Troostwijkauction Commandos, April 2010

Did anyone see a resutl on the auction/s for the eleven Commandos in crates, back in April this year ?

I was wondering the same thing?
Any make it to the USA from the auction?
I was wondering how much they went for?
Marshal

If you have an account with them you can look it up. I didn't feel like registering.

http://www.troostwijkauctions.com/uk/re ... es/92-321/

From memory, I recall the silver bikes going for around 14.5K - 15.5K Euros, and the black one went for ~17K (i.e. 2K+ for the black option!).

The spaceframe racer made roughly 100K and the proddy racers went for a more realistic 7-8K

Thanks Blokes.. for the input.. was interested to know..

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ludwig said:

The prices cited by B+bogus are corect :
The 10 crated silver bikes went for average 14500 Euro ,the black one for 17100 .
The space frame racer : 100000
Generally , the complete , used bikes ( among them about 1O Commandos at an average of 4500 ) went for high prices .
Production racers : 8150 ( cracked case ) and 9500
A 1992 Rotary P55B went for 11000 without engine ! ( I doubt the bidder knew this ..)
All prices are without the 17% auction cost .
IMO , best deals where in the lots with parts .
Space racer went to the US
From the crated bikes , 5 stayed in Belgium , 2 Netherlands , 1: Italy , Finland , Russia , Emirates .
Production racers : Belgium , Germany

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I saw the bikes myself and checked the so-called "production racers"- both were fakes, and the one that went to Germany quite obviously so, or did you ever hear of an 850cc Proddy Racer? The 750 had engine number "PODEVIYN" (no joke!). The 850 is now being worked on and I had a report yesterday. The engine is bog standart bar a 4S camshaft- not even the rockers were lightened. One conrod cracked through ham-fisted mechanics. The only other "race" parts it had was a self-made rear disc brake and a 5-speed Quaife gearbox. The racers were both sorry sights. Whoever bought them paid about 4 times too much. They were at best project bikes with no registration documents.

The prices were way over the top in most cases, one being a Commando seat somebody paid 310,-Euros plus premium for. I should think the only bike worth its money was the space frame. The spares stores consisted of secondhand and mostly totally corroded parts. Not a lot to get excited about- bar the aforementioned space frame which, according to Norman White, was a reserve bike that was in fact never raced, and by no stretch of imagination the bike Peter Williams ever rode let alone crashed.

It is like e-bay- people throw caution to the wind and pay far too much for goods they could easily buy, at fraction of the cost, from more established sources.

ZFD

Do you have anything on the Matchless G80 ...

Were there any actually 'passed' in ?

Cheers
SS

It is like e-bay- people throw caution to the wind and pay far too much for goods they could easily buy, at fraction of the cost, from more established sources.

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How true.. I recall back in the 1990s ~ an Australian entrepreneur went sunny side down and his private collection, ( BTW- the biggest in Australia ) went under the hammer ~ The Norton Commando MK IIA went for $25K AUD ~ :shock: :shock: :shock: