The National Motorcycle Museum will host its classic motorcycle auction later this month, with over 250 bikes set to go under the hammer.
The auction is organised by H and H, and will take place at the National Motorcycle Museum (NMM) on Wednesday 13 July.
Among the 250-or-so motorcycles is all manner of variety. The first 46 lots are taken up by scooters - mostly Lambrettas and Vespas, from as early as 1950 and as late as 1984.
Almost immediately, when the auction ends its scooter section and moves into that of the motorcycles, there is the appearance of something quite arresting, namely an ex-Brighton Museum 500cc 1923 Triumph Ricardo, reportedly with good compression and selection of all gears, estimated between £9,000 - £11,000.
A little further on, a lot 113, we find a Greeves Hawkstone 250 from 1961, registered for use on the road. Greeves is one of the perhaps lesser-appreciated or lesser-known brands of the mid-20th century British motorcycle industry, but it was successful in its off-road racing campaigns, and it won the 1960 and 1961 250cc European Motocross Championships with Dave Bickers, the last two years before the 250cc class was given full FIM World Championship status.
Another Greeves comes in five lots later, this time a 200cc 1957 Scottish, estimated between £1,750 and £2,250, shortly before a real gem appears, with no reserve, at lot 125. This is a 1913 Triumph Model H (restored in around 2006), which became the 500cc motor-bicycle supplied to British messengers in the First World War, and, in this case, with a 1913 engine and 1914 frame.
Jumping further down the line, and past a few more interwar Triumphs, we come to a 1972 Honda CB350K0/4 race bike - a model especially popular for racing in the US - in the classic silver and red colours that typify Honda race bikes of the 1960s. It has not been raced for three years, but has reportedly been started regularly.
The remaining lots include such as a 1993 Kawasaki ZXR400, 1993 Honda CBR600, 1994 Honda VFR400 NC24, 1963 Ariel Pixie, 1936 AJS 250, 1962 Norton 650SS, 2000 MV Agusta F4, and a whole lot more. The full auction can be browsed on the H and H website, where it's also possible to register to bid.
Image credit: H and H Classics.
