Will the Griso be a collectible?

[pete roper]

Yup, impossible to tell what will be sought after in a few years time.

Look at the 1000S for instance. Despite being built at a time when quality control was pretty much at its nadir in Mandello and at the time them selling like rat sandwiches they are now highly prized and much sought after!

Pete

[Chuck in Indiana]

Yup, impossible to tell what will be sought after in a few years time.

Look at the 1000S for instance. Despite being built at a time when quality control was pretty much at its nadir in Mandello and at the time them selling like rat sandwiches they are now highly prized and much sought after!

Pete

Yeah, people back in the day looked at them and thought, "Ok, well.. what will it do that a T3 won't do? Not much really.." 

[beetle]

There will be no low mileage Griso's in my house.

[Scud]

There will be no low mileage Griso's in my house.

 

No non-rider collectibles for me either. I figure I'll keep the bikes I enjoy and that I actually ride. I do like to wrench a bit and personalize the bikes. With more than one, I don't have to hurry through the project - or worry when I hit a snag and have to obtain a part or two I didn't anticipate.

I agree with whoever said the fact that you're asking whether to sell it suggests that you really want to keep it. It sounds like you could sell it fairly easily within a year if you're not riding it. If that's not a financial problem, then hold onto it for a while.

[Rox]

Most used bikes depreciate bottoming out at around 20/25 years.  Then some begin to appreciate.
For instance, early LeMans bottomed out a few years ago.  The V11 bikes are at the bottom
and may start to go up in the next few years.  Especially the Ohlins bikes.

Lots of Grisos were manufactured.  Likely they will depreciate for some years to come.


Mike

The V11s have actually already went up in value. I bought mine for 4500 2 years ago ( paid too much) and now they're worth about 6k. However KBB and NADA aren't as generous on their values.

[segesta]

Thinking out loud...

I wonder if the collectible car market will crash when the Baby Boomers die in 20 years, and their grandchildren--who couldn't care less about that pristine '71 Daytona 365 GTB/4 in his garage, I mean it doesn't even have Bluetooth or USB, fer chrissakes--dump those cars to make a quick buck.

I look at my son, 21 years old, great kid, doesn't give a crap about cars. Worse, or motorcycles. Makes me shake my head. But he can build an Arduino robot that will cook a steak or whatever. For him, cars are no longer tinker-able. But small technology is now tinker-able, so that's what he loves.

Rambling over. I say, keep that Griso, ride the hell out of it. Nobody will ever want it in the future.

[mjptexas]

Thinking out loud...

I wonder if the collectible car market will crash when the Baby Boomers die in 20 years, and their grandchildren--who couldn't care less about that pristine '71 Daytona 365 GTB/4 in his garage....

Actually happened to an earlier generation.  Late last century the Ford Model Ts and Model As peaked and dropped off.  Most anyone who cared about one had died.

[H-E-ROSS]

Yup, impossible to tell what will be sought after in a few years time.

Look at the 1000S for instance. Despite being built at a time when quality control was pretty much at its nadir in Mandello and at the time them selling like rat sandwiches they are now highly prized and much sought after!

Pete

When the 1000s came out I owned a nice clean T3 . My reaction was, I'll wait to pick one of those up on the secondary market. It never came to be! Supply was simply too small.
I think the offer given by the dealer for the OP's bike was more than generous (I picked up my lower milage '13 GRiSO for just $1500 more). That being said if you want to get a similar model a couple of years from now I think you will pay more to get a clean low mileage unit. Collectability is somewhat moot, the used to new ratio coupled with availability are more important factors.

[canuck750]

Will a Griso be collectable? If you hang onto it for 30 years, hardly ride it and most of the rest get thrashed, then maybe, just maybe, but I wouldn't count on it. I don't think anyone can predict what will be a collectable. if they could some one would have hoarded Cobra's, original Shelby GT350's, Ducati 750 Sports etc.... I think the first requirement is that a lot of people would have to lust for one when new, could not afford it and in middle age have the cash to get one.
Problem is the time frame between when a person can afford the toy of their dreams and when that generation dies off is pretty thin.