For at least 15 years, from the mid to late 70`s (remember the `76 KZ900 LTD)? and on the big 4 from Japan sold boat loads of cruisers. Their lineups were loaded with `em. Now owners are finally getting around to selling them, probably years after moving on to something else. Cruisers never really encouraged a hooligan riding style and most had an easy life. I`d figure there`s lots out there with lots of life left in them for cheap if that`s your thing. The only one I ever rode was a Suzuki GS1000 Low Slinger,.. not for me thanks. And thankfully I haven`t seen a Suzuki Madura in decades,...look it up kids...and bring your eye bleach.
Madura? That’s one of the few cruisers I’d actually like to have. It’s eclectic, and will still embarrass every production 2026 Harley despite being 45years old.
Im tempted try a cruiser despite my inner voice saying....
I'm currently in BC and although the FJR is a nice machine to ride these mountains... The folks I see on their big V-twins look soooo comfortable....
Madura? That’s one of the few cruisers I’d actually like to have. It’s eclectic, and will still embarrass every production 2026 Harley despite being 45years old.
"Eclectic" is the nicest word I've ever heard to describe the looks of the Madura.
In all the years of slagging, I've never heard about how it performs.
I always thought the original V-Max was cool looking, and the HD VROD Muscle in the same way but both are entirely impractical for my riding preferences and requirements.
There where a lot of Boomers having a "Mid Life Crisis" and went out and bought a cruiser!
Now those same people are having an "End of Life Crisis"!
I knew I was having a "Mid Life Crisis" when I walked past the ticket sales at a car show on a Jag and a Corvette.
Bought tickets on a 34 ft motor home instead.
Just like anything, there are tends and fads. Everyone wants adv style machines and the dream of travelling the world. Dressing up as a pirate and bar hopping has aged out like a Diamond Dave concert.
Widows clearing out the garage their husband’s machine they left behind and many are well cared for and barely ridden. And they are probably selling them for the money their former spouse told them they bought it for or less.
Just like anything, there are tends and fads. Everyone wants adv style machines and the dream of travelling the world. Dressing up as a pirate and bar hopping has aged out like a Diamond Dave concert.
Widows clearing out the garage their husband’s machine they left behind and many are well cared for and barely ridden. And they are probably selling them for the money their former spouse told them they bought it for or less.
Dave should pack it in, same with Vince Neil. A few years ago I watched a widow just down the court I view from my deck, sell off the 4 classic cars her late husband had at the house. One by one they were driven away or left on a flatbed or on the hook. And she told me he had 2 more in storage. I don`t think she got what they could have been worth. Farther down the court there is currently a family cleaning out their mom`s house, she has serious dementia and had been lost wandering around the neighborhood many times lately...and the cops and paramedics show up. She has been shipped off to the cracker farm and the kids will have to deal with her 2 vehicles. People with lots of motorcycles and or cars should have a plan in place, for everything else too.
If you want to drool a bit. Mostly cars with a few bikes (no cruisers though). Obviously, for most people, the plan isn't to liquidate and pocket mid eight figures.
If you want to drool a bit. Mostly cars with a few bikes (no cruisers though). Obviously, for most people, the plan isn't to liquidate and pocket mid eight figures.
I've been watching some Mecum auctions lately and not the upper crust stuff. Some cars are going for the cost of the paint job, maybe less.
The combination of aging out boomers, the post Covid re-think, housing and job security issues, DJT antics etc has made vehicles once thought of as collectibles into just another used car.
I've been watching some Mecum auctions lately and not the upper crust stuff. Some cars are going for the cost of the paint job, maybe less.
The combination of aging out boomers, the post Covid re-think, housing and job security issues, DJT antics etc has made vehicles once thought of as collectibles into just another used car.
Classic muscle car market is trending down fast and will never return to the highs of yesterday. Unless extremely rare. Many large collections are being liquidated with sellers complaining selling at huge discounts compared to what they paid 5 - 10 years ago.
Next generation would sooner own an early 80's 300zx or worse a 77' Trans am than a 69' Chevelle SS.
Classic muscle car market is trending down fast and will never return to the highs of yesterday. Unless extremely rare. Many large collections are being liquidated with sellers complaining selling at huge discounts compared to what they paid 5 - 10 years ago.
Next generation would sooner own an early 80's 300zx or worse a 77' Trans am than a 69' Chevelle SS.
It's hard when it's not a car you lusted after in your youth. I think the Mann collection will be somewhat of an exception as they are just classically beautiful, can never be reproduced (crash standards, etc make cars ugly) and their buyer pool has infinite money. While an old muscle car is cool, almost every modern EV kicks it's ass in every performance metric and there are many ice cars available that sound just as good and kick their ass in performance. On the interesting flipside, if they stop being so expensive, we are more likely to see people using them as daily drivers in the summer. It's hard when it is hundreds of thousands of dollars but if it drops to 50K, why not?
Classic muscle car market is trending down fast and will never return to the highs of yesterday. Unless extremely rare. Many large collections are being liquidated with sellers complaining selling at huge discounts compared to what they paid 5 - 10 years ago.
Next generation would sooner own an early 80's 300zx or worse a 77' Trans am than a 69' Chevelle SS.
Current generation would sooner look at them on a phone. If they even want to drive. Just had the "Classics on Kent" and "Brits in the Park" here last weekend, over 200 cars. Mostly geezers and white hairs.
How many people less than 40 can drive standard? Or have ever ridden in a standard vehicle? I know lots of the muscle cars are auto but as a toy car, I don't like that option.
How many people less than 40 can drive standard? Or have ever ridden in a standard vehicle? I know lots of the muscle cars are auto but as a toy car, I don't like that option.
If you can get a standard and that works for you, keep on your path. Sadly, if you want a newish vehicle there are very few choices to row your own. My current car is my first auto as it is convenient being able to swap vehicles with my wife and she hates standard. Thankfully, the bike market is still overwhelmingly standard. That may change over the next decade or two.
I was 10 years old in 75. Not much to lust after mid 70's to mid 80's and we knew it then. They were all so bad. We lusted for late 60's till about 72.
But I guess those are still in my youth.
Current generation would sooner look at them on a phone. If they even want to drive. Just had the "Classics on Kent" and "Brits in the Park" here last weekend, over 200 cars. Mostly geezers and white hairs.
"Current generation would sooner can only afford to look at them on a phone."
The smart, driven, dedicated, hard-working, entrepreneurial and fortunate ones are too busy paying down their half-million dollar mortgages to buy an expensive toy. The others can't afford it either.
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