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neilg:
Wasn't me who brought age into it

royhall:

--- Quote from: neilg on July 24, 2017, 05:21:36 PM ---Wasn't me who brought age into it

--- End quote ---
Nor me.

royhall:
The point is a simple one..... You will not find a bigger bunch of Honda fans than on this forum, but unless a member has owned a "Sandcast" for some time the vast majority will never own one as speculators (and thats all they are) have driven the prices through the roof. And due to that it is no longer a bike it is just "property" that is now denied to all the true fans...... This is nothing to do with the average owners getting old and wanting to hold on to treasured bikes that they have loved for years, I will be just the same. My widow will be able to sell them for the money....... In a nutshell these things are speculated just for money the same way art is sold. And true it's their property to do what they want with, but good luck selling your non running £50k bike.....Shows how genuine they are when it wont run correctly and they put the video in the advert. You couldn't make it up.

neilg:
Yes I agree it was perhaps the poor choice of words used that generalised and alienated a large section of people and on reflection I apologise for my reaction.
But back on the subject, I believe that we will soon see the bottom fall out of the classic bike market. The market place for these is at the top end of the age range as we don't seem to get the interest in classic bikes, or even bikes in general from many younger people. Hence we find fewer people are owning more bikes and because of this each bike is doing less miles. We are in the last of the golden years for petrol heads as pretty soon the self driving electric powered plastic bubble will become the form of transport. Just to back this up the French are proposing the end of petrol and diesel driven cars by 2040 and that's not far off. No doubt others will follow and we'll be back to buying petrol from a chemist soon. (Wonder if my prescription pre payment certificate will work for that).

Nurse Julie:
We have covered the subject of the demise of the Classic Bike market previously, excellent points of views from many members. Makes interesting reading.
http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,11791.0.html

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