I'm very proud of any Englishman winning motorbike world titles whoever they're and especially on different brands. For me i don't remember much about that year as i only saw the odd race from time to time, but i do agree with you and others on here that's a ridiculous price tag.
Absolutely, it's just not colin edwards honda (like phil said) though is it or one of foggys bikes (or tb21). I genuinely dont know what they would go for as a comparison but 150k plus ???
Just like to add I hope this isn’t the case. As much as we like to “pass comment” on his comms and big white shiny teeth I wouldn’t want this to be the case. Hopefully just trading it in for a new piano, or something.
Nothing too intricate, just wondered what race bikes you’d sold tbh or are we just talking kitted out track bikes?
Proper race bikes mate, though some have beloged to friends that I've help sell for them. John mcguinnes sp1 Ruben xuas 748 Toesland cbr 600 Phil Reid tz 250 To name a few
If it goes for the bottom end of that estimate that's still £100 grand over toselands so i'm think they're both priced about right in the end, whether you can ride them or not.
With the current way of things, the longer it sits there the less it will be worth I think. “Investors” buy stuff that will grow in value and have now moved on to something else to boost their net worth. “Collectors” tend to act like investors when the value of their collection is high enough, and shed certain bikes they can bear to lose as they can’t stand to see the value of their collections fall through depreciation. Current buyers, unless they are just looking to move wealth out of the bank or have not realised what is happening to values, either has to have a real link to that particular bike, or realise it’s likely to be a 10 year plus cycle before it’s again worth what they paid.
I was going to ask why Toseland didnt stick it in an auction like the owner of Loris Capirossi's has, but i think i already know the answer to that.
