Recent auction, some good news for A10s

[limeyrob]

Scroll down to the bikes. The one A10 sold for more than a decent looking Trident and BMW and more than double an Aerial.  Looks like A10s are still desirable and perhaps getting the recognition they deserve.

https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/auctions/2671-02-Nov-2024

[Roger (Doomtrainbarx)]

I notice it was a Super Rocket A10, so that would have helped - makes the E.bay classified prices somewhat over optimistic !

[limeyrob]

Yes but it still made double the BMW R80 which is interesting.

[sean]

wish I had money in the 60s there was a place called 4th crossroads I think it was in Twickenham they had a big yard full of bikes many were 10 - 20 pounds I used to go there to scrounge parts .
they had just about any british bike made in some state of repair I remember buying an ex GPO bantam for 5 pounds but back then it was my weeks wages as an apprentice .

[limeyrob]

It was the bike graveyard, 4th Cross Rd, remember it well, may even still have the sticker somewhere.  What a place!  Did you ever go to the bike breakers in Sunbury?  If has an old terraced shop with parts everywhere and the floor buckling. I did hear it collapsed which would not surprise me.

[sean]

Lived in Sunbury down the road from the Magpie pub on Thames st
Dont remember a place in Sunbury that had bikes but left in 1967…. And my memory isnt great any more😊