Mophead
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WOW! DOUBLE WOW!!
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Yea Its mad. There’s a lot of people with a lot of money kicking about. This blew my mind the other day, (not bike related but illustrates the point). There’s an artist known as ‘Banksy’ over here who does street art/graffiti, his work appears over night in bizarre places like demolition sites, under old bridges, on street corners. It’s now extremely valuable. He had an artwork (below) at a big auction house that upon selling for something astronomical like £850,000, when the gavel went down ‘sold’ it literally shredded itself. It was a huge publicity stunt. Have a look on YouTube. There was much mirth & press coverage at the time.
Anyhoo, a few weeks ago that same shredded artwork sold again for £18,500,000 !! Who’s laughing now. It’s nuts, completely nuts.
Anyhoo, a few weeks ago that same shredded artwork sold again for £18,500,000 !! Who’s laughing now. It’s nuts, completely nuts.
mello dude
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My neighbor has an 82 1100 wasting away in his garage.....
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I remember that, it was purchased and supposedly immediately destroyed.
Not exactly clocks sliding down staircases or endless lines of tomato soup cans, or some poor hurting ______ painting himself as he was before he cut his own _______ ear off but sure, whatever.
Not exactly clocks sliding down staircases or endless lines of tomato soup cans, or some poor hurting ______ painting himself as he was before he cut his own _______ ear off but sure, whatever.
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Reminds me...
I think a nice monolith would look great in that corner...
I think a nice monolith would look great in that corner...
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Nice! I had one of the first GS1000s in the UK in March 1978. Mine was black with white pinstriping and I put a 3/4 Rickman Centura fairing on it. What a bike that was, compared to the Z900 I had before it.
1969 Honda CB 750 in United Kingdom - For Sale | Car & Cl...
1969 Honda CB 750 in United Kingdom - For Sale | Car & Classic, £35,000 Make Honda Model CB750 CB 750 Sandcast Engine Size 750 ccm Mileag...
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Oh come on chaps it's ONLY $50k.
The price of the GS would not be unheard of in the UK where folks are willing to pay top dollar for good bikes. Most are obviously bought for investment rather than a ride. I don't know where they're finding the money, apparently we're all dirt poor.
Upt'North.
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good point, I mean, don't get me wrong, nice pic and all but for a few dollars more....
Just like Banana artic. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/08/arts/design/a-critics-defense-of-cattelan-banana-.html
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I guess I’m slow to understand why anyone would pay that price for an older bike. It is nice in appearance and may be rare due to its old age, but $20K is ridiculous. Same with car prices. They’ve lost their minds (and that applies to older cars on BAT as well as newer used cars/new cars). For now, best to not buy and hold on to what you already own.
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Smudgemo
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I agree, but guys like us are no doubt lifetime members of the Cheap Bastards Club. And hey, if w don't have guys spending top dollar on new stuff, then we don't get a crack at the older used stuff costing a fraction of new.
Andrew Shadow
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Well, if someone paid 120K for a banana, then the bike was cheap.
STFlips
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Guess we are in the rider category and not the collector categoryapparently we're all dirt poor.1969 Honda CB 750 in United Kingdom - For Sale | Car & Cl...
1969 Honda CB 750 in United Kingdom - For Sale | Car & Classic, £35,000 Make Honda Model CB750 CB 750 Sandcast Engine Size 750 ccm Mileag...
Upt'North.
v8-7
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Wow is right.. I had an early model 69 750.. I don't know if it was a sandcast casing or not though..
rwthomas1
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It's worth what people are willing to pay. They aren't making any more, and clean examples of, well, most anything will bring top dollar. It's always been this way.
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I would buy this one as an investment for my retirement. Oh, wait, I'm already retired. And if I owned it, it would be ridden.Or for a little more.......1969 Honda CB 750 in United Kingdom - For Sale | Car & Cl...
1969 Honda CB 750 in United Kingdom - For Sale | Car & Classic, £35,000 Make Honda Model CB750 CB 750 Sandcast Engine Size 750 ccm Mileag...
Oh come on chaps it's ONLY $50k.
The price of the GS would not be unheard of in the UK where folks are willing to pay top dollar for good bikes. Most are obviously bought for investment rather than a ride. I don't know where they're finding the money, apparently we're all dirt poor.
Upt'North.
