Ted
It's a great debate, the value of machines, but it doesn't work when you boil it down to the functionality of the machine
A 1960s Ferrari is functionally less impressive than all modern sports cars but it is worth far far more.
Charisma, style, originality, rarity, the market - it all counts.
An original RG500 for example is a goldmine on Ebay at the moment but compared to say a modern CBR600, well it's a pile of crap.
I've been on quite a bike journey the last 3 years (in order DRZ400, KTM 640 Adventure, XR650R, XT600E, XR650R again, new XT660Z (ugh) and I'm pretty well stuck on the 34L as the bike I love to take out on a summers evening to blat around the lanes
For me personally, I think certain machines have charisma which I am willing to pay for, after all £2k isn't a huge amount of money, especially where the depreciation is minimal
But I'm a punter, not a dealer