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lots of money ? no brains ? ........step right this way

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 4:31 am
by Mc tool

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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:50 am
by Bluey
oh lordy me... that's almost what they cost new in the 1980's. To be fair it's clean and tidy so they must be hoping that someone sees it and fall in love rather than someone that is looking for one...

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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 3:33 am
by Mc tool
Yeah , seems to be hanging it all on the "limited" thing , probly doesn't realise that a lot of dukes ,inc Paso's had low production numbers for different colours and markets . I think that my Paso has only a few hundred brothers for its year , colour scheme and country supplied to. I hope no one buys it till he gets realistic about value :)

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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 6:24 am
by Bluey
Though it would be nice if once we all bought Paso's they became a sought after forgotten era classic and worth $50k.

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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 3:41 pm
by whitepaso
hmmmmmm; maybe I should ship mine to NZ............ :D

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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:11 pm
by fasterdammit
Wow ... were they really $15k new? Assuming that's NZD, that's still $10k USD by today's values, anyway. And for late 80's, that seems like a lot!

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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 6:28 pm
by Mc tool
Bluey wrote:Though it would be nice if once we all bought Paso's they became a sought after forgotten era classic and worth $50k.
They would only be worth that with original tires on it :P , but yeah , that's pretty much my plan :) :shock:

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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2017 1:04 pm
by randtcastell
I've always been one of those obnoxious opposite types (lots of brains/no money). That alone explains why I own/ride a Paso750. I wouldn't sell my moto for anything less than 15 large. :-) Red is the fastest color. :-)

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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2017 1:09 pm
by randtcastell
photo upload check

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Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2017 1:59 am
by Bluey
fasterdammit wrote:Wow ... were they really $15k new? Assuming that's NZD, that's still $10k USD by today's values, anyway. And for late 80's, that seems like a lot!
In Australia the importer was selling the 750 for more than AU$15K new... it was serious exotica, only a HD (from the same sole "independent" importer) or a bimota was more. I ended up buying my first bike from the same guys - a Honda CD250U because i used to go around and stare are the Paso so much. For a long time motor vehicles were double the price in this end of the world compared to the USA.

The CBR1000 was noticeably cheaper..

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Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2017 4:42 am
by Andrew2
https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/rosebud ... 1144038163

I guess being white makes them 3 times the price.

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Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2017 7:04 am
by stubbie
There was a white one for sale in Australia a few months ago $10,500. I guess because Ducati only made 60 or 70 of them makes them a bit more rare but not $10k rare. I'm selling my 87 red one for $5,000 if anyone is interested.

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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 10:00 pm
by odd duc
well, since alot of people judge value based on asking prices they see instead of selling prices it might help the rest of us increase value if a bunch of folks keep trying to sell at ridiculous prices.

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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 10:42 pm
by Mc tool
odd duc wrote:well, since alot of people judge value based on asking prices they see instead of selling prices .
Ahem , that depends on wether your wanting to sell one or buy one :)

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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2018 3:14 pm
by JWilliam
Bluey wrote:Though it would be nice if once we all bought Paso's they became a sought after forgotten era classic and worth $50k.
I think there is every chance that early 'carb machines will climb in value the same as the car market has gone. The modern stuff has any amount of electronic trickery and it is only going to get worse.