yeah i was into the 'cafe racer' thing before i got into mopeds and everyone griped about CB750's going into the 6 figure range, but honestly the number of people that want to spend that money, and they kind of bikes they want to buy... it doesn't really affect the crummy 150 dollar junkers i buy all the time.
i figure, you spend 6-700 on a vintage moped and you gotta replace tires, tubes, chains, rebuild engine, grips, cables, points, clean/rebuild carb, petcock, fuel lines, and rewire the thing to make it reliable
you spend 150 on a junker moped and you gotta replace tires, tubes, chains, rebuild engine, grips, cables, points, clean/rebuild carb, petcock, fuel lines, and rewire the thing to make it reliable
rebuilding the bikes and getting them dialed in so someone can hop on and ride is what separates the sub $500 bikes from the $$$$ and it takes a lot of skilled work to do it, so i think the hobby is pretty safe, aside from the occasional dummy posting their junk up for crazy money.