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Friday, February 17, 2017
1971 Gene Romero Triumph Triple Replica Road Racer sold for $50,000 at the 2017 Mecum Las Vegas Motorcycle Auction
Sorry, 50 big ones for a replica motorcycle? No history, probably not even raced! Lovely looking bike but no way is it ever worth that, the sum of the parts? Trident engine in a Rob North replica frame, nah, not buying it, anyhoo, too shiny for a race bike, just sayin'
Sold a stamped set of engine cases used by Gene to the guy that owns his AMA sealed Daytona frame for about 3% of that. If the frame is a '72 lowboy it probably would have been a Wenco, not a North. North had already left the UK for the US and never made the frames for the US team that he was paid for, hence the frames built by Wenco Industries on a jig built by Dan Macias, team manager.
Sorry, 50 big ones for a replica motorcycle? No history, probably not even raced! Lovely looking bike but no way is it ever worth that, the sum of the parts? Trident engine in a Rob North replica frame, nah, not buying it, anyhoo, too shiny for a race bike, just sayin'
ReplyDeleteYou'll get no argument from me. Sometimes there's no reasonable explanation for the value people put on stuff.
DeleteSold a stamped set of engine cases used by Gene to the guy that owns his AMA sealed Daytona frame for about 3% of that. If the frame is a '72 lowboy it probably would have been a Wenco, not a North. North had already left the UK for the US and never made the frames for the US team that he was paid for, hence the frames built by Wenco Industries on a jig built by Dan Macias, team manager.
ReplyDeleteGreat info. I love hearing from folks who know their stuff. Thanks for commenting.
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