Thread: Bike Porn - Regardless of the motor, Show off your "two wheeled" beasties

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Bikes are an investment now?
Typically I must have been doing it wrong mine all cost me heaps

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Haha. Mine have so far too but I am not chasing the latest and greatest anymore and it's nicer to go out into the garage and look at the bikes than get a bank statement saying I had earned fuck all interest that month.
I used to own an RG500. I sold it for $3700 about 25 years ago. I saw one sell on trade me a couple of months ago for $23,500. I missed the boat on that one.
If you still owned any of your dirt bikes you used to I think you would be amazed what they are worth now.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Haha. Mine have so far too but I am not chasing the latest and greatest anymore and it's nicer to go out into the garage and look at the bikes than get a bank statement saying I had earned fuck all interest that month.
I used to own an RG500. I sold it for $3700 about 25 years ago. I saw one sell on trade me a couple of months ago for $23,500. I missed the boat on that one.
If you still owned any of your dirt bikes you used to I think you would be amazed what they are worth now.

mid to late 70's early 80's honda xr's are going for anything up to 10k plus if in good original condition ......
and when I see the price of the original cb750 honda fours I feel like a good cry ... if only I had kept mine .
But it's the same situation with my 68 holden hk monaro I used to have , and the mk2 ford escort , and the mitsi galant and so on....
I often wonder which modern bikes/cars will actually increase in value in say 30 yrs .

Originally Posted by Ftx325

mid to late 70's early 80's honda xr's are going for anything up to 10k plus if in good original condition ......
and when I see the price of the original cb750 honda fours I feel like a good cry ... if only I had kept mine .
But it's the same situation with my 68 holden hk monaro I used to have , and the mk2 ford escort , and the mitsi galant and so on....
I often wonder which modern bikes/cars will actually increase in value in say 30 yrs .

Probably the ones that are desirable now. Thirty odd years ago would produce the Fireblades, GSXR's. Yamaha XS650 twins and as you mentioned, the first of the Honda Fours till '76. All easy to identify as money spinners. This generation would know the latest hot shot bikes backwards, but as it was with us, no idea which to store for 40 years under the bed.

Originally Posted by outlander

Probably the ones that are desirable now. Thirty odd years ago would produce the Fireblades, GSXR's. Yamaha XS650 twins and as you mentioned, the first of the Honda Fours till '76. All easy to identify as money spinners. This generation would know the latest hot shot bikes backwards, but as it was with us, no idea which to store for 40 years under the bed.

I agree with you ...but... Most of those bikes were kind of landmarks for the industry as all the ones you mentioned , and you could probably add the first r1 and r6 models to that list also , but I don't think there has really been anything groundbreaking since . Rather an evolution of design. Except maybe those helicopter engined beasts....

Originally Posted by Ftx325

I agree with you ...but... Most of those bikes were kind of landmarks for the industry as all the ones you mentioned , and you could probably add the first r1 and r6 models to that list also , but I don't think there has really been anything groundbreaking since . Rather an evolution of design. Except maybe those helicopter engined beasts....

Right again. In all honesty, I've ridden very few recent 'superbikes'. The R1, GSXR 1000 and a Ducati 916 is about all I can relate to and that was all about 25 years ago. They were 50 bhp behind the latest crop and were way faster than I could handle. At age 64 modern bikes hold little interest for me now. As you say, nothing groundbreaking since.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Haha. Mine have so far too but I am not chasing the latest and greatest anymore and it's nicer to go out into the garage and look at the bikes than get a bank statement saying I had earned fuck all interest that month.
I used to own an RG500. I sold it for $3700 about 25 years ago. I saw one sell on trade me a couple of months ago for $23,500. I missed the boat on that one.
If you still owned any of your dirt bikes you used to I think you would be amazed what they are worth now.

My RZ500 missed the money boat as well. The KX500 sold for $7500 last year, so you win some and loose some.

Originally Posted by outlander

My RZ500 missed the money boat as well. The KX500 sold for $7500 last year, so you win some and loose some.

Kx500 would have been a right animal to ride @outlander.
I take back my quip about building up arm strength. You must have plenty already to keep a hold on that beast mate. I've ridden a few of the big bore trailies over the years and frankly found the thought of that much power , especially the big 2 smokers , on loose ground a tad intimidating. Mind you I am not a very good off road rider...

Originally Posted by Ftx325

Kx500 would have been a right animal to ride @outlander.
I take back my quip about building up arm strength. You must have plenty already to keep a hold on that beast mate. I've ridden a few of the big bore trailies over the years and frankly found the thought of that much power , especially the big 2 smokers , on loose ground a tad intimidating. Mind you I am not a very good off road rider...

The KX, at my level of riding really was intimidating on the loose stuff. Wrong gear and a tad too much juice at the wrong time/place and it would get away from you. Nice to wheelie off the throttle though. I had a YZ465 back in 1980 which ran hard
for the era and gave the road bikes of the day berries to around 100kmh.