I don't think I'd buy any Bandit thinking it would one day be a classic bike.
The trouble is with 95% of Jap bikes is that its like saying you've bought a mint 1990 Toyota Starlett as an investment.
Cor !!!!!! wonder where i could get one of those.
Any of the fast Jap' two strokes.....we all know about 350LC/RD400 prices, but 'Powervalves' are now hitting five grand 'Better than money in the bank' is a well used phrase, but they ....etc....etc.....Plus RS 250 Aprilia, and possibly the little 7 speed Cagive Mito.
As said, VFR750...last model. Every 'biker' should own one at some time in their lives, it just does everything and never sounds stressed. (I know, needs stainless headers )
SP1 and SP2......Drop dead gorgeous HRC 'bikes. One day I WILL have a white SP2
1150 GSA..Last of the seriously good build quality BMWs (IMHO) Make sure it ain't got the servos, and jobs a good 'un.
First GSXR 750S....The slabby thing with that nasty exhaust shield.
Early 'Fireblades'....'Urban Tiger' painjob...
Sorry, but my imagination is starting to run away with me, so my 'No1 cheap today, classic tomorrow' is.......Round headlight Triumph Speed Triple.
As ever, WTF do I know?......
Not a kwak fan myself but ZRX1100 or the last of the ZRX12s
Not a kwak fan myself but ZRX1100 or the last of the ZRX12s
Was always a Honda man myself , RC30s and RC45s already too pricey but you can still get VF1000Rs at sensible money. NC30 ?
Cor !!!!!! wonder where i could get one of those.
many of the bikes mentioned on this thread fail the criteria of being cheap now (eg. most japanese two strokes).
"many of the bikes mentioned on this thread fail the criteria of being cheap now (eg. most japanese two strokes)."
Many of the bikes mentioned in this thread are as cheap as they will ever be . If a 10 grand bike now is worth 14 grand in five years .Congrats , you got yourself a cheap motorcycle . Not being able to afford 10 grand is different , the bikes still cheap , but i`m afraid you`re out of the game .
I'm kinda hoping my K1100RS will be a classic one day. Certainly prices seem to be holding up quite well at the moment. Trouble is they go on for ever so they're not exactly rare yet.
I'm not sure I want any of my bikes to achieve classic status as that may imply rare and expensive parts which I certainly don't want.