Originally Posted by lazyass

depends on what bikes you're talking about. Highly regarded, low output, italian bikes are almost always desirable, but you can get killer deals on mass produced, less desirable, japanese bikes that imitated them, some of which are as good, or better, than some italian brands, though certainly lacking the history, pedigree, and style. That's why most bikes i have now are from japan, i value price over some other things that others value. Prices on usa made bikes are all over the place, which is a meaningless statement since this covers a plethora of bikes.