Well maybe its a fix
Well maybe its a fix
THERE WAS A BARE 1910 CYLINDER THAT WENT FOR $6,600 NOT TOO LONG AGO.
SO $30K FOR A WHOLE MOTOR SEEMS LIKE A DEAL!!!
When 30k for a motor is a good deal,especially when you know nothing about it.................... I give!!!
I'm with you Inline!!!
Didn't a 1908 complete bike sell for $320,000 in 2003? Makes the '09 motor seem almost reasonable. We may find it has gone to an AMCA member who knew what he was buying. Not that our hobby is about the money of course..
WHEN I SAID IT WAS A DEAL, IT WAS A TOTAL SARCASTIC REMARK. TO ME, THESE ANTIQUE MOTORCYCLES ARE JUST A HOBBY. NOTHING MORE. MAYBE THAT'S WHY IT TAKES ME SO LONG TO FINISH MY PROJECTS.Originally posted by Earl
THERE WAS A BARE 1910 CYLINDER THAT WENT FOR $6,600 NOT TOO LONG AGO.
SO $30K FOR A WHOLE MOTOR SEEMS LIKE A DEAL!!!
FOR THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A HOBBY PROJECT, YOU NEED TIME, A PLACE, AND MONEY. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN MISSING ONE OF THOSE KEY INGREDIENTS.
AT THE END OF MY LIFE, I BELIEVE I'LL BE JUDGED AT HOW WELL I LIVED MY LIFE, NOT AT HOW MUCH I SPENT ON MY HOBBIES.
I strongly feel a person shouldn't be openly derided like this and although I wouldn't pay anything like that sort of money for this motor someone thought it was worth that sort of money to him.
Good luck to him, it was purchased fair and square on the open market, for a price that at least two people, thought it was worth.
Give the man a break
Tommo
I agree a buyer shouldn't be ridiculed because they bought a motor/bike/piece at a certain price. The price is determined by the market (supply and demand), its been reported in the vintage/classic/antique motorcycling press in the last couple of years that the early original parts are are becoming very scarce on the ground, therefore if the supply of parts/bikes is low and the demand is high the market prices will reflect this.
Other considerations should be borne in mind, such as early American parts aren't as abundant in other parts of the world as in the US, and for someone like me living in the UK, I'll willingly pay a premium price on ebay instead of having to to buy a plane ticket to the US to search fruitlessly at one of the well known swapmeets (we call them autojumbles here in the UK) for wanted parts.
Instead of deriding the buyers, perhaps they should be applauded, after all how many of us are willing to pay this sort of money to preserve (and hopefully display/ride) the very early machines in public ?
Point taken fellas. It's just hard for some of us to adjust to our hobby not being for the average "joe" anymore. I for instance have a real passion for the real early american iron. But with prices like these it leaves the passion at just a dream........ But I guess circumstances change and the world keeps turning whether some of us like it or not............ I do hope that engine ends up in a complete running machine for others to enjoy!!!
Steve,
If you wish you can justify it any way you like,Im sorry i cannt and wont!
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