AUCTION ACTION
It started over breakfast, as good things often do. My dining companion mentioned a bike he'd put into a motorcycle auction and tossed the catalogue to me. Flicking through, my first impressions were of a weakening market. There were lots of Triumph and BMW twins, many with attractive-looking guide prices. Skimming past the more exotic lots, which tend to have a page to themselves, I found myself in the more… ‘unloved’ section of the sale. This is where the real fun is for me; the bikes that have been dragged from sheds after decades of slumber, often with no or low reserves. And, one of those bikes caught my eye.
‘I might pop along with you’, implied moral support and ersatz coffee stirred with a dolphin-friendly spoon that dissolves as soon as it gets wet. Even so, a week later I set out for the Charterhouse auction at Haynes motor museum, complete with passport ID and my trailer in tow.
The auction buying process goes something like this. You'll need to register to bid; look for nice people with laptops who will take your details.
