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[YamFazFan]

Gotta say that if you are looking at buying a bike as an investment, well I wouldn't bother with the FZS600.  Simply too many of them about.  Also great bike that it is, is it really a bike that people will drool over in years to come?

Who knew, 25 years ago, that  restored FS1E's would be selling for £5000 and Z1's for £20,000 nowadays?.

Rough, early, pedal equipped Fizzy's were offered for around £200 then. Now they are like The Holy Grail.

If we had known what was to happen we would have all been buying them up for the next to nothing and stashing them away.

It's very difficult to predict which bikes will be regarded as desirable/collectable  in years to come.

[YamFazFan]

Who knew, 25 years ago, that  restored FS1E's would be selling for £5000

Here's one for a shade under £8,000 :eek (good luck with that). Cost around £160 new in 1973.


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-FS1E-SS...Sw42JZDFjE

[VNA]

It's very difficult to predict which bikes will be regarded as desirable/collectable  in years to come.

True.

But I put money on 1992/3 CBR900
1999 - 2001 R1

Already firming up.  Hard to find original ones, which is what you want, but they are out there and will eventually change hands for silly money in years to come. 

VTR1000SP2 is rising rapidly in price, you already have to have a fat wallet to bag one.  SP1's are firming up too.

One thing about bikes as you move on from the 70's is the increasing amounts of plastic. It's easily marked and damaged and difficult to repair.

[Millietant]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LOWEST-MILES-Y...Swjk9ZT~SM

It looks from the photo's like there's damage on the left side - engine casing and petrol tank (garage scuffing?).


Overall, it doesn't look like it's worth that money though to me.

[Millietant]

rather buy this one....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YAMAHA-FZS600-...Sw1WJZMYJf

Those TCP fairing lowers look great on the 600. We have them on Liz's Fazer 1000....must track down a set for the 600    !!