Which new bike do you consider if resale is a major factor?

Not answering your question directly, but right or wrong, Kawasaki and Suzuki seem to lose value most rapidly.

This also results in excellent deals - which may be part of your answer.

Resale always comes to mind with me, good or bad.  I’m of the opinion a guy can flip a well taken care of YZF, same for a Honda but to a slightly lesser extent.  I’m not a KTM guy but I’d bet a guy could flip one too, same for Husqvarna, not as much for Gas Gas if I had to guess.  Green bikes and Yellow bikes have always had lessor value.  I’d guess the value of Kawasaki has came up some in last few years.  Went down more for yellow bikes.  I’d hate to be sitting on a late model RMZ and need to sell it, guess you’d have to near give it away.

I have a 2024 Beta 300 RX in the garage.  It might not be the easiest to flip.  I figured that when I bought it but plan on keeping for for a long time.  

I feel bad for some of they guys that thought they were getting a deal on a RMZ during Covid, lots of them on face book market place.  What’s worse than poor resell with Suzuki is not everybody wants a kick start Suzuki.

Used Austrian bikes and 125 2-strokes go quickly and get crazy numbers here.  

CR500

If you're keeping it for 2 or 3 years, KTM, if you're keeping it 20 or 30 years then Honda... People will always line up for olddd Hondas 😂

I agree about Kawi's dropping off a little quicker than most and Suzuki's unfortunately being tough to sell without giving them away.

I would say up in the Northeast. 

KTM/Husky

Honda/Yamaha 

Kawi/Suzuki

Ducati

Just a guess from a grey haired guy.  I’d bet 24 KX 450’s will hold value more so than in the past.  Adjustable foot pegs getting some notice, fit and finish better than years past.  Ty Masterpool seems to do well on a stock or near stock motor.  When 2025 KX 250 gets the same treatment as 450 they will also hold value better than last years.

Not that I need one but I look every now and then for late model 450 RMZ trying to find a screamin deal, I’ll buy a freight train if the price is right lol.  Not many deals in my neck of the woods/Houston area Metro mess.  

It somewhat depends on what you are using it for. If you are an off-road guy, there is no bike that holds its value better than a KTM 300 2 stroke. 

My general ranking for resale:

1) KTM, Husky, GasGas in that order.

2) Honda

3) Yamaha

4) Kawasaki

5) Suzuki

The other Euro brands can be considered right there with KTM but I left them off my list as they are more specialized Beta, Sherco TM et al they hold their value very well, but the pool of potential buyers is smaller. 

Not Kawi 

I agree with the others, but add in the very short term Honda will have a better resale due to the brothers having success, and kids wanting to be like their heroes. If they maintain their championship pace and continue to drive sales remains to be seen. 

I know quite a few oldtimers that get new bikes every couple years. Regardless of the brand if you're looking to turn it over in a couple years do what they do. Pull the stock plastics, chain and sprockets, some guys even swap out rims and tires and seat covers, stock levers etc. Then ride a couple years with after market plastic, levers etc. Then have a brand new looking stocker to sell down the road. False advertising ?  I guess as long as they don't lie about it and put a new hour meter on a week before they sell it isn't. 

I knew a guy who raced the Baja 1000 with 6 buddies. They bought a XR650, put new everything on it for the race, put the stock stuff back on and sold it all fresh looking. Then sold the aftermarket stuff they bought as well.  He said it costs them each about 1200 bucks after it was all said and done. I feel for the schmoe that thought he was getting a low hour bike      

I never consider resale value. I buy what I think will be best/most fun for me, personally. 

The bikes that were the most expensive to begin with naturally have the highest resale value, although, I’m seeing a ton of orange bikes still sitting on showroom floors this year.  That hasn’t been the case in recent memory.  I wonder if this might affect resale in the future.

2 strokes in general because of the perception they are cheaper and easier to rebuild than 4 strokes.

 I paid less for my new 2023 sxf450 in 2023 than I paid for my 2017 fc450 in 2017!

Bikes are getting better, more reliable and the market is saturated..... like others have said, life is short,  buy the bike, go have fun, no matter what you buy, it's gonna loose a ton of value which is the cost of your fun.

I have four dealers of various manufacturers within a 15 mile radius of my house and I frequent them all for various things and I can tell you that they are sitting on a pretty large amount of inventory right now. Wait till spring and you'll see a ton of deals to be had on new bikes. 

350 or bigger, Orange, red or blue. KTM 500exc is probably the best resale value bike on the market. 

Say you had a brand new 2023 Husky 350. Never touched dirt, picked up from dealer, stored in garage with charge tender, and started every other week. What would someone value that at?

I'd value it a lot more if they didn't arbitrarily start it every week.

If you mean to sell right now, at least it's still the current generation, that's gotta be a bonus. I know it's not a direct comparison, but there's a 2017 Husky TC 250 in the UK, brand new still at a dealer, it's £5,195, so I guess £5k out the door?

About £4k off a new one.

If you kept something in mind condition until it was legitimately old / vintage obviously it'd be worth more than it was new.

From an older thread on Vital. The price is insane for a restore considering, one in a crate would go for that much. 

Kawasaki's seem to get hammered in resale value. I just sold a very nice 21' KX450 for $5300. In contrast, I've had every generation CRF450 since 2003 and always did well them as far as resale. Suzuki's for obvious reasons seem to drop in value more than others as well. 

if its purely off resale.. KTM300exc.. seems like a bike that's always selling for great $$ and a bike that the general public seem to go for.

here in Australia anyway.