Kawasaki found, one to go.
Hard to find, but got me a 1992 ZX-7R, I have been looking for one with very few miles for years. Now I need a 1989 Yamaha owo1 zero miles and I will stop looking for any more. Our rv works out ni...
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Supercharged wrote:I store my prized Mercedes-Benz in a temperate, dark garage too, Supercharged. My Brother in Omaha, NE has a bought-new Mercedes-Benz in his possession that is similiarly stored and coddled on. No rain or winter driving either.fj12ryder wrote:I store mine in a dark room when I'm not showing them to some one. Light is not good for them. The one that are not ridding much will bring 3 or 4 times as much as one ran by some one who dosen't care for them much.
The only collector I can think of that I really admire is Jay Leno. He actually rides his bikes and drives his cars. Too many collectors just collect and don't ride. Seems a shame to have those fantastic bikes and not ride them. Too much like having Rembrandt's and DaVinci's works and storing them in a blacked-out vault so they are safe.
Bikes/cars are meant to be ridden/driven!!
But I could see owning a F4U Corsair and never flying it. LOL Somebody would have to, but not me!!
What some people may not realize is that everything Jay Leno buys gets 100% re-manufactured. Hardly a collector of original stuff. I don't see the point in throwing up to $100K or more at every acquisition worth only $25K +/-, but with a $25 Million dollar annual income, I understand that he doesn't care how much he spends for others to re-manufacture anything.
The ZERO miles bikes and cars are the cream of the crop, and naturally the most valuable. I know of a muscle car collector in SE Nebraska that specializes in ZERO miles acquisitions. He has quite an extensive collection in two buildings as I understand it.
