I had made a post a few weeks back on The Most Expensive Bike in U.K. Obviously it was an auctioned bike and it had to be a Vincent. Recently I learned that the most expensive auctioned bike in the world is a 1915 Cyclone Board Track Racer. Interestingly this bike was also featured in the first Legend Of The Motorcycle show. Featured here are the World's Top 20 auctioned bikes.
1. 1915 Cyclone Board Track Racer
$520,000
2. 1939 Vincent-HRD 998cc Series-A Rapide
£214,800 $378,757
September 2008 New Bond St Bonhams
3. 1927 Zenith-JAP 8/45hp
3. 1927 Zenith-JAP 8/45hp
£177,500 $312,986
4. 1934 Brough Superior 996cc SS100
£166,500 $293.589
April 2008 Stafford Bonhams
5. 1954 AJS Porcupine
5. 1954 AJS Porcupine
£163,600 $288.475
April 2000 Stafford Bonhams
6. 1938 Brough Superior 982cc SS100
6. 1938 Brough Superior 982cc SS100
£163,200 $287,770
September 2008 New Bond St Bonhams
7. 1941 Crocker Big Tank
$243,800
8. 1937 Brough Superior SS-100
£137,000 $241,53
November 2005 LA Bonhams
9. 1939 Crocker V-Twin Big Twin
$233,200 January 2008
Las Vegas Mid America
£120,500 $212,448
November 2005 LA Bonhams
11. 1924 Montgomery-Anzani 8/38hp V-Twin
11. 1924 Montgomery-Anzani 8/38hp V-Twin
£109,300 $192,702
April 2006 Stafford Bonhams
£100,500 $177,182
April 2008 Stafford Bonhams
13. 1928 Windhoff 746cc Four
£100,500 $177,182
14. 1973 Harley-Davisdon 750cc XRTT
$176,000
15. 1925 Brough Superior 980cc SS80 De Luxe
£85,200 $155,532
September 2008 New Bond St Bohams
16. 1954 Vincent 998cc White Shadow Series C
£81,800 $144,246
17. 1913 Flying Merkel
$130,000
18. 1958/9 Benelli 248cc Grand Prix
£71,900 $126,780
19. 1928 McEvoy-JAP 8/45hp
£66,400 $117, 480
20. 1975 Ducati 750ss ‘Round Case’
£59,354 $104,645
May 2008 San Francisco Bonhams
In the Top 10, there are 3 Brough Superior SS100 (from 1934, 38, 39), 2 Vincent HRD (from 1939) & 2 Crocker Big Tanks (from 1939, 41). Rounding up the Top 10 are a 1927 Zenith Jap at #3 & AJS Porcupine at #5. Interestingly all bikes except the Cyclone are from the U.K while the Cyclone was made by the Joerns Motor Manufacturing Company of St. Paul, Minnesota. In the Top 20, there are 4 Brough Superior and 4 Vincent marking their authority as the premier brand of Golden Era's motorcycling days. The oldest bike in the Top 20 is a Flying Merkel of 1913 while the 'youngest' is a 1975 Ducati 750SS. 12 bikes are of the 1925 to 1939 era. Only the Ducati and the HD XRTT at #14 are neither vintage nor classic.
