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I look at prices of used Harleys (in general) and I just don't get it. Perhaps because the bikes themselves don't speak to me - but when you compare to equally (or more) capable Japanese cruisers, I just don't understand the premium for used Harleys.PS - this is fun contrast to the "bang for buck" thread. Good idea.
I have always wanted a GB500 Honda thumper clubman replica. They did not sell very well when new (I should have bought a leftover model when dealers where giving them away! DOH!).I see the are higher than a cats back now!Pretty common to see them for over $5,000!I used to know Harleys pretty well back in the day 1980's but really lost interest in them when every poser in the world has to have one but they seem to bring an awful lot used now ?!?!?!
I look at prices of used Harleys (in general) and I just don't get it. Perhaps because the bikes themselves don't speak to me - but when you compare to equally (or more) capable Japanese cruisers, I just don't understand the premium for used Harleys.
I have to wonder how much of it is because the name "Harley-Davidson" sounds cool. Would they command a premium if the guys happened to have the names Snodgrass and Pinkney? "I just bought a Snodgrass-Pinkney "Road King". What do you think?
The first 3 or 4 years of the gold wing (naked) has really gone up in the last 5 years. From what I have seen they have about tripled in value in that time. Probably will go way up from where we are too.
"Harley Davidson" might have sounded stupid if they weren't a 112 year old American Icon. And "Wanker and Grindeylow" might have sounded cool if they were the original company ....
so is the GB500 a better collectable than an SR500? I always thought that Yamaha nailed in so far as looking like a Manx.
Really? A friend has a cosmetically excellent yellow '76 that needs a water pump and carbs cleaned. He can't get any interest, even at $1500.
I understand your point, but I don't think it holds for tough-guy wannabees. Indian, Henderson... maybe it could be argued that they sound cool enough. Armstrong-Wolf probably.
Charlie - I'd be interested if it was a little cosmetically challenged & the carbs & water pump were "excellent." Seems to me that one of the few criticisms of the early Goldwings was that the carbs were a bear to access & work on. I know nothing about how hard the water pump is to get at. I do know that parts availability for Goldwings in 1984 was horrendous, even for a new bike! I can't imagine that it would be better 31 years later. I could get parts for my 9 y.o. (at that time) Norton (company had been out of business for essentially 9 years at that time) more easily & quickly than I could get them for my 6 mo. old Golddwing.
I'm telling you that if the two fellows who developed the American motorcycle had been named "Pugsley" and "Hufflewump", people would proudly be wearing the "Pugsley and Hufflewump" logo today, and nobody would think it was the least bit silly; quite the opposite, in fact ......
I'll go as far as Pugsley-Wolf.
Allis-Chalmers ?
That's a cool sounding name for sure. Cool like Massey-Ferguson and Bucyrus-Erie. Not Cockshutt.
Allis-Chalmers ? Or what if Louis Chevrolet had not been a famous race car driver , would we have bought the Durant ? Dusty
If I was going to start a MC company it would be called ... The Acme Peerless Dusty
Too late! Since about 1955, the only thing that people would associate that with would be Wile E. Coyote waving goodbye to the camera as he went over the cliff ....Lannis
Yeah , but think of the name recognition Seriously , doubt if anyone much under 45 would associate Acme with Wile E . Dusty
" I'll get flogged for saying this but a first generation 850 Lemans. It's my dream bike too. But are they really worth 15-20k$? "You won't get flogged by me, but I've never seen one personally sell anywhere near that. Are people really asking that?
Do the Japanese not know that these names mean nothing in English?