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Offline Don R

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More English bikes than you can shake a stick at.
« on: November 02, 2015, 09:18:43 PM »
 No they're not for sale. At all. Period. I was invited to have a look in this 2 story barn filled with bikes. dozens, maybe hundreds, almost all are decent, dusty and dry. Someone told me they were bikes that the shop never got fixed for one reason or another. I remember hearing it was difficult to get your repair finished.
Mostly Triumphs, Nortons, BSA's, Ducati's, Guzzi's, and bikes I never heard of. Choppers, motocross, sidecars, a Vesco fairing, almost all late 50's through early 80's.
 Someday there will be a legendary sale when the owner isn't there to hold on any more.  I'll tell you where then, I'm not burning this bridge. Shxx, I can't even get one.
 It's sad and strange to see something like this. They'd probably all need a Vermont title. 
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Re: More English bikes than you can shake a stick at.
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2015, 04:21:20 AM »
There has been worse, a motorcycle graveyard in lockport NY containing thousands of bikes collapsed or burnt to the ground destroying everything.  Owner would not sell.

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Offline Bailgang

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Re: More English bikes than you can shake a stick at.
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2015, 04:16:49 PM »
I have a nephew that is the shop manager for a Honda motorcycle dealership in Illinois, what makes it unique is that it's one of the oldest Honda motorcycle dealerships in the US and from what my brother tells me they have a warehouse or big barn (call it what you want) behind the shop that is PACKED full of old bikes of all makes, it's a Honda dealership but they will work on any make of bike and the bikes in the "barn" were amassed over the decades from trade-ins or bikes that were repaired but owner never paid the bill. To me it's just a myth because I've never actually seen the place but my 2 sons spent a few days hanging out with my nephew and he gave them a tour of the "barn" and all my boys would say to me was "dad, it would blow your mind". I don't know the for sale status of the bikes in the barn and only a select few have been allowed access but they do from time to time pick one out and restore it. They also have decades worth of NOS that they do sell but of course being it's NOS it does come with a price. If I ever lay eyes on what's in the barn I'll be sure to post pics.
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