Somebody lend me two and a half mil

[thaiguzzi]

Got to sell something. Anything. Everything. The wife. The MIL. The step daughter. My left testicle. Anything. Even my Guzzi... (but not my Triumph...).

My weekly B&S perusal of motorcycles.

1953 Vincent Series 3 Black Shadow. Rebuilt, as new, legal with a book and plate.

2,600,000. Not outrageous at today's prices.

Always wanted one.

Apologies for no link supplied, i'm a bit thick, unsavvy, illiterate, when it comes to computers, so you'll have to get off your butts and go and check out Motorcycling Nirvana yourselves.

Edited April 22, 2017 by thaiguzzi
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[MrJ]

http://www.bahtsold.com/view/vincent-hrd-black-shadow-series-c-291573

 

no idea if it is really worth it?

[Richard-BKK]

I had found that classified advertising before, and my first reaction was that something was off, in some of the pictures the background looks more like a European (English) country sight. Of course I could be wrong, the second thing was how he got a 1953 Vincent (recently build from new parts) past the Thai Roadworthy and Environmental testing. I have problems with much younger machines and cannot imagine how a 1953 Vincent would even get near the Thai exhaust emission standard....

 

Third, most people who sell a classic/collectible motorcycle do not publish the sales price, as most people who are interested know how much a 1953 Vincent is worth. On the other hand I can imagine that some people in Thailand would think a 64-year old bike would be very cheap... but than I would not try to sell a 1953 Vincent on Bahtsold website, but will contact several classic-bike clubs and have it sold within a few days...

Edited April 22, 2017 by Richard-BKK

[Kwasaki]

Nice and understand but you know l would prefer this and only 1/2 a mil. 

 

http://thekneeslider.com/honda-nr750-oval-piston-32-valve-v4-for-sale/

[DILLIGAD]

Nice and understand but you know l would prefer this and only 1/2 a mil. 
 
http://thekneeslider.com/honda-nr750-oval-piston-32-valve-v4-for-sale/

Both nice but like 'chalk & cheese'


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[Naam]

2 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

Got to sell something. Anything. Everything. The wife. The MIL. The step daughter.

got any pictures?

[georgy]

Which model is the Guzzi?

[Kwasaki]

22 minutes ago, DILLIGAD said:

Both nice but like 'chalk & cheese'

£60,000 for a Vinc Series 3 Black Shadow maybe reasonable to a collector,  my mistake on 1/2 mil it's 5 mil for the NR.

 

Yeah but still a rare classic and a different obsession,  £115,000 got me by surprise because a good few years ago there were 5 or 6 still in crates in Japan and they wanted $1 mil dollars each for them. 

[lemonjelly]

1 hour ago, Richard-BKK said:

I had found that classified advertising before, and my first reaction was that something was off, in some of the pictures the background looks more like a European (English) country sight. Of course I could be wrong, the second thing was how he got a 1953 Vincent (recently build from new parts) past the Thai Roadworthy and Environmental testing. I have problems with much younger machines and cannot imagine how a 1953 Vincent would even get near the Thai exhaust emission standard....

 

Third, most people who sell a classic/collectible motorcycle do not publish the sales price, as most people who are interested know how much a 1953 Vincent is worth. On the other hand I can imagine that some people in Thailand would think a 64-year old bike would be very cheap... but than I would not try to sell a 1953 Vincent on Bahtsold website, but will contact several classic-bike clubs and have it sold within a few days...

Same here, those pics look like they were taken in the English countryside.... and built from new parts?........ A serious seller of a bike like that would have given frame and engine no.

 I smell a scam....

[thaiguzzi]

# Agree, background looks very, er green.

# You can get nearly everything new for a Vincent these days, inc a complete motor. The VOC have a remarkable spares scheme, that has been running for decades.

# Approx 5,000 Vincent twins were made post war, until '55, the last year of production, most still on the road.

# I for one, would not be putting engine and frame numbers in ad in print or on the web. Serious enquiring punters would be down there in a flash checking the product out.

# I've seen a few of this guy's ads, seems to have a decent stable of bikes. A Rocket III recently advertised for 600 odd k seemed very reasonable.

[thaiguzzi]

23 hours ago, georgy said:

Which model is the Guzzi?

My avatar.

'89 Cali mk 3.