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They won't until they make a showroom like the one linked above (petrolitious.com), or show up in a movie of some sort. My observation is that things become collectable and people want them once they are showcased somewhere somehow. This is true for cars, furniture, lighting fixtures, clothing, motorcycles, etc. Us humans are strange like that. Again, just my observations.
People looked at them *and* the price tag and said, "What will it do that my T3 won't do?" They were right, of course.
It's not a thing you can measure.In 1970, a 426 Hemi was a $900 option on a $3200 car, and they didn't sell all they made that year.If you'd sprung for that option over the 383, your $900 investment would have grown to over $1M now. Same for a 427 AC Cobra. A $7500 car in the 60s, millions now for a nice one.Nothing "real" explains that "value". Just like the "Modern Art" thing. Pablo Picasso could sneeze onto a canvas, smear it around, sign the corner of it, and it would sell for $50 million. A Honda 100 in nice shape costs $1200, UNLESS "Von Dutch" painted a little cartoon on the tank, now it's $20,000.People just decide it's worth it, that's all.Lannis
I think you are correct Groover. The Terminator movie did more for Harley sales, than most of their paid advertisement. When Arnold swung a leg over that Fat Boy, it projected such an image ,that everybody wanted one. I have read in numerous places, that after the movie, is when HD sales really took off, and people were paying 4-5 K over MSRP dealer mark up,for the more popular models.Rick.
...and speaking of "the original, first year (1990) Fatboy", excellent examples of this bike are now going for $20K-$25K :1:
So, as I understand it, the 1000S is a stripped down LeMans. And there was a bike called the Strada 1000 that was also a stripped down LeMans but with plastic bodywork but that one is not as collectible? So the Strada and S model are essentially the same but one is collectable and the other not as much? Or have I gotten this totally wrong? And why isn't the LeMans the most collectable of the three?
The 1000S essentially exemplified why Guzzi stopped listening to their customers! It�s also the reason why if Piaggio have any sense they will never try and build something even remotely similar.Before the launch of the 1000S there had been several years of models that had stylistically turned their backs on the timeless mid �70�s lines of the Sport/S/LeMans. Even the MkIII/IV/V were radically different in appearance to the earlier models and the Greek chorus of moaners all started banging on about what Guzzi needed to do was �Bring Back� the classic lines of the early �Sporting� Tonti�s.So they did.And they sold like seven day old rat sandwiches!And now everybody thinks they�re marvellous and what Guzzi should do is build another one!God forbid!
The s has the big valve motor
What Piaggio did was look back at their first retro attempt and figure out that they couldn't sell it for a low enough price. The current V7 range is the result - a cheap to build small block version of the same thing that sells very well at about the same MSRP in 2018 as the 1000S twenty five years ago. That's about half the price in inflation adjusted dollars.I prefer instead the last non-cruiser Guzzis that didn't copy either an earlier Guzzi model or an oil head BMW - meaning the 93-98 sport bikes. Along those lines there's also the re-done Centauro, the Griso, which is OK but despite not being a cruiser still makes me feel like I'm riding some kind of custom chopper.
I just dont understand Guzzi values some times...What is the reason a 1000 S is worth so much more than say a Le Mans, or a sport 1100, or even a V7 Sport?Rick.
No '92 anything for the U.S. I'd love a 1000s, but there is no way in heck it's worth that much of a premium over a lemans 1000 to me.
