Motorcycles For Sale
Buy and sell motorcycles for sale in Costa Rica.
A Honda CGL 125 with a delivery box bolted to the rack and a KTM 890 Adventure that has done one trip down to the Osa Peninsula both end up here, new from an agency or pre-owned from a rider who has moved on. Complete bikes are the subject, from step-through scooters to big touring machines, petrol or electric. Much of the small-bike trade turns over because of express delivery work, which piles up kilometres fast, so the history of a 125 or 150 matters as much as its year. Higher up the range, the asking price usually switches from colones to dollars.
Work bikes, scooters and the big bikes above them:
most of what moves on Costa Rican roads is a 110 to 150 cc single doing a job. A work bike such as the Honda CGL 125 or Yamaha YS 125 is geared, upright and built around a rack, and it is what express riders and couriers wear out. Scooters like the Honda Navi and Elite swap the gear lever for an automatic drive and storage under the seat, which suits short hops through stop-start traffic in Alajuela or Heredia. Naked bikes such as the Honda CB190R give up the rack for handling, small trail bikes and cruisers round out the lower end, and above 300 cc come adventure and touring bikes like the Honda NX500 or a BMW GS. If a bike needs work before it rides, look in motorcycle parts, or step back to the wider motorcycles section.
A 125 work bike, a scooter or something bigger:
the route you ride decides it more than the brochure does. A 125 is cheap to run and parks anywhere, but with a passenger on the climbs toward Zarcero it runs out of breath, where a 150 or 200 cc bike copes. A scooter is the easiest bike to live with in town, yet its small wheels feel every pothole and it is not happy for long at highway speed on Ruta 27. For regular trips to the coast, a 250 to 500 cc bike cruises without being wrung out.
Colones for a work bike, dollars for a 500:
new small bikes are priced in colones, from about ₡650,000 for a budget-brand work bike to around ₡1.4 million for a Japanese cargo model. From roughly 300 cc many agencies switch to dollars, passing $10,000 for a mid-size adventure bike, while some brands keep quoting the same class in colones, so convert before you compare. Used, small Japanese bikes hold their price stubbornly, because buyers are paying for parts they can find in any town. The real saving is further up: a well-kept older 650 to 800 cc cruiser or touring bike changes hands for ₡2 million to ₡4 million, about what a new 300 costs.
Delivery mileage, crash damage and the ownership title:
a work bike’s past is written on it if you know where to look. Screw holes on the rack from a delivery box, a seat flattened on one side and an odometer too low for how tired the bike looks all point to express work, which piles on kilometres far faster than commuting. That is no reason to walk away, but it belongs in the price. Scraped bar ends and levers or mismatched mirrors give away a fall; look at the forks head-on for straightness and weeping oil. Start it cold, watch for blue smoke and pull away hard in a middle gear: revs climbing without the bike picking up means a slipping clutch. On an electric model, ask the battery’s age, ride it until the gauge moves and make sure the charger comes too. The chassis and engine numbers stamped on the bike should match the ownership title, with no filing marks or fresh paint around them, and the name on it should be the seller’s. A bike bought on credit may still carry a lien, which a registry search will show.
A bike that did express work, or one kept for Sunday rides:
say which it was, because buyers will work it out anyway. Put the model, year, engine size and kilometres in the listing headline, and photograph both sides, the odometer, both tires, the stamped numbers and any scuffs you know about. Mention service records, a new chain kit or tires, and any fall or engine work, and have the ownership title and current papers to hand so nobody wonders whether the deal can go through. Someone travelling from Puntarenas or Nicoya to see a bike will want a cold start, so leave it untouched that morning and let them hear it fire.