Classics Of The Future?

[chickenstrip]

So what do you think will be considered a classic bike in 20-odd years time? Why?
By classic, I mean that it's pretty universally considered to be a good bike now, has caught the public (motorcycling) imagination, and is perhaps a true benchmark by which others are measured.

[Blau Zedong]

Not much. I think biking's Halcyon days are long gone. Maybe the first S1000RR and the Street Triple.
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[bezzabsa]

1st fireblade...
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[Al]

FZ600

Ducati 749's/999's are starting to look better with age.
They are pretty cheap now so would be a sound investment I reckon, although maintaining them might eat into the investment some what.
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[Khanivore]

Honda SP1?
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Monster 1200R

[hmmmnz]

trx850, may be some of the ccm big single range,
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[MarJay]

I think anything that is a common 'first' bike has the potential to be a classic. I suspect the Suzuki Bandit 600 and SV650 could well be classics in future.

the '98 R1 is another potential I think, as well as anything that was vaguely affordable but out of reach for youngsters.
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[Khanivore]

On that basis my cbr600Fi is going to be a classic of the future
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[bikersupermot...]

already is heading that way now

aprilia rs250

and hoping that a ( my lol ) nicely garaged kept, polished and dry and ridden only on dry days and about max 1000 miles a year, Rs125 v3

lots of the bigger 2strokes if kept immaculate
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[Polarbear]

[j.silvs]

What about this bike?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2009-TT-Valentino-Rossi-Yamaha-R1-cross-plane-crank-/330615049261?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item4cfa314c2d

[chickenstrip]

[Polarbear]

[bikersupermot...]

@ chickenstrip - my Honda crm250ar has been totally 100% reliable. never had a rebuild or a strip down and still on same spark plug for 3 years. ( iv got the new plug for it but it still runs sweet as a nut im not touching it! )

the crm actually 2 years ago was not used for 3 months - not started, not even turned over. went to start it the following spring - 2nd kicked she fired right up. brilliant bike.

im actually Knowing that my Rs125 wont be able to do that!. last week it had sat in the garage for 10 days - took 6 goes of the starter motor to get her started! lol.

the only 4 stroke bike i own is my chinese pit bike lol
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[bikersupermot...]

[stevo as b4]

A lot of the above bikes are already classics in one way or another.

You need to talk about 2000> only IMO.

I think the 2004 ZX10R and possibly the R1 and first mass centralisation hyped Fireblade. 2004 was a good year for the litre bike!

I'm going to say some rarer stuff will be classics, like the Benelli TNT and the KTM RC8.

I doubt any GSXR1000 from this decade will be classic, as they are nearly always the same and look alike with every new model.

BMW S1000RR is a good call, but there is no room left to step in terms of making a big jump ahead with 1000cc IL4 sports bikes now.

Triumph 675's are likely to be classics, (well a lot more than a TT600 anyway). I'd expect other manufacturers to start building real world triples and twins now and abandoning the expensive to make and Irrelevant four cyl engine.

[chickenstrip]

[Eddie Hitler]

My FZR600R.

[Northern Monkey]

[Nick 50]

A couple of triumphs possibly.

The Striple and Daytona 675 might be in with a shout.

I would also go for a K4 Gixxer 750.
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[27cows]

[N cee thirty]

[chickenstrip]

[bikersupermot...]

what you gotta remember is that just beacuse YOU dont find anything appealing about a particular bike ( maybe the rd500 or rd350 for example ) it doesnt mean there isnt other people out there that these bikes DO matter to for whatever reason.

i want a Honda mtx125r - why? - because thats the very 1st bike i ever sat on, got taken a ride around at 10pm at night on the back of with only t shirt jeans and trainers, no helmet by my mates older brother.
i loved every fkn minute of that ride and its because of that memory that i am looking for a mint condition mtx125r to keep in my garage and play with occasionaly. - that bike means nothing to most people - kids trash them on the fields, but ill pay good money for the right one.

that same "meaning" for different folks for different bikes applies. doesnt of course make it a classic by any means but it can keep prices high for the nice ones.

a 10 to 20 year or older super-sports bike means and does nothing for me personally, but someone out there will be looking for certain models.

remember one mans junk is another mans treasure and all that ... the prices being paid are testament to that still being true right now.
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[Old Git Racing]

Ducati 749/999. Hated and slated at first by the press and public alike. Went on to be Ducatis saviour and most successful race bike and its biggest seller. No electronics, just a rider experience. Oh and I've got one so I'm biased

OGR
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