Two private collections of vintage motorcycles have been added to Bonhams 23 January sale in Las Vegas.
One, from the East Coast, comprises multiple pre-war competition machines including a 1941 Indian Big Base Scout Factory Racing Prototype and a pair of twin-cylinder board-track racers – a 1916 Harley-Davidson and 1916 Excelsior.
A highlight is a fully functioning and unrestored 1918 Harley-Davidson Twin Model J.
The second collection is of pre-war motorcycles and includes two rare twin-cylinder Newcastle-upon-Tyne (NUT) machines from 1913 and 1925. The pre-Great War NUT is a 90 bore overhead-valve model and is thought to be the only one to exist. There’s also a 1938 AJS Model 2 twin.
As for Vincents, there are a 1948 Rapide and a 1949 Black Shadow C, among others.
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