Thinking out loud really. When and what will go up in value? Stumble access this today: Bultaco Sherpa 350 1976 | eBay I sold one back about 1993 for £350. Will ALL bikes eventually go up? How do you know what will? And when will it "bottom out"? I'm guessing 15 or 20yrs old? When it's old but not classic. Sold one of these for £300 at around the same time: BSA Bantam 1963 D1 125cc Fully restored classic motorcycle | eBay Maybe there is a market now that wasn't back in the '90's?
had one of those sherpas back in 83-84 maybe. 250cc tho in blue. fairly good nick. cant remember what i paid for it or sold it for but it would of been in the region of £200. buying and selling not my thing. but hazarding a guess something they sold a gazillion off you would have to wait 40years plus. something that was popular but made in smaller numbers 25years maybe?
Nice, often think I wish I'd never sold the TY175's/Fantic 241 clubmans, etc, etc, but what the hell would have I had done with them in my 1 bed flat in Surrey????
There seem to be two categories of bikes which really go up in value - 'halo' collectables like the RC30 NR750 and Norton F1 and bikes which many people can relate to. Previously this was old Brit iron, then Japanese two strokes. My money is on 600 and 750cc sports bikes, FZR's CBR's ZXR's etc. ZXR and YZF 750's already seem to be heading up, and a few nice CBR600's have fetched strong money recently. Another one will of course be the early round headlight fireblade, which has already gone up significantly, as has the early R1
Yup, I got my Ducati from Oban (529 miles when you take the distance to the overnight stop into consideration), my FZR from Newcastle (220 miles) and my Benelli from St Hellens. The closest one is St Hellens which is still over 150 miles from me.
I have 6 Triumphs from the 60's I collect the American versions I like the look better than the UK models the one in my avatar is my 67' Triumph T120TT I have a day light MOT for it I ride all my bikes there certainly not show queens bikes up to the early eighties are always going to go up in value as they get more scarce then 80's bikes will be wanted. Somebody here mentioned if they made millions of a model it would not be collectible just go on Ebay and look what a MK1 Escort or a Mini van is bringing they made millions of those! Ford Escort 1300 GT | eBay 1980 AUSTIN MORRIS MINI 95 Van Fully Restored | eBay
That's the main factor - all seem to go up, but most is due to inflation and rising prices generally.
I tend to watch the market a little, but I mainly buy things I like as bikes, not as investments. I watched the market for both my Desmosedici and 1098R before buying, in the case of the Desmo; for a good year. I bought just before they turned and the values are only going one way in my opinion for both bikes. My Streetfighter S I bought new, simply because the Dealer had discounted it by £2,500 and a 3 year old one was only £1.5k less. At the moment, I've lost money, but as I have no intention of selling, it'll come back given time. My only advice would be again, buy something you like, to enjoy. Thinking about the value and worrying you'll lose money can't be fun.
I'd agree with that, but I think ther are a few more factors at work. Inflation Availability Nostaligia (The kids have flown the nest, you now have disposable income and hanker for the bike you dreamed of in your youth) Kudos (A mid 90's SS won't appreciate at the same rate as a mid 90's 916 although they are both the same age) Condition / History
Hot air balloons. They go up when you fill them with hot air. Oban! :Jawdrop: If the previous owner was a fair weather biker then it will never have left his garage.
Sold my Triton in 1970 for £80 perhaps I should have kept it but as my weekly wage was £7-50 I couldn't afford to. Steve
Yes of course, these factors are in all my bikes which are beating inflation, but the trick is to get them preferably under market value and on the turn.
