Motorcyle Quiz

[The Spaceman_imp]

Did the original 2002 V-Rod cost more or less than
the 2013 V-Rod Muscle or 2014 V-Rod Muscle. ?
Or Night Rod Special of 2013 or 2014 ?

In addition to used prices, http://www.nada.com lists the original MSRP for bikes.

In addition to used prices, http://www.nada.com lists the original MSRP for bikes.
Imagine if you will a motorcycle costing MORE 12 years ago than
today.
The *2001 V-Rod had a list price of $ 17,ooo.
The 2013 V-Rod Muscle has a list price of $ 15,149.
Almost $ 2,ooo less.
Live a little ... Learn a lot.
* Came out in 2001 as an '02 model.

Although it doesnt happen that often in the real world, technically every bike should get cheaper the longer its produced. The idea being that the cost of design, building the tooling and other production investments, testing, etc., are amortized across "X" number of bikes. If there is only one production run of a bike, its going to cost much more to produce than a bike that has 6, 8, or more production runs

Of course if this axiom were always applied, by now Harley would be selling Sportsters for $32.99. They've managed to get over 50 years of production out of that bike with very minor modifications to the original design!