Considering my main goal with my Monster was to have a "brand new" 20 year old motorcycle...I do see the obvious appeal...I spent damn near that but I have light wheels, a hot blueprinted motor, every goofy OE part that was obviously a cost cutting move from the factory was upgraded...I still think someone out there will pay that asking price. If I had more $ than I knew what to do with I'd buy it...but I'd promptly prep and RIDE the thing. All that being said, what do y'all think of that mindset, of a wealthy person who buys a motorcycle like this as purely a piece of art to put on display? I railed on about a guy who had 30 brand new cars from a closed 1940's Chevrolet dealership hoarded in a barn and was told "it's his money" and I was just jealous...are they right? Am I a hater if I have total contempt for a person who does such a thing, while people for whom riding motorcycles is on their DNA and will patch together an old beater out of scrap yard parts every night in his shed after a 12 hour shift at a hot foundry just to have something he/she can ride? There just seems something really sinister about it, along the same lines as shark fin soup and Foi Gras. I have a visceral loathing for ppl who do this $hit. /rant.
yes - went after that bike around three years ago when the then owner had to wave the white flag due to health sadly. Can you imagine the expression of any driver as this bike appears in your mirrors?
