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<blockquote data-quote="Magnetoman" data-source="post: 52915" data-attributes="member: 2806"><p>For anyone who has a child who lives in the same town and who is keenly interested in working on old motorcycles, they can be Plan A and no further thought need be given to this. As Somer said, that would be a great solution in cases where it does apply. For everyone else, life (and death) isn't so easy.</p><p></p><p>Dealing with hypotheticals can be relatively easy. Having in the back of your mind for your widow to, say, sell all the bikes on eBay seems like it's <em>The Plan</em>, but it's actually little more than a sketch. Although I haven't yet seen the collection that resulted in starting this thread, yesterday the widow sent me photos of all the complete machines. There are a dozen of them (twice as many as I had thought there would be), all appear to be in pristine condition (as I had expected from knowing the deceased), and most are quite desirable. </p><p></p><p>Without getting too specific, as many of you know BSA put most of their 350cc (e.g. BB31 and BB32GS) as well as their 500cc (BB33 and BB34GS) engines in frames with a 32 prefix. In my State motorcycles are titled by the frame number so superficially many might seem to be the less valuable 350cc machines. Further, and without reviving the "matching numbers" debate, a matching numbers 500cc Gold Star would bring the widow quite a bit more money than a non-matching 350cc. So, while selling them on eBay might be a way to proceed, to maximize the proceeds for the widow it is essential the listing contain a complete description of the bike, whether it has matching numbers, an RRT2 gearbox, etc. </p><p></p><p>Given the above, an actual, useful Plan wouldn't just say "eBay," it would have appropriate text describing all the features of interest to potential bidders in a file for the widow to cut/paste into an eBay listing. Clearly, having such material prepared by the person who knows the bike best would maximize the eventual sale price, as well as save the grieving widow a great deal of effort at a time when she will be dealing with a lot of other things. Equally clearly, putting all of this together requires a lot more time and effort on the part of the not-yet-deceased than simply saying "eBay" and thinking they're a hero for leaving that one-word "Plan" for the widow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Magnetoman, post: 52915, member: 2806"] For anyone who has a child who lives in the same town and who is keenly interested in working on old motorcycles, they can be Plan A and no further thought need be given to this. As Somer said, that would be a great solution in cases where it does apply. For everyone else, life (and death) isn't so easy. Dealing with hypotheticals can be relatively easy. Having in the back of your mind for your widow to, say, sell all the bikes on eBay seems like it's [I]The Plan[/I], but it's actually little more than a sketch. Although I haven't yet seen the collection that resulted in starting this thread, yesterday the widow sent me photos of all the complete machines. There are a dozen of them (twice as many as I had thought there would be), all appear to be in pristine condition (as I had expected from knowing the deceased), and most are quite desirable. Without getting too specific, as many of you know BSA put most of their 350cc (e.g. BB31 and BB32GS) as well as their 500cc (BB33 and BB34GS) engines in frames with a 32 prefix. In my State motorcycles are titled by the frame number so superficially many might seem to be the less valuable 350cc machines. Further, and without reviving the "matching numbers" debate, a matching numbers 500cc Gold Star would bring the widow quite a bit more money than a non-matching 350cc. So, while selling them on eBay might be a way to proceed, to maximize the proceeds for the widow it is essential the listing contain a complete description of the bike, whether it has matching numbers, an RRT2 gearbox, etc. Given the above, an actual, useful Plan wouldn't just say "eBay," it would have appropriate text describing all the features of interest to potential bidders in a file for the widow to cut/paste into an eBay listing. Clearly, having such material prepared by the person who knows the bike best would maximize the eventual sale price, as well as save the grieving widow a great deal of effort at a time when she will be dealing with a lot of other things. Equally clearly, putting all of this together requires a lot more time and effort on the part of the not-yet-deceased than simply saying "eBay" and thinking they're a hero for leaving that one-word "Plan" for the widow. [/QUOTE]
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