Regardless of age, the 'busa market seems to have leveled out right around the $5000 price floor. So, they aren't retaining "Harley" value, but you won't lose your ass "investing" in one. Given the production history though, I'd get a 2003+ model -- not that the early models are crap, but the 2003+ fixed the starter issue, swingarm issue, and has a 32-bit ECU vs. the 1999-2002 models. Unless this is a true "unrestricted" model, which some people consider more valueable because they don't have to spend $70 on a TRE to unrestrict a later model