and I thought "maybe I should trade in for that.". Then I thought more about it and came to the conclusion the ST1300 is a damn good bike and probably better than the NT. Plenty of more good miles left on mine!
So that's the plan now: do maintenance and then make an effort to ride more this year
(I appreciate all who had POSITIVE thoughts!)
Anyone in Mn?
 
Some will disagree but it’s likely you can forego the valve check at that mileage. Other than oil and coolant, it likely won’t need much else. $1600 to check the valves is nuts! If you want to do so, you can check them yourself for free (adjusting is a different story).
 
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