Question: How many years does it take for a motorcycle to

[Fishbein]

I have seen mint Kawasaki h3's and widowmakers going anywhere between 4-7k. V65's ranging from 3-6 depending on quality. I would expect that bridestone 90, if mint to sell anywhere between 1-2.

The shadow originally posted will never be worth more than 5k in my opinion. It will hit a base value and just sit there until it is 50+ years old. I would expect it to go up slowly from that point.

Sounds like that's the concensus...too bad. She's a beauty, fully loaded too. But, of course, she's personal to me because I rode her through the mountains of Tennesse, NC, Upstate NY, NH, etc.

 

[Fishbein]

In Washington State, you can apply for a Collector Vehicle plate after it is 30 years old and you'll never have to renew your plate again, but there are some restrictions:

http://www.dol.wa.gov/vehicleregistrati ... ector.html

Another cool thing you can do here get a restored plate that is from the same year and you can run that on your vehicle.

http://www.dol.wa.gov/vehicleregistrati ... tored.html

(Mike, if you haven't done so already, would be pretty cool to find an old plate for your Triumph to finish it off)

That's cool. VA is very cheap for personalized plates, so my Honda reads Croose...and my Triumph reads ROKIII

 

[valk97goose]

Just got R3T for my new number plate.

 

[Fishbein]

I wished I still had the bike I rode to High School every day. It was a 1953 Pan Head. I paid $100.00 for it and had to work on the carburetor every ****ed day to get it running. I sold it when I went to college to a collector for $1,000.00. :cry:

Native One

$100, that's unbelievable...sounds like the $1,000 was well-spent. I bought my CB750 custom coming out of college w/ the $ my grandparents gave me! $800 and rode it across the country...1989...hit Sturgis and all.

 

[Fishbein]

Just got R3T for my new number plate.

Sounds good...yeah, you have to be creative...everything else that looked good was taken.

 

[TurboFan]

I have been looking at an old Corvette. 1963 Split window. 327, Muncie four speed, all original in driving condition, not a show car, but less than 50,000 original miles. I suspect it is worth about 45,000, the owner hopes to get between 50-60K.
If you or I had been lucky enough to buy it for $2,900 back in 1972 as he did and then park it in the garage how would our "investment" have turned out? Figure compound interest on the money at a ridiculously low 3% interest and the purchase cash will cost you $8,657.00 But you have to store the **** thing. If you were lucky enough to find a garage suitable for the storage of a collector car, and you paid, on average $150. rent each month, then the true cost of the money, 37 years worth without the investment value that 150 per month would have given you, is: $75,423.18.
You should have some maintenance costs, and it should be insured, at least for fire and theft all 37 years. etc,etc,....
I'm guessing I owe him 80-90 K if I want that car. but I am sure I can find a nice one for $45K.

If you like it, buy it. But don't store it, drive it or ride it! That will be the only return on your investment that will make sense.

 

[Navigator]

Fish: My wife calls me an antique, and I'm 60, does that count? :shock:

Native One

Sorry John, I thought with all that gray hair, you were 70.

 

[Navigator]

I have been looking at an old Corvette. 1963 Split window. 327, Muncie four speed, all original in driving condition, not a show car, but less than 50,000 original miles. I suspect it is worth about 45,000, the owner hopes to get between 50-60K.
If you or I had been lucky enough to buy it for $2,900 back in 1972 as he did and then park it in the garage how would our "investment" have turned out? Figure compound interest on the money at a ridiculously low 3% interest and the purchase cash will cost you $8,657.00 But you have to store the **** thing. If you were lucky enough to find a garage suitable for the storage of a collector car, and you paid, on average $150. rent each month, then the true cost of the money, 37 years worth without the investment value that 150 per month would have given you, is: $75,423.18.
You should have some maintenance costs, and it should be insured, at least for fire and theft all 37 years. etc,etc,....
I'm guessing I owe him 80-90 K if I want that car. but I am sure I can find a nice one for $45K.

If you like it, buy it. But don't store it, drive it or ride it! That will be the only return on your investment that will make sense.

When I was a freshman in high school, a guy won a 63 split window Vette in a Tower Records raffle. He was a bit of a dork (like most of us) when he won it but all of a sudden was a rock star, always with a babalicious gal in his new Vette. Me, I was so friggin' jealous I tried to get my dad to let me buy a Triumph Bonneville so I too could be cool.

 

[NativeOne]

Fish: My wife calls me an antique, and I'm 60, does that count? :shock:

Native One

Sorry John, I thought with all that gray hair, you were 70.

ASS! My hair is white, not grey! :lol:

Native One