I can personally vouch for that. I got frustrated with the 916 prices that people were getting for them in auction and actually bought one from the UK at the end of last year. By the time I paid import duties, taxes, and for all the stuff I've done to it since I got it, I ended up paying about what I said above. I would have much rather had this guy's 1994 Strada.
I originally decided to sell her as I was having to do major house refurbishment and rather than use some of my hard earned savings I thought I’d sell one of my early 916 bikes and as she was a really well sorted very nice bike I thought she would sell without to much hassle. I even dropped the price to what I thought would make it more affordable as I know the market was well down. I’ve had a few guys interested but no buyers. I’ve not been actively pushing the sale partly because she’s such a nice bike to look at and ride.so she’s still with me and who knows I might sell or I might keep her.
