Time after time, the market has shown that no matter how much you've spent on parts to bring an old snotter up to scratch, you'll never get anywhere near your money back - invariably it only fetches what a decent example would and nothing more. Apart from the ludicrous price, that exhaust would put anyone off.
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Dave
'79 GS850GN '80 GS850GT
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What if he has the receipts, Master Po, to prove he's spent all that money on the bike? Couldn't he then get his money back? Wouldn't that be fair?
1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red
2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.Comment
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By that reckoning, if I kept all my petrol receipts I should be looking for many thousands for my old heap(s). All those parts he bought were consumables in their own way.
I'd happily pay him two hundred for it.Dave
'79 GS850GN '80 GS850GT
Only a dog knows why a motorcyclist sticks his head out of a car windowComment
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Heck my 750 would be worth about $6000...my 83 1100 the same and my 81 1100 about $4000
YOU CAN"T EXPECT TO GET YOUR MONEY BACK FROM WHAT YOU SPENT ON PARTS!!! LOl...No signature :(Comment
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I always use the 10% rule. If you spend any money on a vehicle, expect to get max 10% back when it sells.
Example: Buy a bike, for what it is worth. Let's use $1000. Put another grand into it in aftermarket and repairs. Value of bike is still $1000, receipts for $1000, expect $1100. If you get more, good. Don't expect it though.Comment
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On the flip side, before I rebuild or invest in a bike I ask myself (and usually get an answer) "Am I doing it to ride the bike, or to sell it for hopefully a profit?"
Bike values in Australia are vastly different than the Americas, mainly because of the smaller quantity that were delivered here, the drier climate helping to preserve the bikes, and a mentality of most Australians to keep the bike running properly and not having the "throw away" attitude where the local market is swamped with a choice.
To spend a $1000 on a bike I know I'm going to keep for say, five years is in my mind a wise investment, but again it goes back to the original choice, ride or sell.
Just today I was told the wiring harness on the GS850 has so many hidden nicks and cuts, that a new harness is needed. The local Suzuki dealer came to the party with a new one for $330 minus my 15% discount, coming from Japan.
To me, this just justified keeping the bike longer if you follow my thinking.
Having a 1980's bike in nearly new condition which is reasonably rare here in Perth, (I like a machine that's different and one that every boy racer doesn't have) might be an ego thing, but heh, it's I'm semi retired now and biking keeps me sane.Comment
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Cool, I was just in Perth for a couple of weeks...where my in-laws live.Comment
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"The exhaust pipe alone is worth 3 or 400"
Before he opened the box it came in.1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red
2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.Comment
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