Sensation of the Bonhams Harrogate, Yorkshire, sale on Wednesday 12 November was a 1964 50cc Honda CZ100 monkey bike that went large under the auctioneer’s hammer. It made £9200 including premium, 53 per cent over the already generous £6000 top estimate.Â
Commented Bonhams head of motorcycles James Stensel: “CZ100 prices have been on the rise for a while now. However, none of us expected such fierce bidding. Hondas did particularly well on the day.”
The little monkey was restored in 1991 for its owner by John Wyatt of Tadcaster, Yorkshire, who is renowned for his work on Hondas.Â
It is thought the world record for a Honda Monkey Bike (160Z) is £36,000 – the John Lennon/Ringo Starr bike which we sold back in 2008
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Picture: Monkey money laughing all the way to the bank. This little chap made £9200 at Bonham’s Harrogate sale.