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^^ that's why I said you've got to be a bit careful with the car analogies rather than saying "cars are a shit analogy". There are lots of similarities, but those apply to plenty of other collectables - guns, watches, cameras, tea chests, etc. One of the advantages of bikes is that you can buy good examples relatively cheaply and they don't take up a huge amount of space or require much care or upkeep.
Even though we see the bike market as being massively distorted from where it was I think with the increase in bike use, ownership, Interest etc. I'd say its still a very good time to get in if you wanted a long term diversified investment. Plus as james 1234 pointed out its a relatively cheap game to get into.
Obvious the exhaust comment was tongue in cheek. But I don't think anyone's going to dispute the point that a bike costs a fraction of the equivilent car to design, purchase and make.