Dude, you don't need to keep man-to-mansplaining the same point. 😁 I'm a former industry guy and understand pricing, demand, and enthusiasts' questionable decision-making
quite well.
My point, again, is that the occasional stupid-high purchase price from someone who just
has to have a yellow bike doesn't mean yellow Monkeys prices sustaining at those stupid-high levels as you have suggested. This is supported by the bikes I posted above, one of which is in Florida where your pals are supposedly willing to pay dearly for the privilege of a yellow Monkey.
Further, despite you having posted about the lack of Monkeys in Florida and your bros' desires for yellow ones several times now, a teensy bit of investigation shows plenty of Monkeys in your state. Monkeys aren't really that rare in Florida:
a search on Cycle Trader for Monkeys within 250 miles of Tampa returns 79 results, many at the supposedly-sold-out dealers. A quick skim of these results reveals a handful of yellow ones, including a pretty sweet-looking
private party one with Öhlins shocks and a Yosh pipe listed at $4,000. Yes, dealers sometimes list bikes with the wrong color or that aren't actually in the shop yet, but certainly at least some of these bikes actually exist in Florida.
So if your bros are feeling froggy, there are bikes to jump on for just $4k. Unless, of course, they're just talking, which in addition to not actually riding, is another thing so-called enthusiasts love to do.
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