How much would you pay?

[Rossvickicampbell]

TMB - if you were referring to what I was saying - be realistic though.  If you say money is no object then you can spend what ever you want - it's just an arse pluck number.  However even if you had "sufficient" money how much would you spend.  I agree - if you can afford it then do it - but don't play with monopoly money - what would you like to pay for x bike???  Sorry - maybe not clear??

[Marc.com]

Thorpes cr 500 was sold to a guy for 25 000 pounds

well couldn't afford the whole bike ( though I should of I think in hind sight, so i just got a little taste)... paint was rubbed off by the knees of someone famous

[TM BILL]

TMB - if you were referring to what I was saying - be realistic though.  If you say money is no object then you can spend what ever you want - it's just an arse pluck number.  However even if you had "sufficient" money how much would you spend.  I agree - if you can afford it then do it - but don't play with monopoly money - what would you like to pay for x bike???  Sorry - maybe not clear??

No Rossco it wasn't directed at your post thats just where it fell in the scheme of things   was a general observation , ole mates original posting did say unlimited funds and bottomless pockets .In the real world  if i want somthing bad enough i will spend what i have and what i can borrow to get it . Cant put a figure on that as circumstances change all the time and im only a broken arse Towie  . I passed up an RH 250 some years ago for 20K then proceeded over the next 6 months to spend 20K + on a number of other bikes that are really neither here nor there to me   I give myself an uppercut every morning for letting that RH go  

[Marc.com]

I passed up an RH 250 some years ago for 20K then proceeded over the next 6 months to spend 20K + on a number of other bikes that are really neither here nor ther to me   I give myself an uppercut every morning for letting that RH go  

Yeah i could have bought pretty much a whole RN500 when I bought the tank, so you are not alone Bill, instead I blew that cash on a Rickman, Cheney, collectable Ducati F1, hmmmm maybe my decision wasn't so bad.

Back to pricing works bikes, Marc's Blue Book of VMX values says somewhere about 20K AUD is the top of the private market at the moment, unless you have Thorpes CR, Cyclone Board Tracker and someone rich or who owns a Museum has to have it. VMX is not quite like the road racer collectors who tend to have a somewhat massive massive budget or own a legal practice.

[Marc.com]

this pair would buy you Thorpes bike 5 times over

[TM BILL]

Nice but i would have a hell of a time wrestling those round Roberts farm 

[Davey Crocket]

You just need to toughen up Bill.....they did it back in the day.

[huskibul]

  I reckon' they'd look grouse ,with big set of Knarly Knobbies fully crossed up in unison over "the dropoff"

[jimg1au]

there is no way i would part with a manx or 7r or g50 for any dirt bike at all.nice pics marcfx
jim

[Marc.com]

Nice but i would have a hell of a time wrestling those round Roberts farm 

I don't know Bill once we get the knobbies on i think you should have a go

[TM BILL]

 

[Trent Farlow]

Very interesting thread - with most works bikes you would not be buying them as you would a normal bike to ride around the paddock, you would be buying them to appreciate the hand built one off engineering features that they have, and the race history and heritage that comes with them.  Did anyone have a good look at that 1981 Kawasaki SR250 on display at Classic Dirt last year - it was a work of art, from its one off weird shape fibreglass tank, sandcast engine and machined hubs, gold anodised billet everything,  and super trick shock - I could only find about four insignificant items from my 1981 KX250 that would have fitted on it. Therefor it is like art, why do people pay ridiculous money for art, or classic cars. Therefore works bikes have no price, they are literally priceless -  they are worth what anyone wants to pay. I agree that compared to road race works bikes - MX works bikes at 20k to 30k are cheap and will continue to go up over time.  Life is not a rehearsal - if you want it and have the once in a lifetime chance to buy it and enjoy it - and can afford it - grab it.

[Marc.com]

Hear what you are saying about SR250s here is SR from Japan VMX scene in all its sand cast one off titanium glory ... it comes in the worth whatever someone is prepared to pay category

[huskibul]

    Hey marc got any pic's of the red devil in the background ?