The Coming Cruiser Crash

[John Bennett]

From ADV Rider

https://www.advrider.com/the-coming-cruiser-crash

He contends all these 20 year-old Jap Cruisers are headed for the shredder.

I say they can become reliable, super-cheap transportation for all our soon-to-be very poor kids who have been priced out of the used car market.

As the Boomers die off and their kids liquidate these old things at rock-bottom prices, they essentially become Single-Use Disposable.

I am reminded of the fad where 20-something guys started buying Ford Crown Victorias for super-cheap from Boomer Widows because they were darn good cars.

Buy the Bike for $1,200. Since you know you can't get parts it, push it into a ditch if I dies five months later. Call an Uber. Go buy another one.

 

[TwoLane]

From ADV Rider

https://www.advrider.com/the-coming-cruiser-crash

He contends all these 20 year-old Jap Cruisers are headed for the shredder.

I say they can become reliable, super-cheap transportation for all our soon-to-be very poor kids who have been priced out of the used car market.

As the Boomers die off and their kids liquidate these old things at rock-bottom prices, they essentially become Single-Use Disposable.

I am reminded of the fad where 20-something guys started buying Ford Crown Victorias for super-cheap from Boomer Widows because they were darn good cars.

Buy the Bike for $1,200. Since you know you can't get parts it, push it into a ditch if I dies five months later. Call an Uber. Go buy another one.

I prefer a cruiser style, and considering my last Bike I'll need. Perhaps I had my last one already, but I still want to travel move on a two wheeler and nit in my four wheeler, ha. But I do cruisers are sadly less popular.

 

[Hellwig]

Interesting article. I suspect most will end up in marketplace land, no title and cheap, ridden to their end either mechanically or crashed.
When you pay little and risk no registration or insurance, it sure makes them attractive.

There isn't much of a bike market as it is, for most bikes, resale has been pretty soft from what I've seen with sales happening, but slowly.

I don't see much of an opportunity as far as reselling goes but maybe I'm wrong, maybe we should ride them til their end. The article doesn't mention anything about parts availability from manufacturers. Am I rambling? Probably too much coffee.

 

[Tracker]

make for some cool steampunk rat bikes for those with the talent and time.

 

[Ben Eberle]

A lot of them will likely be taken to Mexico where they have a different definition of "worn out".

 

[FE_Rex]

make for some cool steampunk rat bikes for those with the talent and time.

BMW should be copying that stick coil heat sink

 

[Magooracing]

Well I can relate, in 2022 we sold my wife’s Kawasaki 700LTD for $1100 with 15k miles on it, she couldn’t handle the bike anymore, but can still ride a 125 scooter.