I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I’m no expert but I agree with some of the earlier comments about the values of the production bikes going up in a significant way. As I watched the action, I noticed it was not typical auction with two or three bidders with egos duking it out. There were many bidders in rapid fire progression from $70,000 right up to its selling price. There was a huge interest in this bike. But there are only two or three pre production examples out there. The next best thing is the first production VIN in existence to the last sandcast built, pretty much but not necessarily in that order. They are great bikes to own and they aren’t making any more of them. So far there hasn’t been a lot of public hype about the record sale price but as the news oozes out the interest in the production bikes should go up. I have seen at places like Barrett Jackson when a highly collectible car like a highly optioned camaro goes for a stunning price, it always seems to bring up the prices of the more run of the mill camaros. It’s kind of an apples and oranges analogy but it seems when people can’t get the best, they will usually pony up a little more for what they can get, in this case, any sandcast bike that becomes available. But who knows, that’s just my opinion. Sorry for being a little wordy.
Gregg
