Attracting younger people

[JoJo357]

This is Fun, some more~ah, right here on the floor~ah.
You could buy all 10 of these Motorcycles, and with the ca$h spent, you still could not purchase a...'Knucklehead'.
**Also, practically any Shovel under 1988 could be bought for under 15 Grand.

*M.A.D.*


1. 1970 Daytona. $4500.00 *Very close to original, O.P., but someone substituted yellow for silver.
2. 1972 Daytona. $5700.00 obo. O.P. low miles.
3. 1969 TR6R. $5400.00 *Original, O.P. *Handlebar/cables & mufflers~wala~an original motorcycle.
4. 1971 FX 'Boattail'. $6100.00
5. 1973 BMW R750/5. $4000.00 95% Original.
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[Jarek]

This is a mental problem of people. Nowadays, most people want to have the best, most expensive and best brand everything. Of course, in a very short time.
Without knowing why they have it and this applies to many areas.

[exeric]

This is a mental problem of people. Nowadays, most people want to have the best, most expensive and best brand everything. Of course, in a very short time.
Without knowing why they have it and this applies to many areas.

I agree, and think that working for what you have is what gives value to material things. I have no problem with a rich guy that worked hard for the money to buy 100 old motorcycles, and a trophy mistress, but I have more respect for the working class guy that only has one bike that he's poured BS&T into, and has one wife that calls him in for diner when he's right in the middle of something. However, when you're young; you should do everything you can to enjoy your youth; so hanging around a bunch of old bastards with motorcycles may not become interesting until later in life.

[exeric]

And I should add, that is why the AMCA is so valuable, and pertinent to this conversation. I first became aware of the AMCA from a Popular Mechanics magazine that had a small article about the AMCA, (circa mid 1970's). The AMCA opened a whole world of new (old knowledge) to me; and continues to enlighten me today. The AMCA is a staggering wealth of information that is now more accessible, and enormous than it ever was in the past, so I have no doubt it will continue to be an easily discovered epiphany to future young gearheads.

[Bill_B]

I just joined the forum but as someone that has been in the vintage motorcycle scene for 30 years but is not over the hill yet, I think I have an opinion on this. There are lots of reasons that younger people are disinterested. Many which have already been mentioned. One thing that has been extremely frustrating for me personally is the greed and selfishness of the older generations. I love to ride and restore old motorcycles but I am constantly encountering men older than me (I'm in my late 40s) who refuse to sell anything. Or they'll sell but only if they can get ten times what they paid for the motorcycle.
I know of bikes that are sitting in barns just rotting away because the owner thinks he is "gonna fix it up some day".
Guys...you can't take it with you!
If someone is passionate about a bike you own and you're not gonna ride it or don't really need it.. SELL IT!! Not for a gazillion dollars but for a reasonable price.
and share your stories of the bike. Tell the next owner how to work on it and ride it.
My 2 cents worth.
I've always wanted an old Indian or Harley 30s or 40s. But the prices are ridiculous and old guys don't sell them. I have someone a mile from me that has three Indians (among a bunch of other old bikes)
He won't sell one.

I don't know if I'll ever own one.

[exeric]

My first rideable, reliable Harley was a 1941EL. It cost me $1,000 and I was making $2.25 per hour at a sh!t job and trying to go to college (circa 1975). My take-home pay was $4,000 (est.) annually so that Kunck cost me 1/4 of my yearly income in addition to rent, school, expenses, entertainment, and a 1959 Alfa Romeo Guilietta that cost me $400. Things were tight in those days but it all worked out and I did what I had to do to make ends meet. I wanted that '41EL in the worst way so I was willing to sacrifice, beg, borrow, but NOT steal to get it. My point is; there is never an era of give-away collectible objects, (excepting total economic disaster). Nice things are always expensive, and it is always proportional to available wealth, population size, and most important; DESIRABILITY ! I think it comes down to, how bad do you want one and if you are willing and receptive to restoring a 'project' into a potentially valuable bike via the 'Johnny Cash' route. If you want a nice, desirable antique motorcycle that runs, you'll pay the going price for that; and that has always been the case. You can't blame people for not giving away things they have put tons of money, and time into. . . They love their old bikes as much anyone else.