We 'ad it toof ...

in 1994.

Just been reading "Bike" for September 1994.

Bikedata:

top of the range stuff

CBR900RR : £8360
ZX9-R (B): £8095
GSXR750 : £6799 (same as an RF900!)
Trophy : £8229
FZR1000 : £8369

Some oddities

V-Max : £8359
GTS1000 :£11979
GL1500 :£13785
XTZ660 : £4929
GS500 : £3299


Dover:Calais P&O Bike+Rider £75
Arai RX7RR : £399

No wonder everything seems so cheap nowadays.
--
| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/CBX1000Z
|_\_____/_| ..81750../..22169.../..31893.
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 WG*
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 PM#5
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 YTC#4 two#11
'^' RBR Clues: 23 Pts: 440 Miles:1738

 

Wonder if the Yen/Pound exchange was significantly different then or if
it's just market pricing.

 

Market pricing. We have the grey importers to thank for today's lower
prices.

 

October 1994 159.4
August 2006 219.5

It was fixed at 360 to the dollar from 1949 to 1971.
--
| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/CBX1000Z
|_\_____/_| ..81750../..22169.../..31893.
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 WG*
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 PM#5
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 YTC#4 two#11
'^' RBR Clues: 23 Pts: 440 Miles:1738

 

Simon Gates says...

I was saving for a Firestorm through the early part of 1998, when they
were £8250 OTR. In July 1998 I paid £6000 for mine when Honda had
dropped the price to £6400 OTR.

 

(The Older Gentleman) wrote in

I'm a little tired, but SD's post down there suggests that there has
been a significant devaluation in the currency over the years as well so
I guess it's a mix of the two.