Motorcycles Climbing and Falling This Summer

Hagerty’s annual motorcycle price guide update, published this month, highlights how collector interest in two-wheeled classics is shifting, with specific models bucking broader market cooling. The article frames the hobby similarly to vintage cars: attention rises and falls over time, moving prices accordingly. It notes that the overall collector market is continuing to cool, but the new guide identifies bikes seeing increases or declines over the past 12 months. One featured model is the 1974–76 Honda MT125 Elsinore, described as a major mid-1970s success following the CR250M. The guide cites a Condition #3 (good) value change of +40%. It adds historical context, linking the MT125’s introduction with the eventual decline of smaller brands, without detailing which competitors are compared.