At the risk of repeating myself, who do you ride for? Yourself or someone else?
I ride for me. If you don't like what I ride then....too bad! (I tried to think of something cool, but it escaped me).
My response to the Harley guys a few months ago during the strike was the retail value of a used Harley was much better then anything else. So What !! I don't care what someone else will pay later. What do I (me, not someone untold years in the future) think it's worth today? ME!
Of course, in the future, I will place great value on it as it's on the auction block, but today! That's the question.
I suppose the difference is perspective. Who determines your value system? Someone behind the scenes at kelley blue book or YOU! Choose or be damned! Personally, I don't give a s__t about someone I've never met who will value my ride either up or down. I set the values in my life, not some unknown dweeb I'll never meet and, frankly, don't care about one way or another.
RosevilleRod