I have given up looking but?

[DGS65]

Can someone please explain why I can buy a used IS in good shade for as little as $3500  and yet if I want to buy a truck alone in average shape I'm looking at $1000 plus?.
I recently gave up and had my saddlebags painted I had been waiting to have it done with whatever trunk I can find but it just didn't make sense so I moved on,

[mark81]

Nobody wants old bikes that aren't quite historic collector age yet so the price is dropping dramatically as thes bikes are hitting 20+ years. Parts are not being made but the ones that already have the bikes need and want them. Supply and demand. Simple economics

[DGS65]

I thought about just buying an IS and keeping mine as a parts bike but I don't have the money or room at this time and my wife would kill me!

[DGS65]

I understand the parts are always more then the whole but this seems disporsionat!

[Big Rig]

It is what the market will bare....if someone asks a $1000 for a trunk and gets it...well there ya go...shop around, you can find them cheaper but not by much.

Trunks are nice, but I take mine off for 90% of my riding....

Good luck

[MarkT]

True that, on the parts vs. whole bike pricing.  I bought a 98 tourer with low miles 16k at a good price just for it's parts. (And to help the daughter of the dead guy) It's parked in the tool shed.  Trouble is, these bikes rarely break and I haven't needed any parts off it yet and I've had it 3 years.  As for needing the space of a trunk - well I have a Wing but I prefer Jade, more comfy, has cruise, belly tank, great audio, rigged for trailers.  So I just pull a Tagalong and have all the space I need.  Plus I can remove it in a minute sans tools at Inzane for local rides there for more performance.

[hubcapsc]

Check the classifieds in case it turns out you can strike a deal with Trout Dude...

-Mike "he's a good dude..."

[DGS65]

I have spoken to anyone I have come across selling a truck.  I cut a deal with someone a while back he was going to send me both the saddlebags and the trunk but then he cut a deal to sell everything he had to someone else who wanted a lot more money from me.  I have since decided to give up and just repaint the faded original bags I have.  Now if I come across a deal I will have to change the hinges as well.

[DGS65]

I have spoken to anyone I have come across selling a truck.  I cut a deal with someone a while back he was going to send me both the saddlebags and the trunk but then he cut a deal to sell everything he had to someone else who wanted a lot more money from me.  I have since decided to give up and just repaint the faded original bags I have.  Now if I come across a deal I will have to change the hinges as well.

[mark81]

I paid $450 shipped for my trunk with fender rails. It was a little faded and abused but so is my bike and I already knew I was gonna have to paint whatever I got. No bumblebee interstates selling trunks out there. (Still not painted)  I did also trade factory studded driver and passenger seat, fender rails, sissy bar, and luggage rack. Initially we agreed on $600 and negotiated parts trades from there. Deals are out there if you look long enough

[DGS65]

I would have been happy to pay $450 for a trunk with rails!!
I new I was going to paint my bags and planed to paint the trunk at the same time.  Every one I spoke to made it seem like they were doing me a favor selling it to me for a thousand plus shipping which still seems ridiculous to me!
At this point the season is about to start and all I plan to do is give the bike a good cleaning and inspection and start riding possible tomorrow it the weather permits.

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

I gave $1,300 for mine way back in 1999 then had to pay to get it painted to match.

[hubcapsc]

It's like that's your sentimental favorite Valkyrie or something and you're saving it for...? It seems like
you're always on one of the others at a ride...



There's been a lot going on over here at my house the last few weeks, the closest thing to
a ride I've had is when I ran the black bike around the circle to dry it off after washing it...



-Mike

[DGS65]

I gave $1,300 for mine way back in 1999 then had to pay to get it painted to match.

It looks great!  Back when you paid that much the bike as a whole were worth more then they are today.
Again that a good looking bike enjoy!
I'm hoping to do a little cleaning in the morning and maybe take a ride in the afternoon.  It was too cold today to work on it so I drove the Vette and went to the range to shoot a few guns I don't use much.