Hey Christian,
I’m just south on you in San Jose… . Currently FJR1300 owner but a Super Ten has been on my radar for a while.
I’ve been watching the For Sale ads over the past year through Cycletrader, Craigslist (West Coast, Seattle to San Diego) and some local FB Marketplace…
The prices for early models are all over the place and start around $6K and go up to some simply ridiculous “you must be kidding” amounts (just my opinion on that).
Cycletrader has one at $4999 but it has 104K miles and it has been listed for months (located out East).
I’ve seen ONE GEN1 bike at $5K last year but it disappeared from Craigslist so quickly I never even got a 2nd look at the ad.
On FB Market there is currently a ’12 model just East of us in Ripon, CA for $5500 with 39K miles and it has been there for several weeks…
I’ll probably get serious in a year and will be looking for a GEN1, med/high miles, $5K or less preferred and reasonably close to me.
And like the FJR world, my concerns about mileage are minimal for the Super Ten if the bike checks out and the seller has decent records… 30K+ is nothing.
Having said that, a few mos ago I did find such a bike for sale in Oregon: a 2012 with 96K miles, the usual accessories, seller says bike had been to multiple continents, very reliable, needed some minor work, and he’d moved on to a KTM. A local buyer got there first and the Seller tells me he expects to close the deal later this month; I hope that buyer posts up here and shares his new toy with us!
Good luck in your search… just be ready to jump when the right deal shows up!
Regards,
Mr. BR
’05 FJR1300 (pre-Covid year-round daily driver, mostly garage queen now, working fr home indefinitely)