Bike for an investment...

[Blinkwing]

Sad eh....................

Bloody hell, I'd buy it for that price ... that's sad.

[Ocean1]

Bloody hell, I'd buy it for that price ... that's sad.

That's US$.

Still, you could buy one here for under $14K a few months ago. There's one on TM now (already) for the original RRP of $19K

I'd say it's possibly the closest thing you'd get to an appreciating asset on two wheels at the moment.

[AllanB]

For some reason I don't see the CR being the collectible Buell. Too much stigma as being the one that killed Buell maybe? A bit like the very last Triumphs and Nortons - you know when they were officially 'old' still leaking oil, vibrating, slow and filled with crap like turn signals, cast wheels, starter motors, disk brakes, baffles in the mufflers etc.

But maybe they are quirky enough to be collectible being the last of the Buells.

You need a milestone bike something that grabbed motorcycling by the balls and made everyone catch up (again GSXR750, Bussa etc) - this year it is that new fangled BMW but the sports bike world is very quick to change and in 24 months it will be old hat, surpassed by something truly evil!

Side note back to Triumph - will the first of the 'new' Bonnies have collectible value in 30 years?

[R6_kid:Me]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=292408029

[98tls]

No idea on the Bonnie Alan but will throw in a 93 Daytona 1200 as a future classic.Actually for something new would add the 675.

[slowpoke]

Can't see any of the run of the mill, produced in 1000's type stuff ever appreciating in any meaningful way. BMW S1000RR and Aprilia RSV4 are just flavour of the month, not revolutionary or rare and it'll be a loooooong time before one sells for more than it's new retail price when it's second hand, there are just too many produced and 2 years down the track they'll be forgotten about as the next big thing rolls off the production line. They don't have the exclusivity of a say an RC30 or 916SP.

The Buell's will be interesting to watch, but I don't know that they will be desireable in the future if they haven't really captured the public's attention now. Time will tell.

An MV Agusta wouldn't be a bad bet. Their financial position is pretty shaky and if they ever fall off the financial perch their already iconic bikes will appreciate.

CR500 or RS250 type stuff might be a goer too, with two strokes on the outer and Honda no longer making 2 strokes at all.

It's not up to the minute but I'd rather have something like this parked in the lounge than a stock as a rock Buell/MV/BMW etc: http://www.classic-motorbikes.com/st...f=FC62&Lang=en

Yanagawa and the ZX750 are legendary and I'd happily look at it for the next 30yeras.

[Gibbo89]

i don't know a lot about bikes... but what about a 2003 final edition aprilia rs250??

feel free to bitch slap me if thats stupid

[98tls]

i don't know a lot about bikes... but what about a 2003 final edition aprilia rs250??

feel free to bitch slap me if thats stupid

Yep,though as i posted earlier my money would be on the first one.

[98tls]

If it had to be something Jap or based on, a 90s Bakker QCS would be my choice of classics,will still look good in 50 years.

[onearmedbandit]

Cross-plane R1? Don't see that as being an investment. Nor any of the other current crop of Superbikes or Supersports. One possibility would be Ducati D16RR. They will certainly drop in value immediately (unlike the 22B which increased in value before it even was released onto the market) but may within the next 10yrs start a gradual climb, especially mint low km versions. Same as the Tamburini MV and their other limited run models. Maybe not immediately, but because the company has so much prestige and the bikes are rare they have the basic requirements for long term investments.

[fuknKIWI]

Some people like to look at art, I like motorbikes.

Now if money was not the issue, are there any NEW bikes that you would buy today that you would buy as an investment? Ridden rarely,well looked after etc

Cage example the 22B, only 424 made, some magazines say they are to be viewed as an investment as they define the era of the turbo charged Jap etc etc ... agree or disagree I don't give a shit

Don't want to get into a pissfight about how bikes are made to be ridden but any that you view as worth holding onto?

Yep a depreciating liabilty is a great investment if it blows your hair back...
Just remember the cost of storage & maintenance, ie those "new" Nortons recntly found basically need full rebuilds as they've just ben crated & left in a ware house for 30 odd years.
Someone is going to ay big bucks for them then they can start refurbishing them, it's alabour of love not an investment in the true sense of the term.

[LBD]

All 4 Ducati factory tricolore...I am 1/2 way...and for the right price I could start you off....

[Spearfish]

I'm not sure if this fits, Its not a common bike, just extreme.

http://www.bikez.com/bike/index.php?bike=20204

[EJK]

That is a collectable investment already. ;-)

[popelli]

bikes as an investment, waste of bloody time

buy a bike to ride and enjoy it

no complaints about buying my XLCR though, its doubled in value since I bought it

would I sell it, no, not unless something that really took my fancy appeared