Cant tell you what the next FASHION will be, but, a mate who has LOTS of bikes states a 20-25 year cyle in bike values, you lust after, say a shiny new to the market 916 when they were introduced, winning races etc etc, but at 16-20 years old its out of your reach, both to buy AND insure. This makes it appeal to you even more. Fast forward 20-25 years and the financial burden is eased as sprogs bugger off and the mortgage is all but done and the student debts etc are cleared, in the back of the mind the LUST has led dormant all these years................. SOD IT!!!! Incidentally, this is said to co-incide with the old 'mid-life-crisis'. Man scours the market for a super clean low mileage 916/whatever inflated the manhood when you were a sprog, this strips the market of 'GOOD ones' and pushes prices up. My Chum, now 70, gave loads of examples of increased value or desirability in between the 20-25th anniversary of its release. It only seems evident in SIGNIFICANT or GROUND BREAKING machines and is always restricted to those which have had a very easy life. The next ones, should this be believed which will leap in value are the Yamaha R1 and Hayabusa, the early Foxeye Blade and 916s that are mint are climbing as we speak. He says the model has to be the FIRST of its kind in the colours they were FIRST released in, so in the eyes of the beholder, it is THE bike he NEEDED as a youngster, so to speak. :biggrin: Look at RC30s, OWO1s, they have climbed really steeply since they passed the 20 mark in 2008 ish.
A very good take and it goes for cars too. Try getting hold of a mk 1 or 2 escort, mexico, rs2000 etc
I think they are both beyond that timescale, but, watch the prices of escort Cosworths going nuts at the minute, Crazy stuff.
yea, I think I can buck that trend! - I've got an FSO estate in the garage, and its one of two left in the UK. Now that's twenty five years old and funny enough its still worth cock all. :biggrin:
Next big thing? early oilhead GS's like 850's, 1100's, 1150's and, to a lesser degree, other early "adventure" big traillie's. And maybe, once petrol makes £10 per gallon, mid-weight Jap bikes that were once dismissed as "newbie" or "entry-level" will become sought after, not just for commuting, but for the Sunday morning scratch around the lanes on £25 worth of unleaded.
R80 and 100gs' are already hitting 8-10k , or at least thats what the classic dealers are asking. Cost of fuel is a fair point, I dont think that royal enfields would even be here in the uk if they didnt hit 100+ mpg. Of course, if plastic country folk didnt ponse around in bloody landrovers.......................................................
Couldnt resist that, Africa twins? Again, going crazy lately, in Fowlers Honda the other day, the salesman was in agreement that the transalp and Varadero are not a patch on the Africa Twin, he reckons he could sell AT all day and gets the same comments a few times a week.
yes, very scary, and that's if you have the baguette length feet needed to reach the pedals! I stand corrected, as of Q2 2012, there are 7 licenced and 9 sorn - so the old girl's one of 16 left. I should get her on the road really. According to : How Many Left? however I did some Ducati related searches and I think it's talking balls!
looking at the price of 70's jap bikes being asked in classic bike magazines it is very evident in all sorts of basic machinery so this trend is there though less extreme in most vehicles of a certain age
I met 'old man' laverda in 2005, a couple of months before he died. He was puzzled at my drooling over his twins and ignoring the v6 and jota.
I could see this happening to the 400/Four. Unless it already has. A 4 cylinder 400 was amazing at the time: a real bike shrunk to a tiny size. Weren't there some in line 4 250s in Japan?
I could weep guess who gave away an Motd mk1 escort 20 year ago I liked the escort got rid as was emigrating then I backed out . Wish I'd kept it!
What about the Honda 125 6 cylinder GP bike Honda six cylinder GP motorbike - YouTube now thats special !!!
