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Important Vintage and Collector's Motorcycles — Webb's

Auction House:Webb'sNumber of lots recorded:23
Sale Title:Important Vintage and Collector's MotorcyclesLots with images:22
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:20
Date:22-Jul-2008
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1969 Bsa Bantam 175 Bushman Engine Number:D14C8619 The Irrepressible D175B Bushman By 1951, Bsa was the largest producer of motorcycles in the world and it was the Bantam that was to prove the most enduring and arguably the most popular British bike of all time. Small but perfectly formed, more than 500,000 Bantams were produced and sold by Bsa from 1948 until 1971 in a wide variety of configurations (road, trials and competition use). In its familiar and somewhat radical white and orange colour scheme,…
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1952 Ajs 350 Engine Number: 52/16M 15840 Chassis Number: 44365, the 'Every man's Bike' weighing as much as the 500cc model, from which most of them were derived, but considerably less powerful, the typical British 350 of the 1950s was not likely to be anyone's first choice as a fast sports bike. Rather, these honest, workaday mounts were chosen for other reasons, chiefly their inherent strength, dependability and economy. Amc's offerings in this important market sector were the Matchless G3L and Ajs model…
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2006 CCM T35s No 6 of 120. Max Power: 42hp British Street Fighter CCM stands for 'Clews Competition Machines'. This company has been producing high-performance motorcycles, mostly offroaders, in Bolton since 1971. Because it is a very small manufacturer (it turns out about seven bikes a week), its products have always had a unique feel and attract the attention of the world's most informed and passionate riders. Maintaining its heritage as one of Britain's most important motorcycle manufacturers, Alan Clew…
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1968 Yamaha DS6250 Engine Number: DS6 112240 Chassis Number: 112240 Max Power: 28hp top Speed: 140kph, the Beginning of the end with a top speed of 140kph the impact of this bike on the open road motorcycling fraternity is difficult to understate, the Ds range laid the foundation for what was to become Yamaha's infamous Rd (race-developed) series which ultimately spelt the end of British dominance, the engine has a high degree of sensitivity. A quarter-inch turn at the throttle magnifies to an intense leap…
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1936 Royal Enfield FJ 500cc 4 valve. The Rare and Infamous 'Bullet'. 'Made like a gun, goes like a bullet' was Royal Enfield's slogan and in 1931, E O Pardoe designed and prototyped a four-valve, single-cylinder which was introduced and christened the 'Bullet' and which, over time, developed a particularly punchy brand of power. Royal Enfield manufactured a range of fast-changing Bullets during the 1930s and by 1934, the 500cc gained a four-value head which transformed into a more highly tuned…
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1914 Triumph Tourist. The First All-British Motorcycle. Originally a bicycle manufacturer founded by German immigrants Siegfried Bettman and Maurice Schulte. Triumph was established in 1902 and used Belgian Minerva engines. However, the two men understood the power of being recognised as 'home grown' and were determined to build their own power units; the first of these, a 298cc single-cylinder side valve, arrived in 1904. By 1905, Triumph succeeded in manufacturing the first 100% British-made motorcycle.…
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1929 BSA S29 Ohv 2 Port Sloper. The history of BSA predates the motorised age considerably. Its roots go back to the time of King William III who, in 1692, attempted to improve the fire power of the army by drawing up a contract between the Board of Ordnance and five Birmingham gunsmiths. This 'contract' continued for many years and on 7 June 1861, the Birmingham Small Arms Company was formed; by 1863 a factory had been built at the Small Heath site on the outskirts of Birmingham. In 1880, the company…
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1963 Harley-Davidson Sportster. In 1963, Willie G Davidson (son of founder Arthur Davidson) joined the Harley-Davidson family firm as Director of Design. By then, 120,000 miles of super-highway had been constructed across the United States and was rapidly changing the face of motorcycling culture, the rider's demand for high-performance, long-range machines drew race technology from the track onto the street at an unprecedented pace, the T120 Bonneville was gaining significant market share and…
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1955 BSA 10A Golden Flash. The first assignment for Bert Hopwood (originally of Norton and Edward Turner's protege) at BSA was to create a motorcycle with more torque. He quickly designed, built and prototyped the BSA A10 650cc 'Golden Flash' twin which was announced in October 1949 and joined BSA's 500cc A7 model.
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1917 Hd 1000cc Boardtrack Racer Engine Number: L17T 4430 Stripped F Head Stock Racer Full On The first board track opened at the Los Angeles Coliseum Motordome near Playa del Rey, California, on 8 April 1910. Based on and utilising the same technology as the French velodromes used for bicycle races, the imposing track and others like it were created with 2 inch x 4 inch boards, and banked up to 50 degrees, or more. Timber was cheap, labour was plentiful, and board track racing offered a level of spectacle…
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Circa 1915 Ariel 670cc Vee Twin Split crank cases marked 47 Lower engine marked A5824 The Great Unknown Very little is known about this very early example of the Ariel Vee Twin. The vendor can recall seeing the motorcycle in his late brother's garage in the late 1950s. With the heavily dusted patina it is also difficult to ascertain whether the bike was recommissioned long ago. Turning over smoothly, the 670cc displacement motor is wet and all componentry is authentic and complete. The machine is powered…
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The 1939 Ohv Ariel Square Four - The 4G 955cc. The Aristocratic Brute - Smooth, Fast and Powerful. Legend has it that Edward Turner conceived the Square Four engine in 1928 - the essence of the concept appearing so quickly that he was required to write it down on the back of a cigarette packet, the engine was essentially a pair of 'across frame' OHC parallel twins joined by their geared central flywheels, with one four- block (or Monobloc) and one head, the idea for the engine was rejected by BSA, but…
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1958 Manx Norton 10M 77295 Engine Number: 10M77295. Raw Power, with a history stretching back almost to the beginning of motorcycling history itself, the Norton single is without doubt one of the greatest over-the-counter production racers ever produced - The Manx is the epitome of the British racing single. These extremely 'cammy' Nortons dominated road racing at a Grand Prix level until they were finally eclipsed by the Italian and Japanese multi-cylinders. Even then, both factory and privately entered…
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1914 Clyno 5/6hp with sidecar components. Located in Northampton, United States of America, cyclo was formed in 1908 by the Smith cousins, Alwyn and Frank, originally as an accessory manufacturing company. Cyclo patented an early 'inclined' pulley drive system from which the company took its name, 1909 saw the first of the Clyno motorcycles utilising proprietary Vee Twin engines made by the Thrapston, Wolverhampton-based firm, Stevens (later becoming AJS), utilising fittings from Charter lea of London, the…
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1914 Douglas 348cc 23/4hp Model U Engine Number: 84564 The Original Horizontal Twin The Douglas Engineering Company was formed in Bristol by brothers William and Edward in 1882, first as a blacksmith's shop, but soon expanding to become an iron founders. After the turn of the century and the advent of the motor vehicle, the company soon became involved in the development of engines and was especially known for its horizontally opposed twin cylinder engine bikes and as manufacturers of furious speedway…
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1926 Harley-Davidson 7/9 complete with Royal Tourist Sidecar Outfit. Max Power: 8.68hp The Infamous F Head In February 1907, a prototype model with a 45-degree V-Twin engine was displayed at the Chicago Automobile Show. Although shown and advertised, very few Vee-twin models were built between 1907 and 1910. By 1911, some 150 makes of motorcycle had already been built in the United States of America, although just a handful would survive the depression of the 1910s. However, the design focus on performance…
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1979 Yamaha Xt 500 Engine Number: 8H7 003210 Chassis Number: 8H7 003210 Max Power: 27hp, the ‘Pine tree' in 1975, the single-cylinder four-stroke motorcycle was more or less extinct and buried due to the dominance of the smooth powerful multi-cylinder two-stroke. In fact, at the time, Britain's Bsa was one of the few makers still offering big single machines, but even this renowned brand had not released a new big single model in a good number of years. It seemed that 40 years of single-cylinder combustion…
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2001 MV Augusta F4+1. Max Power: 135hp Top Speed: 260kph Singular Velocity The motorcycle presented here is the result of what is now considered one of the finest engineering collaborations of modern time: MV Augusta and Ferrari - Enzo & Count Domenico Augusta - were two men not concerned about the relatively mundane business of making road-going machines; it was racing and winning that obsessed them to the end, and the MVF4 is a testament to this, dominating the great tracks of the '50's and '60's
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1931 Ariel Sloper. By 1926, Ariel's chief designer Val Page had come up with an overhead-valve 500cc single that reputedly produced a good 20 hp - hence their marketing phrase: '20 horses in the cradle'. At the same time, Ariel became known for its publicity stunts; trials rider Harry Parrey rode to the top of Mount Snowden and also crossed the English Channel on a standard Ariel equipped with floats. Ariel produced its Sloper for two seasons before the depression forced the company to rationalise its…
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2000 Ducati MH900e Engine Number: Zdmv 300AA1BOO1760 Chassis Number: ZDMV904A2KO13384 The Mike Hailwood 900 Evoluzione One of the world's leading manufacturers of high-performance sport motorcycles, Ducati was founded in 1926 and is now widely recognised amongst the motorcycle fraternity for producing racing-inspired motorcycles characterised by unique engine features, innovative design, advanced engineering and overall technical excellence. With an extensive racing pedigree dating to the 1950s, Ducati has…
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1954 Ajs 500 Ms Engine Number: 5416MS20744 Chassis Number: A5438, the Quiet Achiever one of the most prestigious of all British marques, the firm of Albert John Stevens (Ajs) was incorporated in 1909 and went on to become one of the pillars of the British motorcycle industry. In the 1920s, Ajs was consistently successful in motor sport and development work culminated in the awesomely fast machines. By the early thirties, Ajs had accumulated 117 world records. Ajs racing machines included the wonderful…
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1953 Ajs 500 Mc model 20 Engine Number: 5320/15557 Chassis Number: A6186, the Spring twin one of the first models to provide a plush seating for the pillion passenger the Spring twin was a very successful model and considered a flagship cruiser of the day. Mr Duncan had a fastidious eye for detail when it came to ensuring that his collection was in good order on all levels. This Ajs Ms is accompanied by a letter from Mr Roy Bacon of classic Motorcycle magazine confirming the year and model of the…
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1973 CB350F Engine Number: CB530F 1066590 Chassis Number: CB530F 1036531 Max Power: 34hp top Speed: 160kph, the right Path, the four-cylinder CB series represents one of the great technical leaps since motorcycling began - a potent overhead cam engine, disc brakes, a tight five-speed gearbox, electric start and guts to boot. Winning the French 24-hour Bo d'or race in 1969 and the 1970 United States Daytona, the CB750 was then compacted into the 350F. Although aimed at the sporting segment of the market,…
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