05-28-2010, 10:24 AM
Oh, you meant BMW pushing prices higher. Yeah, that I agree with.
I think the sharp increase is due to all the technology that goes on these bikes now. There is so much crap, like ABS, DST, brakes, etc, etc, etc, that just weren't a part of mainstream sportbikes 10 years ago. Someone's gotta pay for all that R&D
I'm just salty that a 10 y/o Ducati is still 2x what I paid for my SV 5.5 years ago.
I think the sharp increase is due to all the technology that goes on these bikes now. There is so much crap, like ABS, DST, brakes, etc, etc, etc, that just weren't a part of mainstream sportbikes 10 years ago. Someone's gotta pay for all that R&D
I'm just salty that a 10 y/o Ducati is still 2x what I paid for my SV 5.5 years ago.
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth