One of the little rules about the zeitgeist is that you can find yourself contributing without knowing that it's there, and that's because you are the one making it.
It appears that sometime between the time the I lived in Dover and my friends were deciding to saving a few bucks out of every paycheck to pickup 1970's and 80's japanese motorcycles, and the time I got my license, those motorcycles got popular with the baby boomers again. The prices look to have nearly doubled as empty nesters custom shops decide to pick them up to either ride stock, or convert to cafe racers. They're still cheaper than new, but for the time being, finding a titled running honda cb450 for less than $2000 is a pipe dream. My friends were finding them for less than $1000 (I think one payed $450 the red CB350? (laser illuminated)).
The other (more romantic) idea was to hunt down a Genuine Stella 4t, and then we could go for substantially longer scooter adventures.
Of course, if we were trying to save money, we'd be doing none of this. The volvo is cheaper to run for a year than the lot of them.
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