We got a load of ex Japan new in NZ 400's in the 80's, overstocked in Japan, unloaded in NZ for a good price. The above list is very true, GB Hondas, XV Yammys all sorts of bikes. I remember the first load of bikes being about $3500 new, sold out almost overnight and the next load had a 'dealer' increase of a few hundy, the last touched $3999.
Moving forward to the early 2000's Suzuki Summer Fest the GS1200ss arrived shit cheap. Next shipment and random box opening exposed bikes with titanium Yoshi headers and alloy cans - dealers paid the same but quickly threw on a few hundred 'extra' for the Yoshi equipped bikes. I owned a Yoshi equipped machine - the headers were quite beautiful, perfect slip fit and fantastic exhaust note.
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