Originally Posted by
zonatandem
Limited edition bikes are worth whatever collector wants to bid/offer. $300 bucks sounds reasonable as probably it did not cost him more than that back in 1986
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This is from memory, but I believe in '86 the R400 was around $450 (I paid $300 for a used one that year). The Black Lightning MSRP'd at somewhere between 550 & 650. I remember walking into the bike shop and seeing it. It was gorgeous, at least I thought so, but more than I was willing to shell out for a road bike (had it been a touring bike however...).
Cannot remember if that was in the fall of '86 or spring of 87, so no help there. I'm kind of thinking '87.