Im just curious , for some of you that have been around this scene longer, does it seem to you that the pool is shrinking? It would seem to me to be inevitable, time and attrition takes its toll. The pool of functioning or salvageable bikes will have to shrink. There was a finite amount of bikes to begin with.
I was big into the British bike scene and I saw it happen there. The once plentiful BSA’s and Triumphs become scarcer and scarcer and Norton’s? Forget about it!
I think we are on the verge of that with the Yamaha’s right now. For sure there are some nice bargains out there to be found but you can see the trends beginning. I had to search a three state area to find my bike, a nice unmolested original. The early models are already starting to go up in value, approaching Brit bike values.
When I had my ‘76 Bonneville T-140V,
It was the affordable version of the classic Triumph. The earlier pre unit models were the real collectible models. But now as the pool dries up, my old Bonnie has become quite valuable. So I’m curious, do you see that happening to our Yamaha’s as well?
Or do you think I am full of hot air?
I was big into the British bike scene and I saw it happen there. The once plentiful BSA’s and Triumphs become scarcer and scarcer and Norton’s? Forget about it!
I think we are on the verge of that with the Yamaha’s right now. For sure there are some nice bargains out there to be found but you can see the trends beginning. I had to search a three state area to find my bike, a nice unmolested original. The early models are already starting to go up in value, approaching Brit bike values.
When I had my ‘76 Bonneville T-140V,
It was the affordable version of the classic Triumph. The earlier pre unit models were the real collectible models. But now as the pool dries up, my old Bonnie has become quite valuable. So I’m curious, do you see that happening to our Yamaha’s as well?
Or do you think I am full of hot air?