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munners:
Be nice for you to come over Arnaud at MK this year. ;) you would love it and it would be nice to have a drink with you.

As for the chrome 83 top tubed bike.........i am keeping that forever im afraid. I have grown to love that bike. ;)

BUT by some freak of nature....its yours at the right price. :D

series.1.rs.turbo:
Im into RS Fords, its exactly the same with them. Bgay has driven prices through the roof.


Hard to get bits now make a fourtune, for instance a brand new header tank for a S1 RS Turbo is going for £400/£500 on there at present. £26 when new from Fords. Same sort of money for a used uncracked dashboard & this is one thing that nearly all S1 one have wrong with them, & the list goes on & on. Is getting to the point that unless you are loaded it very very hard to get one to a resonable standard, & when you do you are scarde to use it incase some idiot drives into you, pinches it when you park it, or it brakes.

Its getting this way with the bikes, & I supose its the same with anything old, as time passes supplies get thinner & prices rise.

Its nice to pass the parts on to someone who needs the bits at a reasonable price, but the temptation of Bgay is to strong for some. Anyone got any Hutch Beartraps ????  ;) ;D

dialledbikes:
I wonder when the eras of desirability/collectability will change?

I suspect the most avid old school collectors are currently in their late-30s to mid-40s and it's mostly 80's bikes that are collected.  I doubt it many under 30s are interested in stuff we first generation BMX'ers are/were interested in.

But at some point I suspect the focus will shift from 80s stuff (cos the generation behind us won't be interested in stuff we rode, but in stuff they rode) to 90's /00 stuff, as that generation seek to recreate their past.

munners:

--- Quote from: mike@dialledbikes on January 22, 2008, 11:34 AM ---I wonder when the eras of desirability/collectability will change?

I suspect the most avid old school collectors are currently in their late-30s to mid-40s and it's mostly 80's bikes that are collected.  I doubt it many under 30s are interested in stuff we first generation BMX'ers are/were interested in.

But at some point I suspect the focus will shift from 80s stuff (cos the generation behind us won't be interested in stuff we rode, but in stuff they rode) to 90's /00 stuff, as that generation seek to recreate their past.

--- End quote ---

Maybe, but i believe that our era was the start of bmx when it hit the big time. I know it was around in the 70's but it really took off in the 80's. Everything is retro at the moment down to clothes design, house decor and other products. It could be a FAD and people like me who got into collecting realtively late may get our hands burnt if the prices start to fall. I cant see it though as the hard core enthuisiast would always want that sought after item!

In my opinion though we are all doomed if companies like dia Compe or Shimano re-issue parts and sell them at reasonable prices! :LolLolLolLol:

dialledbikes:
It's already happening with the re-issued SE Racing stuff, etc.  Not saying the re-issued stuff is more desirable (far from it).  But it does take the gloss of owning the original/real thing.

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