From: The Older Gentleman on
tomorrow(a)erols.com <tomorrowaterolsdotcom(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> You may not be aware that Honda only exported the GB500 to the U.S.
> for one year, sold very few, and that it has become a cult bike. Ten
> years ago, good used ones with under 10k miles were selling for $3,200
> to $3,600.

I wasn't.

>Recently, I have seen good, clean, original, unmolested
> examples with under 10k miles sell for $4,500 to $4,800. If his bike
> has less than 5,000 miles and is perfect, $6500 is not a stupid asking
> price.

You can get lovely ones in the UK (we got the XBR - the GB was only
available as a grey import) for probably one-third of the US price.

>Whether it's greedy or not is probably a matter of personal
> opinion.

This is true.


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