Motorcycle Auction Action

Motorcycle Auctions are often charged with energy. The buzz of knowing that somebody is going to walk away with these bikes before the day ends can spur you on to make a buy yourself.  Will it be you, or the bidder sitting next to you who wins?



A 1912 Flanders is about as rare as they come. Probably no more than a half dozen Flanders still exist. This one was in the same family since new, and still had it's WWI black out lights as well as original paint.






Full house awaits the arrival of the auctioneer to get started.



Well, that's a lovely Rudge 350 about to find a new home.



This 1927 Indian Scout was another bike about to be bought and shipped 5000 miles to a new home.



It's a factory built Coach edition Vespa, one of five made for promotional purposes.



British built tank shift AJS 250 with valanced fenders was for the gentleman rider in the interwar years.



Honda tried to crack the USA police market with the 450cc twin cylinder bikes but could not unseat Harley Davidson during the late 1960's. This unit was amazingly original, included a friction drive siren as well.  






A much-modifed Harley-Davidson ST165, or Hummer kitted out for flat track racing.



 These photos were shot at the 2006 Chadds Ford Classic Motorcycle Auction. More info on this annual spring event can be found at http://www.myclassicmotorcycle.com/

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A tale of Two Indian Scouts

                                         


What price perfection? What we have here is 1928 Indian Scout that was sold at auction a few years back for $17,000.00 plus 10 % buyers premium. The buyer, a dealer, also paid shipping cost to the west coast. It was serviced, detailed and properly brought back to life before being sold on for another ten thousand dollar bump. The first seller even never started the bike in his five years of ownership because he was afraid he'd damage it. What a shame to have such an amazing Indian V-Twin and not ride it, but each collector has their own agenda.  A question mark hung over the bikes runnability and it was in desperate need of a top flight detail when he sold it at auction. The dealer who bought it however, was an old bike expert who sorted the bike and found someone who intended to use it. And so they paid for that privlege.




















The Indian Scout below is coming up for grabs April 10 at the Chadds Ford Classic Motorcycle Auction.
Check out http://www.myclassicmotorcycle.com/ for details.



It's a 1921 Indian Scout that is about 85% there, some parts still need to be sourced. Finding parts for a 90 year old American motorcycle might seem like mission impossible, but virtually every part is available as a reproduction. Finding the actual parts still requires time combing swap meets, but that is part of the fun. Places like the AMCA Perkiomen Chapter Meet in Oley, PA each April has allowed me to see machines I though no longer existed. Indian and Harley are well represented but by no means the only brands at these shows, there's lot's of oddities to see too.  




The beauty of this bike is that it represents a blank slate to create the Indian of your dreams. Whether you want to duplicate Burt Munro's " World Fastest Indian" Bonneville record setting machine or go for a complete full restoration to full stock specs, it's all possible at this point. Hill Climber, board tracker, flat track racer, anything you choose. All it takes is determination, ingenuity and the finances to make it happen. You'd be amazed how much help and advice comes your way when you have a machine like this.






That front end has attitude in abundance.






This Indian below was a just a frame and tank with 37 cubic inch (600cc) engine,
the wheels and forks were long gone, as was nearly everything else.










Below, frames are being prepared at Gary Mauchers shop in Bucks County, PA. Gary has been campaigning an Indian for several years in the AHRMA Class C hand shift class.







#49 prepares for a run in the AHRMA Pre-40 class at Daytona Speedway.





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