[Jeff Higgins]

I guess I kind of figure the return on investment on these bikes is a lot like it is on our cars. Assuming everything was still available, and starting with a decent, $3,000 example, I don't think a guy could build my bike for less than $10,000-$12,000. But to sell it for that? No way. Which is how it worked out - I paid less than half of what it would have cost to build it. Seems about right to me, at least from an (admittedly very lucky) buyer's standpoint.

I know full well I have at least a couple of times the value of my car into it in parts alone (all of the labor is mine). We all know how that one works. If (God forbid) I ever had to sell it, I know full well I would never even begin to approach what I have into it. Just the way these things go.

I see Ducati superbikes, like 916's and even 996's, for the price this guy is asking. Granted, not minty ones like this, but what appear to be serviceable examples.