fontana wrote:That would be all well and good if you could get them for about 5 grand, but 18K
Surely there comes a point where you have to say that charming as it might be, it just isn't worth that much over a more modern bike costing half as much
It's clearly the rarity factor which is driving the price rather than the inherant ability of the bike compared to modern machinery. If somebody wants one for whatever nostalgic reason, there is a finite and diminishing supply and also healthy interest in buying one from other members of the bike buying public, prices will naturally rise. They are becoming collectors items to be restored, polished and ridden once a year rather than used as daily transport. Nothing wrong with that if that's what floats somebody's boat.