Prices

madthemad · Post by **madthemad** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:38 pm

Just been on Cotswold Classics, they have few BM's on there but the prices seem a bit steep. What do you think.

Hayden · Post by **Hayden** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:53 pm

oh, no......I can never find the can of worms smilie when I want it...

I think the one marked TBA looks very reasonable..

el-nicko · Post by **el-nicko** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:11 pm

http://www.cotswold-classics.co.uk/view ... ck&id=2450
A 'snip' if you ask me.

cornishflat · Post by **cornishflat** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 8:40 pm

The prices do look a little strong, although looking at the"dealer" prices in Classic Bike some are breath taking.

herrman · Post by **herrman** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:20 pm

Prices do seem a bit on the HIGH side but for me when a "dealer" thinks that a yellow spring is an Ohlins its just a rip off. I must have owned many of those bikes (well not those but the same model) in my time and its a shame they are not in my garage now. Then again you cannot buy a Vincent 1000 for £50 these days ( Not me but I did see the deal done

)

Peter.

Dai wiskers · Post by **Dai wiskers** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:37 pm

Kin hell

i sold mine for £250 when the crank seals went
http://www.cotswold-classics.co.uk/view ... ck&id=2394

el-nicko · Post by **el-nicko** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:42 pm

A mate of mine just sold a couple of '50s Triumph 650 twins to the same buyer for £25,000 and bought a late model Bonny with some of the cash. He has however still retained (amongst other stuff) the two Vincents he owns valued at £45,000 and £60,000( a Chinese Red model

) respectivly. I myself once owned a genuine '65 Thruxton Bonneville (as much as there ever was such a thing) that could be traced, via one previous racer/owner back to Meriden. Somebody told me it's in a museum now. What would that be worth today

el-nicko · Post by **el-nicko** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:44 pm

Dai wiskers wrote:Kin hell

i sold mine for £250 when the crank seals went
http://www.cotswold-classics.co.uk/view ... ck&id=2394

Still a handsom bike even after all these years tho eh Dai?

exoticices · Post by **exoticices** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:58 pm

Some nice bikes there.

'Classic' bike prices seem ridiculous though.

My local VMCC branch is very active but they worry about the membership slowly dying off with no 'fresh blood' to replace them (most members are a combination of old, rich, divorced, ex-engineers or all four). When you think that things like Bantams and C15s, which were pretty undesirable new and haven't really improved much since, are costing well over a grand you can see why. I'd love an 'old Brit' but the ones I'd like are simply too expensive for people with kids/mortgages/etc really.

They do have a nice Randy BCR, though my eyes are still watering at the asking price:
http://www.cotswold-classics.co.uk/view ... ck&id=2452
and a nice-spec R12S, but with "Price TBA" which probably means a big number with an extra zero stuck on the end:
http://www.cotswold-classics.co.uk/view ... ck&id=2451

Dai wiskers · Post by **Dai wiskers** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:07 pm

el-nicko wrote:A mate of mine just sold a couple of '50s Triumph 650 twins to the same buyer for £25,000 and bought a late model Bonny with some of the cash. He has however still retained (amongst other stuff) the two Black Shadows he owns valued at £45,000 and £60,000( a Chinese Red model ) respectivly. I myself once owned a genuine '65 Thruxton Bonneville (as much as there ever was such a thing) that could be traced, via one previous racer/owner back to Meriden. Somebody told me it's in a museum now. What would that be worth today

A mate of mine just bought two Triumph twins a T110 and a T90 a 400/4
and something else he won't say just says he's keeping it for £1500
he has sold the T90 and 400/4 for £1500

I also know of a 400/4 that has just sold for £50

Once i was offered a Vincent commet for £80 T&T running sweet, i laughed at the fella saying what the hell do i want that for, i was running a BSA A65 star twin at the time, [if only someone had wispered in my ear wrap it in cotton wool it will be worth money one day,] when i think of all the bikes that were offered back in the 70's i could have been a rich man

Norton atlas AJS 600s loads of BSA's Triumph's Panthers Matchless's all used to change hands for less than £100 most were taxed and tested

I almost bought a Panther 600 with watsonian double adult for £80 but it sold before i got to the fella's house i saw it being ridden away

i still fancy a Panther or a jampot AJS/Matchless single

Mike B · Post by **Mike B** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:21 pm

One of my brothers "old Nails" lol

Dai wiskers · Post by **Dai wiskers** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:32 am

Mike B wrote:One of my brothers "old Nails" lol

I can hear that now Doff Doff Doff Doff
Stick your harley nothing sounds better than a Panther fireing[spelin] at every lamppost

Mike B · Post by **Mike B** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:10 pm

he loves em. And I live about 1 1/2 miles from where they were made.