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Museum marvels

MUSEUMS HAVE BEEN ON THE LARGE list of businesses that have been hit hard this year. And while the conference centre attached to the National Motorcycle Museum normally helps massively towards the finances, it too has taken a huge hit. Something has to be done, so the near-impossible task of deciding which bikes need to be sold has had to be made.

More than 50 bikes are to be auctioned by Bonhams, in their winter sale, on December 5/6 at Bicester Heritage. For more information, see bonhams.com

We couldn’t feature all the bikes, so we’ve chosen models that we like, are interested in or just don’t see that often. Hope you like them.

Most, if not all bikes being sold, are models the museum has multiples of, so it’s not the end of

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