Husbands looking for a track bike at the moment so thought a bike auction would be a good place to start but cant find where any are held. Also, anyone know of any decent bike brakers yards?
Hello. I’ve looked for bike auctions in the past. I’ve come across this: http://www.governmentauctionsuk.co.uk/motorbike_auctions.php I absolutely cannot vouch for any of the information here, sorry.
All depends on what he wants…
This is a site I use and has a few bikes for sale and some track ones too.
If you can get hold of a copy of Motor Clcle Monthly (free from The Ace Cafe) there is a list of bike auctions in the classified ads:cool:
To be honest I looked intently for a decent bike auction around london and really struggled! You can all, call us northerners what you like But one ting we have plenty of is bike auctions.
So my advice would be if a bike auction is what you want i’d head north. I used to go to one in Wetherby near leeds.
However the best bargins had nowerdays are actually from ebay. My beloved gixer I ride now was bought as a wreck from ebay which I stripped re-built and re-furbished
Search for Cat D write offs and track bikes. Also a sneaky tip which is my best one is search for street fighters. People make the worst bodge jobs of sports bikes into street fighters when it would be easy to pick up parts from ebay and put back to stock. Best age to look at to keep your money and find resonably priced parts is around 2001-2003. Newer stuff will cost to much to restore back to stock unless a track bike is what your looking for?
Happy hunting
Hes been looking at cat D write off’s and ebay but hasnt come with anything yet. Think he was looking for something he can fix up to use on the track rather than be ready to use straight away. Dont think he’d mind traveling up north if he knew the auction was any good. Obviously I know you cant guarantee what will be there but if its got a good reputation I’m sure he’d be willing to travel. I’ll get him to have a looksy at the gixer website too. As far as I know, he was originally looking for a 600gixer but I dont think he going to be fussy if something else was to come along!
Thanks, didnt know this… I’ll have a look when I get home!
There is a GSXR 600 K2 on ebay at the moment, ex-focused events…
There used to be a good bike salvage online auction place down on canvey island and i’m sure they have a website do a google search:D
I’ve used these before for fighter projects, could be what your looking for?
http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=category/ALIVE_STATUS=alive/ZV_AND_OR=and
this is the place down canvey
What a helpful bunch the LB crew are!!
There’s a Yamaha R6 on Bike Trader which is accident damaged for about £1,095. Blue, 11,000 miles, X reg (2000). About 35 miles from central London.
Ollie