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Yamaha YL1 100cc twin cylinder race bike



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/336378575728 ... R87rk_WBZw

Skub wrote: Sat Jan 31, 2026 10:36 am
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That verges on criminal!

I bet it's faster and more reliable than the original Captain America Chopper

The very first CB750 imported into the US just sold at the Mecum auction for $313,500...

https://www.mecum.com/lots/1157654/1968 ... d=718911-0

The George Beale RC174 replica went for $300K

$77K for a Van Veen

Mecum is either old men with too much money getting into pissings contests,or it's straight up money laundering. I can't decide which theory I like best.
Their prices bear absolutely no relevance in the real world,that much is certain.

What was it last time around,an H2 with the decals back to front going for $50k?

Skub wrote: Sun Feb 01, 2026 9:59 am Mecum is either old men with too much money getting into pissings contests,or it's straight up money laundering. I can't decide which theory I like best.
Their prices bear absolutely no relevance in the real world,that much is certain.

What was it last time around,an H2 with the decals back to front going for $50k?

I watch this YT channel,Motorcycle Rewind & the other week he uploaded an episode on one of the bikes he'd dragged home,it's a old early 70's Honda scrambler with a custom 'Flying Dragon' paintjob,then the other day he uploaded this Mercum video Some mad money being paid out/laundered...
There were also some cheap bikes in there.

Funny looking Impreza.

Bustaspoke wrote: Sun Feb 01, 2026 10:14 am

Skub wrote: Sun Feb 01, 2026 9:59 am Mecum is either old men with too much money getting into pissings contests,or it's straight up money laundering. I can't decide which theory I like best.
Their prices bear absolutely no relevance in the real world,that much is certain.

What was it last time around,an H2 with the decals back to front going for $50k?

I watch this YT channel,Motorcycle Rewind & the other week he uploaded an episode on one of the bikes he'd dragged home,it's a old early 70's Honda scrambler with a custom 'Flying Dragon' paintjob,then the other day he uploaded this Mercum video Some mad money being paid out/laundered...
There were also some cheap bikes in there.

USD40k for a 70's Honda 350 with a gash paint job? The world has gone mad...

The Mecum auction lot I was interested in was for the George Beale Honda 297 six cylinder replica. According to ZRX, that bike went for USD300,000 which to me is a fair price. Here's a pic of it: (I've got quite a lot more squirrelled away if anyone wants to see more)

Bustaspoke wrote: Sun Feb 01, 2026 10:14 am I watch this YT channel,Motorcycle Rewind & the other week he uploaded an episode on one of the bikes he'd dragged home,it's a old early 70's Honda scrambler with a custom 'Flying Dragon' paintjob,then the other day he uploaded this Mercum video Some mad money being paid out/laundered...

Aussie mate of mine runs that Iconic Motorbikes web auctions company. He had one of Doug Chandlers Muzzy ZX7's go through that ended up with the drug dealer bloke who just got his collar felt.

Ermmm...subtle?

Good grief

The Voxan. Kinda like a partially melted French TL1000.

Skub wrote: Tue Feb 03, 2026 9:11 pm The Voxan. Kinda like a partially melted French TL1000.
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Looks like something from a Joe Bar Team cartoon strip!

The inlet cams are higher in the head than the exhaust cams, so the rocker cover is not parallel to the cylinder cooling fins. Which is annoying.

Skub wrote: Mon Feb 02, 2026 8:35 pm Ermmm...subtle?
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If they built Kardesigns one I mighte be tempted, but deffo not that one!

Skub wrote: Tue Feb 03, 2026 9:11 pm The Voxan. Kinda like a partially melted French TL1000.
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How? Just how do you design that and think "yup, that's the one"

weeksy wrote: Wed Feb 04, 2026 7:33 pm

Skub wrote: Tue Feb 03, 2026 9:11 pm The Voxan. Kinda like a partially melted French TL1000.
Voxan.jpg

How? Just how do you design that and think "yup, that's the one"

It was some party. You had to be there maaan.