$400k+ basket case

74ok · Oct 23, 2015

a rolling chassis assembled and the rest of the bike in a box

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2015 ... refer=news

Danno · Oct 24, 2015

The More-Money-Than-Brains Club is alive and well.

acotrel · Nov 25, 2015

You could chisel an SS100 out of a solid block of steel for $400,000

Rohan · Nov 27, 2015

acotrel said:
You could chisel an SS100 out of a solid block of steel for $400,000

Or even get 2 new bikes for that.

Suppose you spotted the ole HD 8 valve racer with chair that traded hands in Melbourne for $600k recently ?
Patina comes expensive these days....

Those 8 valve motors sure get folks excited.

swooshdave · Nov 27, 2015

acotrel said:
You could chisel an SS100 out of a solid block of steel for $400,000

But then all you'd have is a new piece of steel. And shavings.

Rohan · Nov 27, 2015

So the history is the expensive bit, and the steel is just incidental ?

swooshdave · Nov 28, 2015

Rohan said:
So the history is the expensive bit, and the steel is just incidental ?

It can be.

gortnipper · Nov 30, 2015

Provenance costs the most.

74ok · Nov 30, 2015

swooshdave said:
Rohan said:

So the history is the expensive bit, and the steel is just incidental ?

Click to expand...

It can be.

prob gonna resemble or more & more go in this direction

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q= ... 4040,d.dmo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Zebpu ... e=youtu.be

https://www.google.ca/search?q=buling+f ... data+plate

http://www.pprune.org/engineers-technic ... plate.html