On 30/06/2017 at 1:04 PM, 2stroke4stroke said:

Or consider that a TYZ was the best part of £4500 in the mid Nineties if my memory of a pricetag on a stall at the SSDT is correct.  Perhaps more of a valid comparator as far as bikes go?

Good point. RTL Honda £3500 when launched 1985. Disc models were even more

In late 1996 a TYZ was £4,695 and you could only expect to get £200 ish off for a cash / no trade in deal. At about the same time they were selling off the last of the TY pinkies for about £2700 / £2900

A new Gasgas was £4269 but you could get £1,000 off that for cash / no trade in.

Regarding the RTL Hondas in the mid 1980s I can remember them being much more expensive than anything else.