It's actually fairly common for the Ninja 250/500 to get turned around for close to if not the same price one bought it for. Like Dallas said, they are kind of hard to come by because they are "the best" beginner bike out there. And like xdfarrx stated the design hasn't changed in 15 years, so it really doesn't make sense to buy one of these new...mine was a '95 with some sweet purple rims.