Optimistic sellers

[husaberg]

yellow CB400F please. and the CB350 and a couple of the 750's. An 1100F for dessert.

GPZ550 plus a heap of MKII-IV spitfires

[sidecar bob]

GPZ550 plus a heap of MKII-IV spitfires

I found the CB750 turbo, opened the pic & got that.
Don't ask why I was searching second hand CB750 turbo kits.

[Grumph]

I found the CB750 turbo, opened the pic & got that.
Don't ask why I was searching second hand CB750 turbo kits.

I've often felt like quoting this - on this thread.

"Is this the real life ? Is it just fantasy ?"

[sidecar bob]

I've often felt like quoting this - on this thread.

"Is this the real life ? Is it just fantasy ?"

I spend my entire life working on, transporting, riding, googling & thinking about motorbikes.
Sometimes it is fantasy.

[Drew]

I spend my entire life working on, transporting, riding, googling & thinking about motorbikes.
Sometimes it is fantasy.

You have done very well in that respect.

[sidecar bob]

You have done very well in that respect.

C'mon bro. I bet you don't go a day without your fix either.

[Voltaire]

Mildly disturbing.
http://www.jwoodandcompany.com/2017/...le_listing.htm
Probably be me if I was let off the leash.

Amazing collection.
I was working in Ireland in the early 00's and an old boy had died and his collection was up for sale. He lived alone and every cupboard including the kitchen was full of motor cycle parts.
His house was neglected and junk everywhere....quite sobering really.
If I could only have one bike what would I choose???

[Laava]

If I could only have one bike what would I choose???

Ooh, start a thread!

[sidecar bob]

If I could only have one bike what would I choose???

Dont waste time even thinking such nonsense.
I could get it down to three, Yamaha T Max 500, Honda CB750F1 & BMW R1200gs.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Ooh, start a thread!

Great idea.

[husaberg]

1,800 Vintage Motorcycles Headed for Auction in Florida
An unbelievable 1,800 vintage motorcycles — all belonging to one man — will be auctioned off by J. Wood & Company in a giant three-day event, March 13-15, 2018, in Ocala, Florida. “This is the largest single consignor motorcycle collection that’s ever been offered at a no-reserve auction that I know of,” says auctioneer Jerry Wood. “The largest amount are late 1960s and early 1970s Japanese machines, but there are lots of early Superbikes including a lot of single cam K0 and K1 Honda CB750s.” The collection includes a great many British bikes as well, including a 1973 Triumph Hurricane showing an indicated — and believed original — 510 miles.

According to Wood, the owner’s father was in the motorcycle business decades ago selling BSA, Triumph and Norton. When Honda came along, he started selling them, as well. In 1978 the family moved to Ocala and opened Earl’s Cycle Center. “Earl Jr. loved the motorcycles, but Earl Sr. was there to tell him ‘you can’t keep them all.’ After Earl Sr. passed away in 1998, Earl Jr. started taking motorcycles that he took in trade home with him. He also attended auctions and bought everything he could afford,” Wood says.

Wood says the bikes range in condition from very good to project/salvage, and the collection also includes a huge inventory of NOS parts and “literally tons” of used parts. Wood says that many of the bikes are jammed into sheds, trailers and storage containers on the owner’s property, with many ultimately left outside.
It’s hard to predict results without having seen the bikes firsthand (potential bidders will be able to examine the collection March 11 and 12), but odds are this auction will generate every bit as much interest as J. Wood’s wild 2015 auction in Cuba, Missouri, one of the biggest horde of old bikes ever auctioned prior to the upcoming Ocala auction.

here were the individual lots
http://www.jwoodandcompany.com/Earls...tingPage1.html

[Beekeeper]

1,800 Vintage Motorcycles Headed for Auction in Florida
An unbelievable 1,800 vintage motorcycles — all belonging to one man — will be auctioned off by J. Wood & Company in a giant three-day event, March 13-15, 2018, in Ocala, Florida. “This is the largest single consignor motorcycle collection that’s ever been offered at a no-reserve auction that I know of,” says auctioneer Jerry Wood. “The largest amount are late 1960s and early 1970s Japanese machines, but there are lots of early Superbikes including a lot of single cam K0 and K1 Honda CB750s.” The collection includes a great many British bikes as well, including a 1973 Triumph Hurricane showing an indicated — and believed original — 510 miles.

According to Wood, the owner’s father was in the motorcycle business decades ago selling BSA, Triumph and Norton. When Honda came along, he started selling them, as well. In 1978 the family moved to Ocala and opened Earl’s Cycle Center. “Earl Jr. loved the motorcycles, but Earl Sr. was there to tell him ‘you can’t keep them all.’ After Earl Sr. passed away in 1998, Earl Jr. started taking motorcycles that he took in trade home with him. He also attended auctions and bought everything he could afford,” Wood says.

Wood says the bikes range in condition from very good to project/salvage, and the collection also includes a huge inventory of NOS parts and “literally tons” of used parts. Wood says that many of the bikes are jammed into sheds, trailers and storage containers on the owner’s property, with many ultimately left outside.
It’s hard to predict results without having seen the bikes firsthand (potential bidders will be able to examine the collection March 11 and 12), but odds are this auction will generate every bit as much interest as J. Wood’s wild 2015 auction in Cuba, Missouri, one of the biggest horde of old bikes ever auctioned prior to the upcoming Ocala auction.

here were the individual lots
http://www.jwoodandcompany.com/Earls...tingPage1.html

No reserve?

Tell him he’s dreaming


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[F5 Dave]

Great idea.

Only rule would be, it can't just be what bike you currently own, lest that would be a dumb thread of people claiming they've made the right choice already.

I'd like another Trials bike.

And the time and area to ride it.

[sidecar bob]

Only rule would be, it can't just be what bike you currently own, lest that would be a dumb thread of people claiming they've made the right choice already.

I'd like another Trials bike.

And the time and area to ride it.

But I've had four decades of bike ownership & plenty of opportunities to separate the wheat from the chaff.
It would be a bit sad if I hadn't cobbled together a few bikes I really wanted & like by now.

[husaberg]

But I've had four decades of bike ownership & plenty of opportunities to separate the wheat from the chaff.
It would be a bit sad if I hadn't cobbled together a few bikes I really wanted & like by now.

Pull up your socks and that belt tight while you march to your own trumpet as it never hurts to try anything once just as long as you leave wiggle room for ruffled feathers.
Just remember all the roads that lead to Rome were not built in a day, but you might find a needle made of hay.

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