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Offline mick25

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Re: getting a few bids from os
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2013, 08:11:53 pm »
 ::) who said bike prices were dropping :P wish I had a couple of them in the shed to sell ;) I throught the black shadows  / vincents were the top dollar bikes.
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« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2013, 08:17:14 pm »
Mate of my brother's has an unrestored one in his shed. He knows about this one and is obviously watching with interest.

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« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2013, 08:25:59 pm »
There is a bike called a HRD We saw one on the way to phillip island in october, it was such a lovely lite looking bike, i forget what brand bike it was... I am sure ten of you know what make it is. I think is approx $70k
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Re: getting a few bids from os
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2013, 08:29:11 pm »
There is a bike called a HRD We saw one on the way to phillip island in october, it was such a lovely lite looking bike, i forget what brand bike it was... I am sure ten of you know what make it is. I think is approx $70k
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 Thats the vincent mate HRD 1000cc ,they called it the black shadow a real master peice for sure
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« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2013, 01:40:28 pm »
Mate of my brother's has an unrestored one in his shed. He knows about this one and is obviously watching with interest.

Wow, not the one in the background in one of the pics by any chance?

If I had a spare 100K I would be on this for sure, what a stunning bike.

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Re: getting a few bids from os
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2013, 03:06:57 pm »
here is a quiz
what is the highest sold vintage bike its not a hrd/vincent but it is english
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Re: getting a few bids from os
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2013, 03:11:12 pm »
Too easy Jim....Lawrence of Arabia's Brough Superior.
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Re: getting a few bids from os
« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2013, 04:56:45 pm »
http://bikeadvice.in/top-10-expensive-vintage-motorcycles/

the cyclone catches my eye in this lot along with the indian boardtracker. also the croker & Coventry Eagle





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« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2013, 03:44:03 pm »
If I had a spare 100K I would be on this for sure, what a stunning bike.

Looks like I would have been around $30K short.  Man what a stunning piece of engineering.  Lucky buyer  8)

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Re: getting a few bids from os
« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2013, 03:52:09 pm »
wrong mark my boy its any 1000ss brough restored he owned a few of them.250,000 pounds is a lot of money for a motor bike
jim