What to do ?

[Mike.Morgan]

The Classic (British) bike market is falling, and will only get worse. Bikes sit on eBay for months, sometimes even years at a time, as they buyers are just not out there anymore.

Someone was selling a late 500 engine at the Annual, can’t remember exactly how much but it wasn’t silly money.

[JohnnyBeckett]

hi i find Ariels are at the bottom of the ladder for motorcycles , you have to find the right buyer for them, if it was a triumph or a bsa which are a run of the mill motorcycle i find they sell very quick , but i find you can sell a ariel for more money if you break it up and sell the parts

[Vincent.vanGinneke]

BREAK IT UP AND SELL THE PARTS ??? !!!!

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[fpassmore]

I can hear you bursting a blood vessel from here Vincent!! My last SQ4 cost me 14K to build something worth 10K but I still love it.
Frank

[nevhunter]

It may be marginally more profitable to sell a bike for parts. If it was all matching numbers it would amount to sacrilege, and it's more trouble anyhow.. Nev

[admin]

The decision is made.
I've just stumped up for some main bearings and my local company will sort out my VH crank.

I cannot be arsed to break the KH engine up - although the rebuilt mag, dynamo, primary cases and crank (I know - wasn't cheap to do them all and they've done no work) would likely sell easily enough. I've actually got another twin frame here, with most of the running gear.

[pete.collings]

John, I have sent a PM that may be of help

[ken-drink]

a friend of mine sent his ansi link kh to silverstone auctions, only a couple of months ago, it was a nice one and got over £5k for it, so maybe thats the way to go.
Ken

[nevhunter]

THAT doesn't seem like much. Maybe the market is falling for this stuff. Nev