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The secret of Bonham's Super X!

I recently had contact with Jeff, the owner of my Super X. He had rummaged in my blog (Google Translator *** *** Thank ) and found the auction in the *** Bonham's auction Las Vegas in early January *** Super X in original paint with Goulding sidecar. And that was in such a lot:

I noticed the original paint Super X with side car I tried to buy that at auction over a decade ago I quit bidding at.. $ 16,000.00 - idiot!

It went to an older gentleman (remark: Marvin Enoch) who I knew in Kansas City.  He let me borrow the original muffler/tail pipe to copy.  Your muffler is a direct descendant of that machine.  So is your pin striping.  The photos I took of that bike guided my painter. The Kansas City man sold it later for $21,500.00, then it went to a collector and I haven’t heard of it since, until I saw it on you blog.

So I attended the first auction of the Super X after it had been brought out of a long term residency at the original owner’s farm. I shot this photo of it. 

Note how the sidecar frame had been painted black. While the bike was in storage at the auction house, with the tub off the frame, an employee didn’t know what the frame went to and threw it in a junk pile in a field.  When his mistake was realized they found the frame under a foot of snow, and rusted. The preservative black paint was a result of that near disaster.

I was in the stands and had calculated what I thought I could afford to bid.  I was excited when the bidding slowed to a stop at $12,000.00, in my range financially. But a guy I know leaned over to elderly Marvin Enochs and said, “This may be your only chance to ever get a Super X,” so much to my disappointment the bidding resumed.  I bailed out at $16,000.00 and Marvin became its second owner and dragged it home.

While in Mr. Enoch’s possession it was left unrestored, which is a tribute to Enochs because he had restored 30-some bikes (30s Harleys. Indian Fours, Hendersons, etc.) to show quality.  This one he recognized as a museum artifact to be left undisturbed. I visited and took these pictures to document details that could only be found on an original unrestored Streamline Super X. 

Marvin auctioned off his lifetime collection of cars and motorcycles. I was there but this time the X sold for $21,500.00, again out of my range, to ***“Motoexotica” *** (a car and bike dealer) in St. Louis, Missouri.

I had heard someone from Long Island, NY had bought it but presumed it would never be seen again, until it showed up in the Bohnam auction listing for the Las Vegas, NV auction.  Apparently it sold for $39,780.00.

It appears that every person who has owned Super X and sidecar that has done well at the point at Which they've decided to part with it.

Note: *** *** Motoexotica has 32.500verkauft the team as stated on the webpage for USD. On the linked page *** *** are very nice detail photos, and it is described how the machine has come into possession of Motexotica.

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first Track Racer winter meeting at the AWD Museum!

Last weekend was the first Track Racer winter meetings. Inspired by the VFV *** Forum *** were more than 25 participants in the DWS Museum at Tommi in Ratingen. Afternoon coffee and cake, pea soup and a delicious dinner at Krombacher (which tasted even the Düsseldorf and Cologne ;-)), there was a lively exchange of information about old and new times. Besides pictures and movies were shown by recent events.

Tommi explains what

professionals going on among themselves

The meeting has been hungry for the year 2011. Prelude is scheduled on May 22, 2011 in Solingen.Weitere are here *** *** . Since we can only hope that the railways can ride out the winter and continue maintained by the cycling clubs and the commune are.

Tommi led us through the old workshop and the car collection of his grandfather ** * August *** Wurring , the founder of AWD ( A ugust W urring üsseldorf D). Beautiful that Tommi with great enthusiasm and effort receives the inheritance, not only to look at, but he moved the bikes also appropriately. Meanwhile, he has a good number of bikes of his grandfather brought back together and restored. The story of AWD is certainly worth a separate post. But for that I must visit again Tommi alone.

Jewellery For Red Dress

sidecar edition for the 101!

As an extra gave it to my 101 a sidecar. Who is now 2 years in my garage and is finally assembled in the new season.

In contrast to the lack of history of the 101 to have my research to the sidecar but some come to light. And as so often, my chance has helped. The various forums and could
Experts not help me. No one had any idea what type of trailer it was. Until I
*** leafing through old magazines in the WOW-101 Association *** suddenly saw a picture with just my sidecar.

As the Indian world is manageable, it was not difficult to make contact with Leif. He told me then that it is a Swedish side cars from the 30 Years involved. And like the old photos show the boat has probably always 101gehangen on an Indian Scout. And although the left!

After the first owner seine101 probably initially as a solo machine moving, he built in 1939 with the help of his neighbor, a carpenter, the sidecar. 1947 or 1948, the team was sold to Ruben Blom from Götene. His wife was finishing the two old pictures. Ruben was an important man in Götene. He collected old machines and established a *** *** museum that is operated today by his sons.
was then the team probably by different hands until it landed at Leif's boat was in poor condition and Leif restored it in 1995 in the present situation. Leif later sold the team to Germany. Here, then, unfortunately, the trailer sold separately and the team auseinandergerissen.Aber now he comes back at least to a 101!

evil tongues say, moreover, that the boat can also be used in the Navy. It is virtually unsinkable!

I look forward to my first-team rounds. Let's see who has the courage to throw himself in the left-hung side-car runs counter to the counter ... ;-))