YLY70H

[steff750]

  what you forget ash that bike was porn for us youngsters lol
the brighton bike was the first cb750 i ever saw,that was in a mag i bought from a secondhand bookshop
i was given a brochure of yly70h when i bought my brand new cb250 k2 i still have it ,and said then i will own a cb750 one day
 as pete says its only a late 1970 bike its only six numbers later than one of my bikes and i got five anyways i dont need another one
 so whats the sales pitch here? a bike that as been ridden to near total distuction by every bull**It journo that could get their greasy mits on it,
i got to meet keith newton and the owner of the brighton bike (lol nearly said his name then ash), years later in various bike jumbles(no internet or ebay then),i was even offered eamons bike( first one registered in uk) before he had it . they are just cb750s to me the real story is the people who owned them and restored them,nobody restored jap bikes then,i just wish i met dick emery ,now there was a porn star lol he used his own bikes in his sketches .there is a biker film out "why we ride" if you get chance to watch it great film when you are having a tinny lol
so weather you are riding or restoring a sandcast a k0 or even a monkey bike its yours ,and its your time that you are puting into it, that is the enjoyment, its your project ,not a bonhams trophy

[JamesH]

Well said Steff...think you've hit the nail on the head there. But, someone (probably with pots of money) will I suspect pay big for this bike...who knows, will be interesting to see how it pans out..

[AshimotoK0]

Well said Steff...think you've hit the nail on the head there. But, someone (probably with pots of money) will I suspect pay big for this bike...who knows, will be interesting to see how it pans out..

Yea you are dead right Steff .. I remember oggling at a 750K0 in the Honda Dealers at the top of my street on my was to school. One day I was walking to school and they were prepping a bike for sale and I got talking to the old mechanic (nice bloke) and he was muttering about fancy carb balancing gauges etc etc and what a pain it was to set them up.

Attached is the 'research' I did into the Litchfield Monkey bike postal service prank in '71. I do have a doc somewhere that said that Patrick Litchfield had a CB750 at the time (He previously had a 'Ken Ives' special CB450 'Bomber' ). the book scan attached was dead easy to find on the net but the actual article on it was a real tw*t to get hold of. But being the anoraky, obsessive that I am I had to find it and I did!

I also unearthed that after dinner him and his Royal pals used to have a race around his estate on his fleet of Honda Monkey bikes and evidently Princess Anne  always used to win.

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[AshimotoK0]

Well I got that one wrong its Andrew Barrett not Rodger E who's their Honda Auction man now.

Fed him my Dropbox stuff etc etc  and he's sending me a free entry catalogue so I will be there to see it get auctioned. Won't be bidding though !!!!!!

Ha Ha I will bid for you if you want though James !!

[JamesH]

I won't be bidding Ash ;-)!!! Be interesting to see what it fetches...

[AshimotoK0]

I won't be bidding Ash ;-)!!! Be interesting to see what it fetches...

Bet you will probably be there in disguise James.. but you are a tall bugga so I will spot you 

[Sgt.Pinback]

How much is the Bonhams agio?

[JamesH]

Seriously, when I was offered the bike for £30k late last year I made a conscious decision to stay well away...out of my league I'm afraid...! ;-)

[Sgt.Pinback]

How much is a KO ordinary english diecast and a US diecast in good condition on your island?

[JamesH]

Ha ha you've just opened a MASSIVE can of worms there Uli :-).. Who wants to go first?

[Sgt.Pinback]

Bonhams premium.....please kindly add 15% (+ VAT on that) = 18% to the price....

"For Motorcycles (Lots 201-303 and 311-439) a 15% Buyer's Premium is payable on the first £50,000 of the final Hammer Price of each Lot, and 12% on any amount by which the Hammer Price exceeds £50,000, VAT at the standard rate is payable on the Premium by all Buyers, unless otherwise stated."


Pas mal.

[hairygit]

Hmm, and I thought e Bay were greedy!

[AshimotoK0]

Well I got that one wrong its Andrew Barrett not Rodger E who's their Honda Auction man now.

Fed him my Dropbox stuff etc etc  and he's sending me a free entry catalogue so I will be there to see it get auctioned. Won't be bidding though !!!!!!

Ha Ha I will bid for you if you want though James !!

Got my free Bonhams catalogue in the post today. No wonder they charge a fortune to get one it's a well glossy affair. Hoping they will let my trusty mate 'Dodgy Roger' in with it too as I think a catalogue admits two people. James & Pete have met him, 'whadya' think the chances are of them letting him in guys 

[JamesH]

No chance ha ha...

[UK Pete]

why would roger the greebo want to buy from there, he aint posh enough lol