Hey the Kawasaki has hard bags. There is one in a shop here. Grant Gall Calgary
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sail Kim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: December 19, 2002 12:32 PM Subject: Re: falling prices > I just ran NADA reports: > > YAMAHA > 1994 > > > Road/Street > Model: GTS1000AF/C GTS > Piston Displacement (CCs): 1,003 > Stroke: 4 > Cylinders: 4 > Speeds: 5 > Dry Weight: 553 > Low Retail: $4,860 > Average Retail: $6,390 > High Retail: $6,905 > > Sail > > >>> Phil Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/19 7:57 AM >>> > Well, everyone, while doing some MSF work in a dealership late yesterday, I > borrowed the NADA book and checked prices on our fair mounts. Yikes! What > happened while I was in the kitchen fixing a ham sandwich??? > > Last time I looked, I recall the retail value as being up around $7500-$8500, > depending on which year, etc. The current official value? NADA (best source, > by the way) says $4000 wholesale, and about $5600 retail. > > I guess we should be careful what we wish for. The whole time I've been on > this list, everyone has bemoaned the lack of alternatives in the sport-touring > market, and now we have them. Honda finally figured out to put factory luggage > (optional) on the VFR, and reworked the ST to boot. Kawasaki figured out that > some of us would like a 1200cc "sporty" bike but not necessarily a "sport" bike > (now they just need to figure out the concept of factory luggage). Yamaha > pissed and moaned all the way to the dealership sales counter that no one > wanted the FJR, only to find themselves doing a Harley imitation and selling > bikes for hard money when those bikes don't really exist. > > And with alternatives on the market?? No one still wants our GTSs. Sigh. > > This bike has held its value so well for most of a decade, I see no other > explanation. > > Phil (who used to worry about the plummeting value of his retirement portfolio)
