Yeah, the problem with buying an ex show bike or even show car is you are riding someone else's creation, and once it's been on the show circuit awhile and everyone's seen it, it becomes kind of worthless.
Years ago a young bloke I knew offered me his HQ Statesman show car that he'd spend over $80K on, for $20K. He'd been trying to sell it for a year, and while it was still in really good condition, the only guys interested were other show car builders who wanted to tear it apart and build an entirely different style of car out of it, or just wanted it for the engine, blower and driveline etc. Even the custom billet wheels he had made were of no interest to anyone.
I love the idea of a VMax with nitrous, but I'd rather buy a stocker and do it myself, than buy that thing with way too much yellow, IMHO............