I cannot see the Black Lightning in the list so I assume it didn't sell. Anybody know what it was bid up to?
Simon
I followed the life auction on my desktop where it showed a max. bid of 285.000,- USD. Anybody, who doubts
its originality should ask David Bowen, who has seen and examined it in real with added original parts. There
are few, who have more experience with Lightnings over the years, than him.
I witnessed it running at Barber´s , where it exceeded 6.000 rpm most sychronously, then dropping to tick-over
within 3 -5 secs without a single misfire, only to be blipped up to max. rpm again and thereafter letting loose
the throttle with an orchestral director´s movement of Ernst´s right hand to let it stop to stand still again.
It did all this without any visible vibration, without pushing back a fraction of an inch.
I know no other Vincent Twin running like this one.
From my impression of this auction 90% of offered bikes were way under the estimated minimums, but seemed to have no reserve price in their contract, as they were sold, contrary to RC3548. This shows, that
in many cases large motorcycle collections becoming auctioned, because their inheritors are not interested
in what they got, at all.