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[Robmay]

Here is a question to the membership that would be interesting.

Has anyone made money (anyone) that has bought a CVO bike in the last 10 years new made a single dime doing it?

I am talking about people that rode the bike not ones selling deposits.

I think according to Chip, they still have 27 years to go before they can answer that question.

[RedDevil]

Two-speed "kick-back", Schwinn Stingray.  loved that bike.    

  

Yeah Baby!!!

 

[SBB]

Like the Ford Pinto or the AMC Pacer? HAHAHAHA I am so FUNNY!!!

Do you really have an idea what an original paint, original condition Pinto and or Pacer is worth to a collector.
Must not!

 

[SPIDERMAN]

Robmay
            You feel better now ? Good, cause I guess we had it coming. As I said, no diss intended even if it sounded that way. As to the 50% figure, I just grabbed that out of thin air. While your ridin down that less traveled road, chances are pretty good you'll find a lot of us on it too. That's why so many of us have become friends with people we met on an internet chatroom.

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[Robmay]

Yeah Baby!!!

 

Can someone photoshop this and add some flames and a card in the spokes??

[SBB]

Yeah Baby!!!

 

Mine had the metalflake seat!
I think that was $3 extra.

Great pic RD!

 

[Robmay]

Do you really have an idea what an original paint, original condition Pinto and or Pacer is worth to a collector.
Must not!

 

Soooooooooooo, what your saying is that the right collector down the road may be willing to give me MORE for a custom painted CVO.... I like that thought process!

[Keats]

Not to beat a dead horse here, but the original poster Robmay was getting hammered for the thought of custom painting his own bike , because it will ruin the value.

My point was it is his bike and that you have been drinking to much Cool Aid if you really think that these are good investments.

Robmay will lose less money in changing his paint on one bike than Chip will lose on his stable of bikes in a year.

That is the perspective I was trying to bring to this thread

[RedDevil]

I can appreciate what you are saying. I guess I got a little miffed because I thought I came up with a good idea to check some paint schemes on my bike. I PROBABLY will never touch the paint. But I was toying with the idea and genuinely wanted my friends opinions. I guess the most hurtful (for lack of a better word) thing for me was to get lectured from my "parents" about what a poor idea it was based pretty much on trade in or resell value. I don't think any of us would be able to afford these bikes had we listened to that common logic back in the day when we were excited about going out into the world and "making our mark" on it.

 I for one will never (I hope not anyways) be held hostage by the reason that I "have" to do something a certain way just because thats how its always been done. As long as I am not hurting anyone physically, mentally or emotionally I probably will take the road less traveled. Its what got me to this point in my life (not as far as you evidently because I did finance more than 50% of my bike, no disrespect at all intended) but I have raise four kids, am getting ready to send one to college this next year, and have 3 grandsons and 2 more on the way. I have been to ALL of their sports games, no matter what time of day or night they were or what town they were in, watched my girls win National Cheerleading Championships in another State, camped my ass off, and made many, many memories that my kids still talk about. My point in all of the above is not to toot my horn but to let you know that I do things for the JOY of it and not the Resell of it.

Can't argue with you on that Rob...and my condolences about you starting to have one going through college....been there done that...that's why I still have to finance my HDs.  

  

[SPIDERMAN]

Not to beat a dead horse here, but the original poster Robmay was getting hammered for the thought of custom painting his own bike , because it will ruin the value.

My point was it is his bike and that you have been drinking to much Cool Aid if you really think that these are good investments.

Robmay will lose less money in changing his paint on one bike than Chip will lose on his stable of bikes in a year.

That is the perspective I was trying to bring to this thread

AND YOU'RE SHOUTING AGAIN

[Robmay]

Not to beat a dead horse here, but the original poster Robmay was getting hammered for the thought of custom painting his own bike , because it will ruin the value.

My point was it is his bike and that you have been drinking to much Cool Aid if you really think that these are good investments.

Robmay will lose less money in changing his paint on one bike than Chip will lose on his stable of bikes in a year.

That is the perspective I was trying to bring to this thread

I like you. Not in a gay way or anything ya know...........

[SBB]

Soooooooooooo, what your saying is that the right collector down the road may be willing to give me MORE for a custom painted CVO.... I like that thought process!

Put those glasses on ROB.

I said ORIGINAL condition!


 

[Robmay]

Put those glasses on ROB.

I said ORIGINAL condition!


 

Oh...dammit.

[RedDevil]

Mine had the metalflake seat!
I think that was $3 extra.

Great pic RD!

 

Mine had the metal flake seat also!!!  And my OCD was present way back then.  I mowed lawns all summer so I could buy the "custom" chrome fenders (shorty on the front and bobbed on the rear).  Man was that Stingray sweet.  

  

[SPIDERMAN]

Mine had the metal flake seat also!!!  And my OCD was present way back then.  I mowed lawns all summer so I could buy the "custom" chrome fenders (shorty on the front and bobbed on the rear).  Man was that Stingray sweet.  

  

Tony's has a shifter on the crossbar with a T-handle

Too Cool for school 

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