CharlieT said:It's fairly easy to see, but it does depend on the age of the bike you are talking about. I have a 1965 Honda S65, my first bike and I still got it. Original paper works show $312.00 OTD. So with your train of though it should be less than that even in very good condition....say, what...$200?? Or are you saying that with inflation that $312, which would be $2316.50 today, it should be less that that??
One thing you got to remember is that logic does not apply. Some bikes for whatever reason are highly sought after, like a sandcast CB750 and people will pay big bucks for them. What I love are the ads that say Rare vintage motorcycle, $4000....then you click on it and you see a stock well used but all there CB350!!! Yeah, rare indeed, Honda only imported around 450,000 of them.
Charlie,CharlieT said:It's fairly easy to see, but it does depend on the age of the bike you are talking about. I have a 1965 Honda S65, my first bike and I still got it. Original paper works show $312.00 OTD. So with your train of though it should be less than that even in very good condition....say, what...$200?? Or are you saying that with inflation that $312, which would be $2316.50 today, it should be less that that??
One thing you got to remember is that logic does not apply. Some bikes for whatever reason are highly sought after, like a sandcast CB750 and people will pay big bucks for them. What I love are the ads that say Rare vintage motorcycle, $4000....then you click on it and you see a stock well used but all there CB350!!! Yeah, rare indeed, Honda only imported around 450,000 of them.
clem said:Charlie,
Notice how I said "far from new condition". I'm talking about rusted up pieces of crap that don't run. Use logic here, would it be worth more than when new? I understand that for every ugly chic there is a dude who thinks that she's beautiful. I know that there are a few cases where a bike is truly valuable like the sandcast but you can't apply that logic to everything ever made.
Example: 198* CM400 - $2600 on the local craigslist. Come on dude.
o1marc said:I'd like to know where the extra 200k CB 350's are. It was the best selling bike in the world in 1968, but only sold slightly over 250k over the 5 years it was imported.
Alaskanrocket said:How has nobody commented on the nasty skanks posing with the bike. I think the first one was a guy, jesus, where is this guy finding these hookers.