100% agree. I wish I could start a bike business TBH. I totally agree, and wish I could start a bike business...
Odd. I posted a reply then it disappeared, so sort of re-said it, only for them both to appear, but being unable to delete one of them.
I sold a house I had rented out for 10 years, took the money out and out it into rare bikes - done much better than keeping it in housing even through the latest boob (and York has gone up more than most places out of London) - much better tax implications too All depends if you buy the right bikes I guess.
And if you ride it you will spend all the potential investment return in fuel, repairs and servicing. God forbid it has a problem! 20k for an engine?! And good luck trying to get cahs back quickly when a rainy day arrives You have one dont you? Appreciating classic eh Its taken an SPS 20 years to get back to the original purchse price (ignoring inflation) so think fast bike paul may have a point..
This is largely true - but an NR that sold at Bonham's a few years ago for £60K was in Practical Performance bikes recently having gone through £10,000 worth of TLC and re commissioning has been for sale a while for £60K - a loss of £10K over 3 years or so. The shop selling must be profiting so the Bonham's buyer must have lost an arm. This is why I don't buy bikes that have already gone up significantly in value as the appreciations tends to diminish after the initial wave - you need to catch the wave early. The D16 is in someway a different kettle of fish as it never really went down in the first place. My best investments apart from the 999 Proto have been a Kawasaki and a Suzuki - safely tripling in value on average from what I paid 4 years ago. Where's the pictures anyhoo?
Was that the one a few years back with the Reg no. V4BAD? I slobbered over that one in their showroom when I popped in for some MV Agusta bodywork I bought from them on eBay.
No, I think it was before that. Circa 2007 at the time of or around the Desmo release. I'd just bought a house and was skint!
I've had mine 2 1/2 years. I didn't buy as an investment, I bought it as @Mary Hinge says, because I had always coveted one. However, if I advertised it for what I paid for it back then, today. It wouldn't be sitting here come Sunday evening. I'm very happy with my decision Bradders. Oh and servicing costs me £200 a year, the cheapest of my Ducati's as I don't have to worry about belts. 20 years, now there's a thought. I wonder how much it'll be worth then. :Woot:
Oh, and that's kind of the point. How much is an old 888 fetching these days? Look at 916's. 20 years old and starting to fly up. 999's are climbing now. 1098's seem steady apart from the R, but good ones will start to rise. The Panigale is still depreciating because of it's newness. The D16RR came out 8 years ago. It hit it's lowest ebb of about £30k a couple of years back, now it's climbing.
Well I didn't quite pay that as mine has the GP7 exhaust and only had 2,000 miles on it. But not far away :Angelic: When I was looking, there were some out there for that. I haven't seen them that low for a while. I did pull over to fill the van up with diesel and had to open the side door up to take a look as I couldn't believe I had one at the time. I was grinning like a Cheshire cat (I was in Cheshire too). My dad didn't see what the fuss was about. He prefered the sellers Aprilia RSV4 :Wideyed: My 1st pic of the bike I ever took.
