Looking to buy yourself a Christmas prezzie, Bonhams

Yes I saw that, I like those Morinis, also the gold Triumph 750 Bonnie with genuine 7 miles up for around ?5000, not my favourite bike but a very good buy all the same.
 
The jarama was a dog Which had been chucked down the road then put on the market. After market headlight brackets tank bashed on the right lower and top, clocks that didn't go with the condition of the bike, because they would have been wimped out, so milage is wrong and so on.
But if you have the odd laverda knocking about this could be the sale for you. 👍
Regards Andy 😁
 
 
Yes they sold Jaramas but they weren't intended for the UK, they were reimported by Slaters because the Americans didn't buy them. They had left hand gearchange extra reflectors etc. My mate had one but basically they were a cheap Laverda when sold by Slaters at I think ?1999.
 
They weren't that cheap, i have the original receipt for one new jarama sold in May 1980 for the sum of ?2895.,delivery ?60  Road tax ?24 which is a grand total of ?2979.00. The dealer was searing motorcycles Lexden.
My new Jota same year ?3295.

Regards Andy 😁
 
pf1 said:
You missed some reasonably priced  Vincents there Paul.
The prices are shown under the pictures of the lots.
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That was what I was interested in.
It would seem that the Vincent bubble has burst. Good.

My theory is that there are less people interested in Vincents because they're dead, so prices drop.
People interested in Laverdas are mostly still alive so prices of some models are abnormally high.
That will change in the coming years.

Paul
 
That'd explain the Brough prices, then. When're those young whippersnappers interested in SS100s gonna start doing what T.E. did?
 

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The Interceptor I was interested in went for ?500 odd more than the blue one!!!! I was planning to bid up to ?11k but got the days wrong and their registration process was so painful I gave up on the Friday - when it was auctioned - registered on Saturday but too late.

Pretty annoyed to be honest. Yes, I would have huge buyer's remorse paying that much for it when I could have bought the same thing for ?6K when I got my BSA A65 (the BSA is worth the sameish) but I flipping love Interceptors.

I hope Vincents do become more affordable but I can't see it happening TBH... if they did though I'd be near the front of the queue for a twin but for now I'll just keep dreaming.


 
The Sock said:
That'd explain the Brough prices, then. When're those young whippersnappers interested in SS100s gonna start doing what T.E. did?
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Broughs aren't bought by motorcyclists. Mostly.

Paul
 
Hi Andy
          Pat is right Slaters were selling the Jarama's (red or green) for ?1999 on the road. If you look at the bike mag adverts from that time they ran a big advertising campaign at that price.  If you paid ?2979 your local dealer was doing alright!
          We converted loads of them into Jota's for customers, 4/C camshafts, H/C pistons, Jota silencers. Job done. L/Hand gear change was either converted to right or as the customer wanted.
          It was a cheap way of getting a Jota but of course they weren't "real" Jota's for the now fanatical purist.
                                                                                                                                                          Alan.
 
alan james said:
Hi Andy
          Pat is right Slaters were selling the Jarama's (red or green) for ?1999 on the road. If you look at the bike mag adverts from that time they ran a big advertising campaign at that price.  If you paid ?2979 your local dealer was doing alright!
          We converted loads of them into Jota's for customers, 4/C camshafts, H/C pistons, Jota silencers. Job done. L/Hand gear change was either converted to right or as the customer wanted.
          It was a cheap way of getting a Jota but of course they weren't "real" Jota's for the now fanatical purist.
                                                                                                                                                          Alan.
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Can you do certificates Alan for your Jotas?

Paul
 
Paul
        40 years ago no-one was the remotely bit interested in that sort of thing. Certificates no chance!! But they did get an invoice which they promptly discarded (after paying).!!
                                      Alan
                                       
                                                                                                                                                 
 
Hey, the certificates are worth more than the bike now Alan.
I was watching Bangers and Cash last night, it's about a small northern auction house in the UK. They had a genuine 1965 Mini Cooper S up for auction. It was so rotten it had to be moved on a pallet, the front had completely rotted off and it was in danger of snapping in half, everything was totally rotted out, it was in a hell of a state.
The first thing the guy did was remove the vin plate, he said if he left it on the car there would be a clone built in no time and sold as the genuine article. The festering lump of scrap went for ?18000. I have to admit I always thought the Cooper S was a great looking little car and even in that state I could see the potential but I can't imagine that there will be anything left of the original except for the vin plate and block.
 
alan james said:
Hi Andy
          Pat is right Slaters were selling the Jarama's (red or green) for ?1999 on the road. If you look at the bike mag adverts from that time they ran a big advertising campaign at that price.  If you paid ?2979 your local dealer was doing alright!
          We converted loads of them into Jota's for customers, 4/C camshafts, H/C pistons, Jota silencers. Job done. L/Hand gear change was either converted to right or as the customer wanted.
          It was a cheap way of getting a Jota but of course they weren't "real" Jota's for the now fanatical purist.
                                                                                                                                                          Alan.hi alan, the guy that paid that price was one allun Keith Tilbury iloc number 778 who brought it new and the figures are on the original bill of sale and is trade in was a 78 trident which they allowed ?1100. How times have change
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regards Andy 😁
 
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