Bonhams Auction Stafford

[royhall]

Just wondering if anyone has used Bonhams Auction at Stafford to sell a bike. If so, what was the service like, and did you get a good price. Also, anyone know what the catalogue price is to get in for autumn 2023, they seem a little bit coy about advertising the price for some reason (can't be free with the show ticket surely).

[taysidedragon]

No. Last time I  went to Stafford it was £10 catalogue for entry. Kept out the riff-raff like me.
Probably gone up in the last few years. ☹️

[royhall]

Thanks, that's probably why they are a bit shy putting the price on the website.

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[AshimotoK0]

About 5 years ago the Catalogue was £25 Roy. Allows entry of purchaser of catalogue and one other.

[JezzaPeach]

Someone sent me this from Car & Classic which surprised me:
https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/1971-honda-cb-5004-nPP95n?bsft_aaid=a5ce63ed-6419-48b8-adb6-8692f74daf04&bsft_eid=0eb71092-f06a-4366-821c-eaf920e7faa5&utm_campaign=targeted-sell-motorcycle-21-04-23&utm_source=blueshift&utm_medium=email&utm_content=sell-saturday-email-22-04-23&bsft_clkid=41f418cb-640f-4077-9211-e17b1f6198ce&bsft_uid=7aa14b49-b967-44ce-a87f-fa192e89e8c4&bsft_mid=4776c13b-66e7-4075-84c8-5da46d9fe911&bsft_mime_type=html&bsft_ek=2023-04-21T07%3A31%3A40Z&bsft_lx=12&bsft_tv=18

[AshimotoK0]

Someone sent me this from Car & Classic which surprised me:
https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/1971-honda-cb-5004-nPP95n?bsft_aaid=a5ce63ed-6419-48b8-adb6-8692f74daf04&bsft_eid=0eb71092-f06a-4366-821c-eaf920e7faa5&utm_campaign=targeted-sell-motorcycle-21-04-23&utm_source=blueshift&utm_medium=email&utm_content=sell-saturday-email-22-04-23&bsft_clkid=41f418cb-640f-4077-9211-e17b1f6198ce&bsft_uid=7aa14b49-b967-44ce-a87f-fa192e89e8c4&bsft_mid=4776c13b-66e7-4075-84c8-5da46d9fe911&bsft_mime_type=html&bsft_ek=2023-04-21T07%3A31%3A40Z&bsft_lx=12&bsft_tv=18

I wasn't sure if the boxes still contained the new pipes or if they were the ones fitted to the bike and the boxes were empty. If it did indeed have an extra set of NOS pipes then that would have contributed around £2.5k to the action price IMHO.

[JezzaPeach]

Good point, I read it as the ones fitted as it had been an unfinished project.

[Bryanj]

OK lets get picky.
1 ignition switch in wrong place
2 grab rail wrong
3 rear indicator mounts wrong
4 no stickers under the side panel badges
5 not that early, they started April 71
6 wrong master cylinder
7 wire outside on rh handlebar


And that is just a couple of minutes looking

[JezzaPeach]

Yes, and wrong speedo (and seat cover, unless US were different)!

[Bryanj]

No they wernt different, starting to look more like the usual us bitsa all the time!

[MCTID]

Regarding the Bonhams Auctions Roy......I'd be more concerned at their Fees......

What bike from your lovely stable are you thinking of selling - as you might get a fair offer from a forum Member.....by the time Buyers and Sellers Fees have been factored in, you might not be any worse off selling privately.

[Oddjob]

I can't see the wire outside the bars R/H Bryan.

I spotted a few things.

Claims matching numbers but they ain't. Might be original numbers but certainly don't match.
Seat is far more ripped than they state.
Side panel badges are aftermarket.
Chrome trim missing from tank
Candy Gold was K1 colour not K0, should be Starlight Gold.
Allen keys fitted to cases.
649A carbs fitted, can't remember seeing them before, maybe it's correct for USA though.
Seem to recall the grips being much more spiky, I remember they hurt your hands with no gloves.

Ultra picky.

Wrong plug caps.
Wrong fuel pipe.
Front mudguard damaged on the very front edge

The seat cover for the K0 was different from the K1 and the K2 Jezza.

[Trigger]

Yes, and wrong speedo (and seat cover, unless US were different)!

Correct seat and seat pattern for a 500 K0, it should have a little sticker on the bottom or the side of the seat pan, if original 

[royhall]

Blimey, and I thought it looked okay. You guys must have owl eyes.

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[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Blimey, and I thought it looked okay. You guys must have owl eyes.

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They have Bryan even picked up some of my wiring colours in my headlamp bowl as being potentially wrongly connected!