Post by Phil on Jul 4, 2016 22:20:24 GMT
Is it just me or has anybody else noticed that prices are finally on the up?
I say this because after almost finishing my restoration for the second time I've noticed the cost of spares old and new are well up on a few years ago.
it seems that they can ask crazy money for rusty crap on EBay let alone decent parts.
Also as the NOS gets rarer it seems it's becoming a sellers market.
The best money to be made these days has to be in breaking the bikes for spares (sad as it may be).
when I first started restoring my bike I wouldn't imagine I could have sold it for much more than about five or six hundred pounds but I'm sure it's more than that now.
Actually that's a good point, I wonder how much mine would be worth now?
In money terms I suppose I've got about a thousand pounds in it but if I'd had to pay someone to do the work the man hours would be off the chart.
I say this because after almost finishing my restoration for the second time I've noticed the cost of spares old and new are well up on a few years ago.
it seems that they can ask crazy money for rusty crap on EBay let alone decent parts.
Also as the NOS gets rarer it seems it's becoming a sellers market.
The best money to be made these days has to be in breaking the bikes for spares (sad as it may be).
when I first started restoring my bike I wouldn't imagine I could have sold it for much more than about five or six hundred pounds but I'm sure it's more than that now.
Actually that's a good point, I wonder how much mine would be worth now?
In money terms I suppose I've got about a thousand pounds in it but if I'd had to pay someone to do the work the man hours would be off the chart.
