1980 xs400 original sticker price

[ironh5544]

I just joined this forum a few months ago. Last Aug I found a xs400 in WV, but with no title. Before Thanksgiving, I located a 1980 xs400 for sale in my hometown in NW PA. I have been in the Pittsburgh area for nearly forty years, and was surprised to find a xs400 in my home area via Craigslist. One of my favorite things is to do research, but I have been unable to find the 1980 original showroom sticker price of a xs400. In other words, what did they cost in 1980 at the dealership? I can only find what they are worth today, which I am aware of from KBB and NADA guides. There were several models and I do not know which one in my hometown is. I do not need to know the exact 1980 sticker price but a ballpark figure would be nice. Can anyone help?

 

[xschris]

In 1980 they where around $1200 They made two that year the g and the sg. The g had the spoke wheel and the sg had mags. The one with mags would have the highest price of the two.

 

[ironh5544]

Thanks for the response. I figured someone on this forum knew.

 

[Recreateme]

Hey, i did a quick search and found this;
http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/buyersguide/Yamaha-XS400-XS400R-Seca-XS400Special-XS400SG.htm

It lists the 1980 sticker at 1799$ No idea if it is accurate, but it says "New Price (1980)" so I assume so!

Cheers

 

[xschris]

I would not trust that too much I know prices will very from country to country. From what I can remember the 78 sold for $1099 and I don't think it would have gone up that much in two years. I did ask my local dealer a few years ago and he looked it up. I will ask again just to make sure.

 

[Scorpio1963]

That site doesn't give to great of a review of our bikes,then again it says most of the problems occur after 30-40k miles.I have seen any xs400 with that high of miles on it.My bike has almost 18k on it and it had just over 17k on the clock when I bought it.

 

[willem]

I heard the xs400 didn't sell very well due to loads of issues with its predecessor, the tx500. That's probably why they were kinda cheap The tx had loads of recalls and mechanical issues and yamaha's reputation hadn't really recovered from that yet.

 

[LuckyEight]

The price seems to be still the same today...1200-1800 USD 30 years ago...and the same price for these bikes in a good shape today here in Europe...

 

[BamaBill]

The price seems to be still the same today...1200-1800 USD 30 years ago...and the same price for these bikes in a good shape today here in Europe...

Sounds like a better investment than a Harley Davidson these days! LOL, good to know mine will hold it's value!

 

[bcware]

$1,099 of 1978 dollars would be worth about $3,939.07 in 2013. If you sold it for the same price you paid in 1978 you'd actually be losing almost $3,000.

 

[rugbywarrior89]

$1,099 of 1978 dollars would be worth about $3,939.07 in 2013. If you sold it for the same price you paid in 1978 you'd actually be losing almost $3,000\

Killjoy!

 

[xschris]

Found this ad for the 1980 special 2 which was the economy version. I would think the full dress one ( the sg) would have been a few hundred more.

 

[DARKMIDKNIGHTWARRIOR]

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