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Offline 754

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This Will make you SICK!!
« on: October 31, 2007, 09:11:53 PM »
Big Bike mag Nov 72

 First Amen frame for 500-4...235.00

 The Fibreglass Works.. full body kit similar to Tracy..199.95 with seat! for Honda 750

 Chrome extended forks...30.00

 Lockhart Oil Cooler ..39.95

 4-2 Chrome crossover headers ..99.00
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Re: This Will make you SICK!!
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2007, 08:18:10 AM »
Not to change the subject (too much) but
How about "Easyriders" Volume 1, Number 1--Leon Russell featured and "no nudies"!
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Offline Geeto67

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Re: This Will make you SICK!!
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2007, 09:07:12 AM »
Quote from: 754 on October 31, 2007, 09:11:53 PM
Big Bike mag Nov 72

 First Amen frame for 500-4...235.00

 The Fibreglass Works.. full body kit similar to Tracy..199.95 with seat! for Honda 750

 Chrome extended forks...30.00

 Lockhart Oil Cooler ..39.95

 4-2 Chrome crossover headers ..99.00

how is that going to make me sick. In 1972 a new full size car cost what $5000? If you converted these prices over to modern 2007 prices I think you'll find that used they are still going for less. It wouldn't surprise me if $235 1972 dollars came out to $700+ 2007 dollars.
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« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2007, 10:00:16 AM »
Yeah, well, in 1972 I was going to college and trying to live on about $350 per month from my GI bill.  Married with 2 kids.  I guess I did have a brand new CB350F that cost about $1200. 
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« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2007, 10:02:05 AM »
Very close, if not on the money (pun intended ;)).

What cost $235.00 in 1972 would cost $1130.09 in 2006.

Calculator I used only covered through 2006.
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« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2007, 10:04:31 AM »
The point I was making was at first glance it sounds super cheap..
 will look for more..
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Re: This Will make you SICK!!
« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2007, 10:48:54 AM »
Quote from: gerhed on November 01, 2007, 08:18:10 AM
Not to change the subject (too much) but
How about "Easyriders" Volume 1, Number 1--Leon Russell featured and "no nudies"!

i think i have that one
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Re: This Will make you SICK!!
« Reply #7 on: November 01, 2007, 11:32:14 AM »
What cost $235 in 1972 would cost $1130.09 in 2006.

What cost $199.95 in 1972 would cost $961.54 in 2006.

What cost $30 in 1972 would cost $144.27 in 2006

What cost $40 in 1972 would cost $192.36 in 2006. 

What cost $99.00 in 1972 would cost $476.08 in 2006

I used an inflation calculator online that I used in collage before for some history papers I had to do. 

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Re: This Will make you SICK!!
« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2007, 07:56:09 AM »
hehe...

You might appreciate this inflation calculator... You can literally see what that $235 would cost you now:

http://www.westegg.com/inflation/
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Re: This Will make you SICK!!
« Reply #9 on: November 04, 2007, 01:20:41 PM »
Does anyone recall what a brand spanking new 1972K2 cost off the showoom floor back then?
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« Reply #10 on: November 04, 2007, 02:34:09 PM »
Hint: It was $100 more than a brand spanking new AMC Gremlin. :)
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« Reply #11 on: November 04, 2007, 04:16:51 PM »
$1600.00? That's how much they cost in Oz...............  ;D
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« Reply #12 on: November 05, 2007, 04:35:32 PM »
Yes indeed.  That's the same price it cost in Toronto, Canada. $1600.00 CAD.

And, a new Triumph 650 was nearly $100 more expensive - even though the sales guy had to brush cob webs off the tank to show it.
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« Reply #13 on: November 05, 2007, 06:28:47 PM »
I actually bought a brand new Gremlin in 1972. It was a '73 model and it cost me $1995. That was four dollars cheaper than a VW Beetle and the same price as a Ford Maverick.

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« Reply #14 on: November 06, 2007, 12:21:19 AM »
In March, 1973 I bought my first new bike, a left over 72 GT380 Suzuki. $749 plus tax. Really wanted the 72 650 Yamaha, but couldn't swing $1049. Was making $400 a month.
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