bumper spring sale

Brough Superiors lead the consignments for Bonhams’ spring Stafford sale when the auction house’s motorcycles team returns to The International Classic MotorCycle Show following another successful, record-setting year in 2022.

The first of these legendary bikes of the ‘golden age’ under the auctioneer’s gavel is a 1931 Show Model Brough Superior 998cc SS100 (estimate £150,000 – £180,000). This superbike of motorcycling’s between-the-wars era could be in your garage by Sunday night provided you’ve got some deep pockets. The Brough Superior was hailed as ‘The Rolls-Royce of all motorcycles’ and was synonymous with high performance, engineering excellence and quality of finish.

As ever with Bonhams, there is something to suit every budget and this 1979 Laverda Montjuic looks decidedly, well, juicy in its resplendent orange paint. This 500cc Italian beauty is estimated at £10,000 -£15,000. Bellissimo!

Probably the Classic Bike Shows team’S favourite has to be an incredibly rare Works Honda Racing motorcycle. This 1963 Honda 250cc CR72 (estimate £120,000 – £150,000) was ridden throughout Rhodesia in the 1960s by none other than six-time world champion Jim Redman.