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The Mecum auction results are worth checking out. After the first two days, I’m surprised at how little some bikes are going for. Commandos are doing pretty well with a very nice early long range fastback going for $14,300.00 US. Older Harley’s are doing very well. I would love to be able to watch live on YouTube but who has time for that.
 
Big money for Enduro and monkey bikes.
Early 80s & 90s Japanese bikes going cheap, late 60's Japanese bikes on the high end. Early 70s Japanese increasing.
British and Italian pretty normal Id say.
Vincent and Velocette up high.
Harley's get big money, couple of nice original XLH/C's
very handsome 75' 850 went for 7.5k

Overall nothing out of the ordinary I thought.
 

Not riding your bike to keep the miles down for resale value, is like not fucking your girlfriend to keep it fresh for the next guy.​

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I wish there was a bot that would crawl sites like eBay, Bring A Trailer or Mecum's that would give an accurate auction value of bikes sold.
 
Big_Jim59 said:
I wish there was a bot that would crawl sites like eBay, Bring A Trailer or Mecum's that would give an accurate auction value of bikes sold.
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Auction winning bid is NOT the realistic value of the bike sold, it is just a winning bid at that moment in time, with whichever bidders may or may not have been legit.
 
grandpaul said:
Auction winning bid is NOT the realistic value of the bike sold, it is just a winning bid at that moment in time, with whichever bidders may or may not have been legit.
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True but it represents a real value. Once upon a time, I was involved with a classic bike auction that my old riding buddy Jerry was putting on. Values were reflective of the individuals bidding and the sellers willing to deal. For the most part, the value was very much representative of what a give customer was willing to pay. Usually sellers wanted more and bidders always felt like they over payed. The biggest problem at the time were the Vincent owners that listed their bikes with huge reserves and had friends bid up the value. What I observed was there are some blue chip bikes like older Triumphs, older Harleys, Harleys with race pedigree, Indians Fours and Indian Chiefs. Everything else was a toss up. I sold my Ducati 860GT, no reserve, for $1850. The buyer was shocked that he got it so cheap. I wasn't too shocked. It was an ugly bike that no one wanted when it was new. I did my best to make it look like something but it's hard to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
 
Yes, Craziness all around. The irony I kind of understand that more than the H2 because I probably couldn't afford that watch when it was new, but I could a new H2. I chose a new Commando..
I actually tested a used 72-H2 in 79, price....$750.00....
Whatever........
 
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