Exotic Sportbikes: Worth The Price?
by Tom Roderick
February 8th, 2016 4:40 PM
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Are these exotic sportbikes worth their exorbitant price tags?
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The way I look at it: Can I get 95% of the performance for 50% of the money with some other bike? If the answer is yes, then the bike isn't worth the money. Example: any of the $40K+ gas powered bikes are not worth it since you can get a $20k bike that has >95% of the performance/utility. The only ones that may be worth the money are the Lightning (performance + unique propulsion = exclusive) and a bike that isn't included here: the Bimota Tesi 3D on grounds of......well.. pure subjectivity and the gorgeous, sublime, fantastic, outofthisfreakingboringworldly hub steering.
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I think it really depends on the price. Once you get over $100K it's going to be a bike you probably won't ride unless $100K means nothing to you. I don't really see the point in it, especially if the bike isn't really, really special. Some really special bikes exist in the retail world now: R1M, S1000RR, RSV4 RF, 1299S, 1199R, as primary examples.