Post by: UK Pete on April 07, 2016, 06:00:24 PM
How much??????? the recent sandcast on ebay did not attract many big bids so can this one
pete
Post by: JamesH on April 07, 2016, 07:08:52 PM
Post by: AshimotoK0 on April 07, 2016, 08:11:01 PM
£27k
Huh and not even from the 1st batch of 20 imported in Jan 70 ! ;D
Post by: JamesH on April 07, 2016, 10:24:59 PM
Post by: AshimotoK0 on April 08, 2016, 12:27:45 AM
Obviously, Roger Etcell who's Bonhams 'Honda' Man (I think) doesn't have access to the old Ashimoto Dropbox :) ... or maybe expenses wouldn't run to a copy of the 1987 Classic Mechanics mag off eBay !! No mention it was owned by Penelope Keith's Husband either or was used as a swap for the 'Brighton Bike' at one time or that loads of parts were off a donor bike or that's its done loads of miles! Maybe they should be paying me to do their research!
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/19sxpkf3e02mo06/AAC-IdT6o6KY1KwpJl4s8p-Ma?dl=0
Post by: UK Pete on April 08, 2016, 07:20:19 AM
pete
Post by: AshimotoK0 on April 08, 2016, 07:59:54 AM
It does not excite me any more than the 3 much earlier vin number 750,s i have, i think its pushing its rarity on the fact it featured on uk advertising, ash your the man for the info perhaps bonhams need too commision you on hondas
pete
Not in with the 'In crowd' Pete .. The woman on the door wouldn't even let me in the Bonhams auction the only time I ever tried to get a peek inside.. said I needed a 17.50 quid catalogue to get in or 'that will be seventeen pourds fifty sir' in her posh voice ;D
Post by: Sgt.Pinback on April 08, 2016, 08:32:42 AM
£27k
For a diecast?
Post by: JamesH on April 08, 2016, 09:15:35 AM
I'm not saying I think it's 'worth' that, but I suspect someone will bid large for it...just an opinion, and we'll see.
Post by: Sgt.Pinback on April 08, 2016, 12:23:45 PM
http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,9389.15.html
27.000 GBP = 33.400 € = nearly double the price I would expct for my German KO when I finished her.
Post by: JamesH on April 08, 2016, 01:26:26 PM
Post by: Sgt.Pinback on April 08, 2016, 02:08:22 PM
Anyway, I would pay a premium of 3-5 t€ to have some old pictures in some old bike magazines of her. But + 15 t€ ??
I grant it to the seller.
Post by: AshimotoK0 on April 08, 2016, 02:42:48 PM
Post by: UK Pete on April 08, 2016, 07:40:40 PM
Post by: JamesH on April 08, 2016, 08:30:27 PM
Post by: steff750 on April 08, 2016, 09:18:57 PM
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
Post by: JamesH on April 08, 2016, 09:30:33 PM
Post by: AshimotoK0 on April 09, 2016, 02:31:16 AM
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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Post by: AshimotoK0 on April 11, 2016, 10:51:28 AM
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 !! ;D ;D ;D
Post by: JamesH on April 11, 2016, 12:54:26 PM
Post by: AshimotoK0 on April 11, 2016, 01:20:23 PM
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 ;D ;D
Post by: Sgt.Pinback on April 11, 2016, 02:03:01 PM
Post by: JamesH on April 11, 2016, 03:39:27 PM
Post by: Sgt.Pinback on April 11, 2016, 04:11:49 PM
Post by: JamesH on April 11, 2016, 06:04:57 PM
Post by: Sgt.Pinback on April 11, 2016, 06:30:04 PM
"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.
Post by: hairygit on April 11, 2016, 07:06:54 PM
Post by: AshimotoK0 on April 14, 2016, 10:49:55 PM
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 !! ;D ;D ;D
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 ;D ;D ;D
Post by: JamesH on April 15, 2016, 12:45:03 AM
Post by: UK Pete on April 15, 2016, 07:16:08 AM
Post by: AshimotoK0 on April 15, 2016, 03:12:01 PM
why would roger the greebo want to buy from there, he aint posh enough lol
Well Rog offered my mate 30k for his Vincent 1000 so he has few bob. Can just imagine what his comment will be to the posh woman on the door at Bonhams. 'If you want to take that plum out of your gob for five minutes I can easily replace it with something else"
Post by: AshimotoK0 on May 03, 2016, 07:47:49 PM
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Post by: Johnwebley on May 03, 2016, 10:12:49 PM
not as high as I thought,
maybe someone should tell Frank ,
BTW,I enjoy Jefferson Airplane and Grace Slick,-)))) "peace and love"
Post by: AshimotoK0 on May 04, 2016, 06:32:51 AM
thanks Ash,
not as high as I thought,
maybe someone should tell Frank ,
BTW,I enjoy Jefferson Airplane and Grace Slick,-)))) "peace and love"
Did you know that our friend on here UKPete is fast becoming a hippy ! ;D ;D It never sold by the way. A bit confusing as the auctioneer said 'selling at' but when the hammer went down he never said 'SOLD'
Post by: UK Pete on May 04, 2016, 11:04:03 PM
Peace and love man
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