Man won't sell his 1963 Sting-Ray bike -- even for $100,000

Tom Mault, who owns a roofing company, says he'd rather donate the Sting-Ray -- one of the hottest American icons of the 1960s and '70s -- to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. (DailyPress.com )

Comments

[R]

So that's who has my bike. I was raised in VA Beach and lost one just like that.....

[elchampino]

he's a better man than i, that's for sure.

i'd be sittin' in a bath tub with 100,000 dollar bills right now.

[stopeatingmysesamecake]

I'm with you elchamp, I couldn't sell it fast enough.

[R]

You and me both elchampino, I would have sold it in a skinny second...

I would definitely donate something to a major institute like that if i had something they would take. I think that gratification is worth much more a million dollars. (and im a poor college student so its not like a billionaire and a million is nothing to me)

[A.V.]

SOLD!!
$100.000 and two sniffs of the seat.

[sometimesilie]

"I think that gratification is worth much more a million dollars."

SNORK! No it's not.

[Sigh]

Sell it for 100k. Let them donate it to museum.

[Reno]

Seriously, I would be out spending that fast cash! There's no way I could turn down that sort of profit!

[Cliff]

Man folks are funny. If I could find something for $350 that would sell for $10K I could not sell it quick enough. I would keep the memories and photos. Those are priceless.

[The Asshole Guy]

"""Sell it for 100k. Let them donate it to museum."""

Sigh wins the award for smartest post of the week.

[Dick C. Normas]

There is a restaurant in my town that has an Orange Crate hanging from the ceiling.

[Torgo]

I like this guy. Money will not buy you happiness, but a bright red Stingray will!

My first bike was a Stingray. A three-speed in blue and silver.

[Anna]

I'm glad he chose to keep the bike in America.
The bike shop owner has got to be kicking himself in the a$$ for letting that one get away.

IS THIS REALLY NEWS?

[cherie]

Ok...if I was plenty wealthy I'd donate the bike as well...however if someone was to offer me 100K right now for some vintage thing I owned...I'd snatch the money up in a hurry!

[twerp]

I'm with elchamp and SEMSC.

[Torgo]

This country will die because we love money more than bikes. And that is a cool bike.

[jj]

So when did the bike become worth $100,000? The man said he had been offered $50,000. Why not say "Man refuses to sell bike for ONE BILLION DOLLARS!" And by the way, he is as big a fool as the idiot who offered him $50,000

[Anna]

Please, read the article.
He was offered $100K by a Japanese investor.
And, he chose to donate the bike to the Smithsonian to keep an American icon within the USA.
The man does not need/want the money.
He's more interested in preserving the bike as an American icon than making money off of it.
A most honorable position.

[Dime]

"I would definitely donate something to a major institute like that if i had something they would take. I think that gratification is worth much more a million dollars. (and im a poor college student so its not like a billionaire and a million is nothing to me)"

---That's why your still in college bud, your still learing. :D

100k? Sold