IMHO - It doesn't go as far. But remember that we pay for all sorts of things our parents either received for free (radio & TV) or didn't even exist (www).Originally posted by jmics19067
I guess what bugs me most is that even though I make more money now than I did it just doesn't seem to go as far. The price of progress?
Originally posted by Tony Eeds
I don't have cable, I don't have a working TV
Ok, thanks for the information. There had to be some reason.I remember the situation VIVIDLY! The claim for the radical price increase was a re-evaluation of the Japanese currency (yen? or is that Chinese??). Anyway, they basically said that the value of the dollar was worth less and or Japanese currency was worth more than the dollar however the price of bikes had never been adjusted accordingly.
Probably because you never purchased a new bike in the 80's? So we essentially got a lot of "trick" parts that in reality only add a small increase of "trickery" to the "trick" parts that were already available on bikes in 1986 or 1987: water cooling, disc brakes, variable exhaust ports, aluminum frames, totally adjustable suspension, CDI ignitions, reliable motors, etc. etc. As I said, a 15% better bike for 150% more cost. lol!Lets see,water cooling,disc brakes,variable exhaust ports,aluminum frames,totally adjustable suspension,trick ignitions,totally reliable motors, a total package that you could take to the starting line of a national.Semi race haulers,RC salary,We wanted trick bikes, the Japs gave it to us.6000.oo sounds like a bargain to me.
What got me thinking about this was that I recently saw a USED 1987 CR80R selling for the same price as the MSRP was brand new on that bike. I thought, Holy Hell, I should have held-on to all of my motorcycles! ;)I still remember a cycle mag ad from late 1975 when Honda was trying to move the unsold '75 CR125's (the silver ones with red trim). The sale price that sticks in my mind is $450.00.................brand new! You could probably get 4 or 5 times that for a nice used '75 Elsinore now.
The radical change in price occurred in one single year. The 1988 bikes were MUCH cheaper than the 1989 models and not a whole lot happened between 88 and 89 in the field of MX technology. Honda flipped the forks but that was about it.Originally posted by Pantera
Lets see,water cooling,disc brakes,variable exhaust ports,aluminum frames,totally adjustable suspension,trick ignitions,totally reliable motors, a total package that you could take to the starting line of a national.Semi race haulers,RC salary,We wanted trick bikes, the Japs gave it to us.6000.oo sounds like a bargain to me.You cant buy a chevy mini pick up for under 20 grand either
Originally posted by MikeT
The radical change in price occurred in one single year. The 1988 bikes were MUCH cheaper than the 1989 models and not a whole lot happened between 88 and 89 in the field of MX technology. Honda flipped the forks but that was about it.
Originally posted by IrishEKU
.... I was in HS at the time and the cost of everything rose exponentially with the fluxuations of the market.
Originally posted by tcsenter
In 1986, the MSRP of a Honda CR125R was $1998.00,
Of course I understand inflation. But even adjusting for inflation, a 125cc shouldn't cost $5,000. Wow!
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