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RE: What happens to the old bikes after the racing season? - Tom Loughridge - 07-06-2015 (07-06-2015, 11:00 AM)warrior Wrote: Yep I sold a TD1C Yamaha for around £140, several TZ350's for next to nothing, and a beautiful TZ750 for £2000, but in those days just as now you had to fund the next bike somehow. I had Carlo "Ubiallis"? world championship winning 125 that MV sold to Bill Webster of Crewe on condition that Mike Hailwood raced them in South Africa, Bill bought the 125, 203 and spares, Pat Walsh my mentor then bought the lot and raced them for a few years in the TT, I bought the 125 in 1966 for £125 sold it the following year for £150 to buy a Bultaco TS 125/ Sold the TZ250 and 350 Maxtons that I sponsored Charlie Williams on that won the 77 Junior TT and second in the 1000 Classic behind Grants 750. the 250 finished 2nd in 78, I had two identical Maxtom TZs of for own my use, all were sold for about a £1000 each with tons of spares. CR93 £400, T500 production bike that won the NNW200 TT and Thruxton 500 miler for £500 plus loads of other now rare bikes, plus a rare one off special Jenson CV8 with the chassis no JM 1 that I bought at a Jenson factory Auction in West Bromwhich, sold it for £800. With hindsight and the funds and storage to keep all the stuff in good condition, this ind og kit is a great pension fund. I also had first refusal on the Stuart Graham Ex works Suzuki 125 disc valve twin 10 speed gearbox that was being sold by Eddie Crooks on Stuarts behalf, I was tempted but it had been banned from use with a 10 speed gearbox and it was £1,500 less than the price of an new E type Jaguar. RE: What happens to the old bikes after the racing season? - laverda77 - 08-06-2015 (06-06-2015, 09:26 PM)desmophile Wrote: In my experience the hard up privateer runs his (or her) bike for a few years until it's completely obsolete and then sells it for a song, only to see it worth 0000's in years to come. Me too! Wish I'd kept several bikes,including Honda benly Early sixties,Fs1 e, mint condition,triumph Bonnies etc,however, my worst regret was in the 80s,selling a mint split screen VW Devon camper van,for £800, as these go for 30k now. |