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Wonky engined monstrosity 
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thats no way to talk about McLaren 
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In the last few years I’ve been drawn into Auto-Jumbles by TV programmes like ‘Shed and Buried’ and my non-biker brother-in-law’s interest in the same. We’ve attended several Stratford-Upon-Avon racecourse shows, and the brilliant, massive Stafford Show this year. A year or two ago I popped into The Shuttleworth Collection (Old Warden near Biggleswade, Bedfordshire) which is reasonably local to me, and found they were hosting a motorcycle auction viewing day.
Now, last weekend I managed to attend an actual auction at Old Warden. As a novice I didn’t register to bid, I just observed, but there lots of old bikes I’d love to own and a couple of bikes I would have been particularly interested in; lot 540, a 1926 Levis 246cc 2-stroke that went for £3565 (too rich for me) and lot 625, a Gilera CX125 from 1993 (£4830, same). I’ve long had a fascination for the Tron-like Gilera although I know it was style over substance, and the interest in the Levi’s comes from attending The Banbury Run as a spectator this year and wondering if I could do that (a pre-1931-bikes reliability trial including a hairpin bend up the steep Sun Rising Hill).
Lot 560 was interesting, a zero miles, crated 2005 Honda CBR1000RR FireBlade. I expected it to ‘zing!’ but it was covered in dust and possibly oil, and it didn’t sell.
Oh, there was a woman on the desk I half-recognised and later remembered was Maria Costello, MBE, TT racer. 
Anyhow, which bike floats your boat, and at what price? The winning bids are shown.
https://www.iconicauctioneers.com/the-iconic-motorcycle-sale-at-shuttleworth-summer-2025/2025-07-20/page-1/ipp-100?el=32974
(It’s two pages, click next at the bottom.)
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| Kawasaki Jimbo wrote: | In the last few years I’ve been drawn into Auto-Jumbles by TV programmes like ‘Shed and Buried’ and my non-biker brother-in-law’s interest in the same. We’ve attended several Stratford-Upon-Avon racecourse shows, and the brilliant, massive Stafford Show this year. A year or two ago I popped into The Shuttleworth Collection (Old Warden near Biggleswade, Bedfordshire) which is reasonably local to me, and found they were hosting a motorcycle auction viewing day.
Now, last weekend I managed to attend an actual auction at Old Warden. As a novice I didn’t register to bid, I just observed, but there lots of old bikes I’d love to own and a couple of bikes I would have been particularly interested in; lot 540, a 1926 Levis 246cc 2-stroke that went for £3565 (too rich for me) and lot 625, a Gilera CX125 from 1993 (£4830, same). I’ve long had a fascination for the Tron-like Gilera although I know it was style over substance, and the interest in the Levi’s comes from attending The Banbury Run as a spectator this year and wondering if I could do that (a pre-1931-bikes reliability trial including a hairpin bend up the steep Sun Rising Hill).
Lot 560 was interesting, a zero miles, crated 2005 Honda CBR1000RR FireBlade. I expected it to ‘zing!’ but it was covered in dust and possibly oil, and it didn’t sell.
Oh, there was a woman on the desk I half-recognised and later remembered was Maria Costello, MBE, TT racer.
Anyhow, which bike floats your boat, and at what price? The winning bids are shown.
https://www.iconicauctioneers.com/the-iconic-motorcycle-sale-at-shuttleworth-summer-2025/2025-07-20/page-1/ipp-100?el=32974
(It’s two pages, click next at the bottom.) |
Being local too I almost went myslef but a bit hungover from a mates party.
The CB250RS was my interest..
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admiring Julys buck moon.
https://i.imgur.com/dxxoTSX.jpg
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