Mecam Las Vegas Auction 2026

Steve G.

Steve G.

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January 27-31. It will be live on YouTube Friday and Saturday. Significant collection of important machines. So far I see an ‘84 RGS, and a ‘75 SFC Electronica, but so many bikes I gave up.
 
Not a Laverda, but quite interesting just the same. The prototype 1968 CB750 pre/production bike which was sent to all dealers in the USA to garner interest and dealer orders. Lot S155, which puts it kinda 1/2 way thru Saturday Jan31 Las Vegas time, which I think is Mtn Standard Time.
Can be watched live on YouTube, auction starts Tuesday Jan 27.
 
Steve G. said:
Not a Laverda, but quite interesting just the same. The prototype 1968 CB750 pre/production bike which was sent to all dealers in the USA to garner interest and dealer orders.
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The mind boggles at the amount of dealers that creamed their jeans on seeing, the long awaited Honda monster, for the first time.

No computer pictures, no emails just an envelope of brochures to get them interested and then on seeing the real thing ….. cor blimey, wank wank wank!
 
The ‘84 RGS bid up to $11,000US before to stalled out,,,didn’t get to reserve. It seemed to be in nice shape!!

Never did see the Laverda 688 whether it sold or not???
 
My son and I decided to wing it and drove (4 hours each way) to the show. We had a great time looking at all the bikes, and going to Hoover Dam, plus a couple of other side trips. Glorious winter desert weather. I only saw one Laverda, an RGS on display in the entry area. There were many Matchless and AJS, it seemed like there were more of those than Triumph-Norton-BSA.

I saw a 1911 HD 'Silent Gray Fellow' and my son posed for a picture - the same model his great-grandfather is pictured on below, 111 years ago.
 

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