Cars and bikes I’ve come across in my travels
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piranha-bro2
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Is that a 1906 Laverda triple motor, Tom!
Looks amazing. A little background info please!
Looks amazing. A little background info please!
chrisk
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- Brisbane, Australia
What’s his name ‘Milligan’????? adds them, not removes them,
No, he is in the TV show The Repair Shop. You need to be patient; he tends to dozens of projects at once. My primary interest is his Bath Tub Porse rebuild; it's not quite as rusty as his Mark 1 Land Rover rebuild, though. The Edwardian is pretty nuts. All that plus a recent move to an ancient dairy farm with its conversion into a massive workshop, not to mention casting from scratch and manufacturing English Wheeling Machines.To produce curved sheet alloy.
chrisk
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- Brisbane, Australia
So Q man, it’s a 1913/14 Hispano Suiza. Amazing engineering as it’s a twin cam side valve engine also known as as a T head for obvious reasons. Has cost its owner a considerable amount of money to get it to this stage. It has a new from billet crankshaft, new recast and machined lower crankcase half, new trochoidal oil pump and drive.
And yes Vince, you go to the top of the class as that is the car by that you can see being held in its correct position position in the third picture. Again that Carly is a reproduction, one of only four and the owner believes there will be no more made, and yes as with everything else on this car that cost a large chunk of cash as well.seems like old cars are just bigger money pits than old bikes
Tom
And yes Vince, you go to the top of the class as that is the car by that you can see being held in its correct position position in the third picture. Again that Carly is a reproduction, one of only four and the owner believes there will be no more made, and yes as with everything else on this car that cost a large chunk of cash as well.seems like old cars are just bigger money pits than old bikes
Tom
piranha-bro2
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- Melbourne
With those hand built parts that car will be sinking way more moula than an old Laverda, Tommy! Very special car.
chrisk
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- Brisbane, Australia
Here’s one for Julian. Helped a mate install this beast back in to its chassis after many years and dollars
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Looks like an early Sportster rear wheel I see. Old mate must be extremely patient
Andy J
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- Isle of Man
I spent an hour or so, yesterday evening, visiting a large private collection of racing motorcycles - on and off road machines -nearly all of which are two strokes and are in full running condition. I was aware of its existence but had never previously been offered the opportunity to visit.
Among the road racing bikes is one of the Italian GP legend and world champion - and former SFC racer - Franco Uncini’s Grand Prix bikes. There is also an ex Kenny Robert’s TZ750, Ian Lougher’s 1990 IOM TT lap record setting 250, among other bikes ridden by Steve Hislop, Steve Parrish, Rocket Ron Haslam etc etc. There is also one very special bike, one of the four stroke Honda race bikes ridden by Wayne Gardner, that apparently even the factory don’t have and keep offering to buy it but have, so far, been told it’s not for sale. One visitor offered to buy the collection for a million quid, but was unceremoniously told to ‘eff off’.
The guy who put the collection together sadly died a few months ago and one of his brothers allowed me access, and to take some photos, but for security purposes asked me not to plaster them all over the place, so have restricted it to just the Uncini bike. In the building housing the bikes is also a big chunk of the old TT scoreboard that was scrapped by the government and the staircase that used to go up to the garlanding platform, which was also due to be skipped. There’s also loads of powered model planes, helicopters, racing karts, and even a deactivated maxim type machine gun; and their mum’s unrestored Honda C50. A really fascinating collection.
I understand a family discussion is due to take place in the next few months as to whether to keep the collection in the family or to put the bikes up for auction. In some respects it will be a shame if the collection is broken up, by the guys are now getting on a bit so I can understand why they may feel it’s time to let someone else have the responsibility to look after them.
Among the road racing bikes is one of the Italian GP legend and world champion - and former SFC racer - Franco Uncini’s Grand Prix bikes. There is also an ex Kenny Robert’s TZ750, Ian Lougher’s 1990 IOM TT lap record setting 250, among other bikes ridden by Steve Hislop, Steve Parrish, Rocket Ron Haslam etc etc. There is also one very special bike, one of the four stroke Honda race bikes ridden by Wayne Gardner, that apparently even the factory don’t have and keep offering to buy it but have, so far, been told it’s not for sale. One visitor offered to buy the collection for a million quid, but was unceremoniously told to ‘eff off’.
The guy who put the collection together sadly died a few months ago and one of his brothers allowed me access, and to take some photos, but for security purposes asked me not to plaster them all over the place, so have restricted it to just the Uncini bike. In the building housing the bikes is also a big chunk of the old TT scoreboard that was scrapped by the government and the staircase that used to go up to the garlanding platform, which was also due to be skipped. There’s also loads of powered model planes, helicopters, racing karts, and even a deactivated maxim type machine gun; and their mum’s unrestored Honda C50. A really fascinating collection.
I understand a family discussion is due to take place in the next few months as to whether to keep the collection in the family or to put the bikes up for auction. In some respects it will be a shame if the collection is broken up, by the guys are now getting on a bit so I can understand why they may feel it’s time to let someone else have the responsibility to look after them.
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EncinoBoy
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- British Columbia,Canada
Andy: Lucky lad being allowed to visit the motor shrine plus plus plus. My overriding thoughts are under
no circumstances if the collection is to be auctioned is to get in bed with the high profile auction houses.
There is an impending Bonhams auction with a green(?) Ducati 750SS coming up for sale very soon. This
bike of course is hugely valuable and out of curiosity I checked out the seller's premium at the hammer...
28% !!! There are arguments both ways regarding auctions but I think with some good advice and guidance
the owners could orchestrate the sales privately. My belief is there is a lot of subtle (and not so subtle)
pressure from the auction staff to list both reserve and no reserve auctions so that the house makes it's money
irrespective of the clients pay out.
no circumstances if the collection is to be auctioned is to get in bed with the high profile auction houses.
There is an impending Bonhams auction with a green(?) Ducati 750SS coming up for sale very soon. This
bike of course is hugely valuable and out of curiosity I checked out the seller's premium at the hammer...
28% !!! There are arguments both ways regarding auctions but I think with some good advice and guidance
the owners could orchestrate the sales privately. My belief is there is a lot of subtle (and not so subtle)
pressure from the auction staff to list both reserve and no reserve auctions so that the house makes it's money
irrespective of the clients pay out.
piranha-bro2
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- Melbourne
It's not like they have to toil very hard to earn their 'meagre' percentage either. What a joke.
Ian Short
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- Cambridge Ontario
Auction Houses make Bankers look respectable.
SkinnyPinny
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- Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Watching this sale and out of interest, 28% is for projects etc, So for buyers of motorbikes,
Motorcycles and Motorcars (Lot 1 – 180) The Buyer’s Premium will be 15%+VAT on the first £500,000 of the Hammer Price of each Lot, and 12%+VAT on the balance thereafter.
And for non bikes,
Motorcycle Projects, Memorabilia and Spares (Lot 201 - 321) The Buyer’s Premium will be 28%+VAT on the first £40,000 of the Hammer Price, then 27%+VAT up to £800,000, then 21%+VAT up to £4,500,000 and 14.5%+VAT on the balance thereafter.
Check t&c,
Stuart
EncinoBoy
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- British Columbia,Canada
Gadzooks ! I missed the fine print but my claim of prompting sellers to shift selling protocol is
indeed a reality,ask any of the car auction crowd in N. America. The British houses just add a
little finesse to their operations I suspect or a tag team of employees. I think it may be like
entering a bordello and being given a "free drink".
indeed a reality,ask any of the car auction crowd in N. America. The British houses just add a
little finesse to their operations I suspect or a tag team of employees. I think it may be like
entering a bordello and being given a "free drink".
An Italian Golf.
Paul
andre g
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I would say it is the better version of a Gordini Renault