06-02-19, 11:51 PM
Yeah I remember buying a mint low mileage one year old CBR600F in, I think, 1995. I think I paid about 5k for it. Rode it for best part of two years, stuck 15k on it and sold it 4.6k The yen kept rising in value driving the prices up. That was when I tried to give up bikes. I was finished. No more of tht nonsense :\ Yeah I remember the prices going through the roof, can’t remember but I think the Japanese economy overheated, crashed and the yen tumbled. The dealers didn’t want to drop the prices cos the value of their used stock would be wiped out which would in turn wipe them out – so they kept the prices up and the grey importers moved in and wiped em out anyway.
I lasted a summer or two without a bike, then bought a 600 Fazer :lol
But yeah trying to persuade myself to get out there and test drive a couple of bikes – probably MT10 and CB1000R. Haven’t bought a bike since I bought the thou new in 2004. (cost 6k pre reg) If it wasn’t for you know what, both theses bikes would be retailing for list price about 10k, not 12k. But what can you do? Need some half decent weather.
I could be tempted by a used or ex-demo CB1000R neo. But I start laughing when I see the ticket prices dealers are putting on used MT10’s. So I suspect an MT10 would probably have to be new.
I lasted a summer or two without a bike, then bought a 600 Fazer :lol
But yeah trying to persuade myself to get out there and test drive a couple of bikes – probably MT10 and CB1000R. Haven’t bought a bike since I bought the thou new in 2004. (cost 6k pre reg) If it wasn’t for you know what, both theses bikes would be retailing for list price about 10k, not 12k. But what can you do? Need some half decent weather.
I could be tempted by a used or ex-demo CB1000R neo. But I start laughing when I see the ticket prices dealers are putting on used MT10’s. So I suspect an MT10 would probably have to be new.