Posted by ? on July 30, 2010, 10:25 pm
On Jul 30, 6:49 pm, "tomor...@erols.com"
Recently, I have seen good, clean, original, unmolested
> examples with under 10k miles sell for $4,500 to $4,800. If his bike
> has less than 5,000 miles and is perfect, $6500 is not a stupid asking
> price. Whether it's greedy or not is probably a matter of personal
> opinion.
The salesman at the consignment store explained to me that the price
wouldn't matter if I "just had to have it."
Obviously the owner of the huge collection "just had to have" nearly
200 vintage and classic motorcycles, but that's a kind of passion that
I can understand.
I know one Harley rider who "just had to have" eleven Big Twins all at
the same time and they were all purchased in only two three years.
His problem, besides motor vehicle gluttony, was that he was buying
them all on credit...
Of course he had to file bankruptcy when his debts piled up and his
home remodeling slowed down.
Posted by The Older Gentleman on July 31, 2010, 8:17 am
>
> You may not be aware that Honda only exported the GB500 to the U.S.
> for one year, sold very few, and that it has become a cult bike. Ten
> years ago, good used ones with under 10k miles were selling for $3,200
> to $3,600.
I wasn't.
>Recently, I have seen good, clean, original, unmolested
> examples with under 10k miles sell for $4,500 to $4,800. If his bike
> has less than 5,000 miles and is perfect, $6500 is not a stupid asking
> price.
You can get lovely ones in the UK (we got the XBR - the GB was only
available as a grey import) for probably one-third of the US price.
>Whether it's greedy or not is probably a matter of personal
> opinion.
This is true.
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> has less than 5,000 miles and is perfect, $6500 is not a stupid asking
> price. Whether it's greedy or not is probably a matter of personal
> opinion.