How long is that piece of string? The value will be altered massively by condition and known performance. For example you can have a 2009 chassis that has had a hard time being bounced arournd the coutries circuits every weekend for the last year that will be worth the spares you can salvage from it, i.e. a couple of hundred pounds, however there are many chassis that only get used once a month for club meetings and the occaisional practice day that are almost mint and consequently wort much more. As for the motor again hours run and known success will have a huge influence on the value.
Beware Ebay as I recently saw a kart that had been purchaced through Ebay for £1850 described as 2009 with Ogden motor, sounds ok? when the guy arrived at the circuit with it I valued it at around £400 at best, it was a wreck, cheap Chinese chassis, a weak motor mounted on a pile of washers! no log book, broken seat, illegal rear bumper, no chain guard need I continue? Ask around at your local club / circuit and try to buy locally somthing you can see being used or at least talk to someone independant of the seller that can verify the sellers claims. Do this and you should be able to get a suitable and reliable starter kart that will retain a good portion of your original investment for around £1500. This said remember we are talking about racing equipment and with the best will in the World things can still break or fail without warning but by using the above method you will probably eliminate the 'Bojit N Sellit' brigade.
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What's a 2009 Rotax Kart Worth? by 'DW9' (23 May 2010 @ 21:25)
