Important Pioneer, Vintage and Collectors' Motorcycles and Related Memorabilia

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Date of the auction: 27.04.2008

Lot number 623
c.1918 James 5/6hp Model 9

Like so many famous and not so famous motorcycle firms, that founded by Harry James in 1880 started...

Bonhams London, 27 Apr 2008
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£0
Price realised:
£15,237
ca. US$30,193
Lot number 624
c.1922 Triumph 4hp Model H Registration no. BJ 7885 Frame no. 323792 Engine...

The first Triumph motorcycle of 1902 used a Belgian Minerva engine, but within a few years the...

Bonhams London, 27 Apr 2008
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£0
Price realised:
£6,325
ca. US$12,533
Lot number 625
1934 Norton 350cc International Model 40 Registration no. JF 5995 Frame no...

One of the most charismatic model names in motorcycling history, ‘International’ was first used by...

Bonhams London, 27 Apr 2008
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£0
Price realised:
£13,225
ca. US$26,206
Lot number 626
1950 Vincent 499cc Series-C Comet Registration no. HVE 227 Frame no. RC4103...

Effectively a Rapide v-twin minus its rear cylinder, the Series-C Vincent Comet built from 1949 to...

Bonhams London, 27 Apr 2008
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£0
Price realised:
£11,500
ca. US$22,787
Lot number 627
1936 Sunbeam 492cc Model 6 Lion Registration no. AAS 108 Frame no...

The first Sunbeam motorcycle - a 350cc side-valve single - left the Wolverhampton premises of John...

Bonhams London, 27 Apr 2008
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£0
Price realised:
£4,830
ca. US$9,570
Lot number 628
1957 Triumph 499cc TR5 Trophy Registration no. WDT 136 (see text) Frame no...

From the time of its introduction in 1948 the Triumph Trophy was established as a true all-rounder...

Bonhams London, 27 Apr 2008
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£0
Price realised:
£2,760
ca. US$5,469
Lot number 629
1926 New Imperial 2¾hp Registration no. SV 8512 Frame no. D11332 Engine no...

Builder of the last British-made machine to win the Lightweight 250 TT (in 1936) New Imperial was...

Bonhams London, 27 Apr 2008
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£0
Price realised:
£2,127
ca. US$4,214
Lot number 630
1966 Triumph 490cc 5TA Speed Twin Registration no. ABW 60D Frame no. 5TA...

Introduced in September 1958, the 5TA Speed Twin was the second of Triumph’s new family of unitary...

Bonhams London, 27 Apr 2008
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£0
Price realised:
£1,840
ca. US$3,646
Lot number 631
1977 Seeley-Honda 750 Registration no. UBA 423S Frame no. SH7-F739 Engine...

Connections with Honda UK resulted in the Seeley-Honda’s creation in the mid 1970s, a period when...

Bonhams London, 27 Apr 2008
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£2,760
ca. US$5,469
Lot number 632
1999 Ducati 748 Biposto Registration no. R500 DUC Frame no. ZDM 748S-010790...

‘Baby brother’ of the iconic 916, from which it was virtually indistinguishable, Ducati’s 748 was...

Bonhams London, 27 Apr 2008
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£0
Price realised:
£2,760
ca. US$5,469
Lot number 633
1966 Norton Dominator 650SS Registration no. MPE 247D Frame no. 117273...

‘Extremely high maximum speed. Abundant stamina. Pleasant manners. Traditional Norton handling. Full...

Bonhams London, 27 Apr 2008
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£2,760
ca. US$5,469
Lot number 634
1926 Royal Enfield 2¼hp Ladies Model Registration no. SV 5748 Frame no...

Like many other British motorcycle manufacturers, Royal Enfield's origins were in the bicycle trade...

Bonhams London, 27 Apr 2008
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£0
Price realised:
£1,265
ca. US$2,506
Lot number 635
1955 New Hudson 98cc Autocycle Registration no. RSK 515 Frame no. 13061...

Having ceased motorcycle production in 1933, New Hudson returned briefly to the manufacture of...

Bonhams London, 27 Apr 2008
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£0
Price realised:
£276
ca. US$546
Lot number 636
200 miles since total restoration 1960 Velocette 499cc Venom Registration...

Presented in concours condition throughout, this wonderful Venom has been described by Jeff Clew, in...

Bonhams London, 27 Apr 2008
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£0
Price realised:
£5,980
ca. US$11,849
Lot number 637
1948 Scott 596cc Flying Squirrel Registration no. KTU 621 Frame no. 5065...

Bradford-born Alfred Angas Scott’s first complete motorcycle appeared in 1908, its twin-cylinder...

Bonhams London, 27 Apr 2008
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£0
Price realised:
£2,702
ca. US$5,354
Lot number 638
1961 Triumph 650cc Thunderbird Registration no. OFO 495 Frame no. 6T D11287...

Always a step ahead of their rivals, Triumph followed up the trend-setting Speed Twin 500 of pre-war...

Bonhams London, 27 Apr 2008
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£2,702
ca. US$5,354
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