Your coverage of the auction is incredible great job.I’ve watched cycledrag do this auction in the past, and your videos are way better! Keep up the great work!
You really are doing a service to all of us that could not make it to Mecum Vegas this year I am a new subscriber of yours and I had the pleasure of meeting you last summer at throttle Co and I’m looking forward to other great content from you ,thank you
There are, wasn’t sure if there was an interest in them but I’ll make sure to get them. There were two 1983 CB1100Rs that went yesterday, and have been a ton of cb900f and 1100f bikes as well as Gs Suzuki, xs yamaha, and kz kawasaki. There were a bunch of Vf1000r and vf750 and 1000F race bikes that went earlier in the week. You can check out the lot lists on Mecum.com but I’ll try to do some walk arounds today.
1:01:23 The brownish/red bike on the left side is a unique bike for its time. The rear suspension is a mono-spring design. The engine goes up and down with the rear wheel. Single sided fork, swing arm is also the exhaust pipe. Interchangeable wheels front and rear.
The Harley XA is very cool, they call that a gun scabbard and the gun is a Thompson .45 Submachine gun. You are doing a great job, I watched all 4 days on line.
Thanks! The XA is one of my favorites given my interests in both middleweight Harleys and boxer engines (bmw and VW). The XA used to be cheap for a long time, they have only come into their own recently
$3200 for that 74 Harley with the turtle tank was a deal. Assuming there wasn't anything major wrong with it. The Nortons seem to be fetching more money than the Triumphs, but I think it's been like that for a while. I think Mike Wolfe was bidding on that Pierce 4 cylinder... I wonder if he was the one who got it for 125.
Almost every Ironhead at Mecum was a bargain and sold for less than what a private sale would have brought. I didn’t see any of the American Pickers there in person. I’ll tell you a funny Mike Wolfe story. Back when the American Pickers show was first on and getting a lot of attention (2011 maybe) I used to run a booth for vintage bikes at the International Motorcycle Show in New York City. So Mike Wolfe shows up at our booth when my friend Jack is working it, and Mike Wolfe is like the most famous person there that day. Everyone has eyes on him. Jack is talking to him and Jack likes to play jokes so he is just pretending he doesn’t know who Mike is, doesn’t know the show, doesn’t have cable, doesn’t watch TV and you can just see Mike getting more and more frustrated that he found the one guy in a sea of everyone who knows who he is that doesn’t know and doesn’t care. In the end he was a nice guy and a good sport about it but it was just really funny to watch Jack play dumb while Mike was fishing for bike and antique leads.
I heard a story from somebody who was in a one mile race against that TZ 750 flat tracker and he said it was going so fast when it past him it scared him.
I didn’t know. I don’t really do dirt bikes so I skipped a lot of cool stuff because it’s not my wheelhouse. At the sheer volume of bikes I had to be choosy. Maybe next time.
Dude - when you scan a row of bikes - show the side that doesn't have the big papers blocking the view of the bikes - sometimes I can't even tell what type of bike is there.
Me too! I didn’t used to because I did not see that many older ones, but now I’m fascinated by them, especially the prewar ones up through the pan heads.
Mecum is hosted at the South Point Hotel Casino and Spa at the south end of S Las Vegas Blvd. It is a nice hotel, not the Bellagio or the Wynn but nice. It’s easy to wake up and roll downstairs and never see the sun during the auction 🤣
Love seeing the old bikes again. Growing up in the era where most of these bikes come from brought back the memories. Thanks.
Glad you liked it, thanks!
Your coverage of the auction is incredible great job.I’ve watched cycledrag do this auction in the past, and your videos are way better! Keep up the great work!
Wow, thanks!
Fabulous job you do Kerry in the motorcycle realm, really enjoy your work here, thanks
Thank you so much. It means a lot since my car videos tend to do better than my motorcycle videos.
You read my comment !! I’m back for a full hour of day three. I’ve enjoyed every episode so far.
I read all the comments. Interesting like the interaction.
I got to see Kenny Roberts race the original TZ750 flat tracker at the San Jose Mile, and it was amazing!
That must have been quite the sight
@@MechanicalAdvantageGarage yes, it was quite a sight and sound. The year before that, it was the Kawasaki triple two strokes.
You really are doing a service to all of us that could not make it to Mecum Vegas this year I am a new subscriber of yours and I had the pleasure of meeting you last summer at throttle Co and I’m looking forward to other great content from you ,thank you
Awww shucks, thanks! I do my best. Hopefully the car content won’t turn you off.
Thanks!
Like what you’re doing now! No need to change
Thanks!
If there are 70s and 80s Japanese bikes like CB four and VF1000Rs if love to see them. Thank you.
There are, wasn’t sure if there was an interest in them but I’ll make sure to get them. There were two 1983 CB1100Rs that went yesterday, and have been a ton of cb900f and 1100f bikes as well as Gs Suzuki, xs yamaha, and kz kawasaki. There were a bunch of Vf1000r and vf750 and 1000F race bikes that went earlier in the week. You can check out the lot lists on Mecum.com but I’ll try to do some walk arounds today.
Great video. I like the format following the bikes through the process.
Thanks, I tried to give a different take than just the auction action since the auction misses so many details.
1:01:23 The brownish/red bike on the left side is a unique bike for its time. The rear suspension is a mono-spring design. The engine goes up and down with the rear wheel. Single sided fork, swing arm is also the exhaust pipe. Interchangeable wheels front and rear.
Cool!
The Harley XA is very cool, they call that a gun scabbard and the gun is a Thompson .45 Submachine gun. You are doing a great job, I watched all 4 days on line.
Thanks! The XA is one of my favorites given my interests in both middleweight Harleys and boxer engines (bmw and VW). The XA used to be cheap for a long time, they have only come into their own recently
$3200 for that 74 Harley with the turtle tank was a deal. Assuming there wasn't anything major wrong with it. The Nortons seem to be fetching more money than the Triumphs, but I think it's been like that for a while. I think Mike Wolfe was bidding on that Pierce 4 cylinder... I wonder if he was the one who got it for 125.
Almost every Ironhead at Mecum was a bargain and sold for less than what a private sale would have brought. I didn’t see any of the American Pickers there in person.
I’ll tell you a funny Mike Wolfe story. Back when the American Pickers show was first on and getting a lot of attention (2011 maybe) I used to run a booth for vintage bikes at the International Motorcycle Show in New York City. So Mike Wolfe shows up at our booth when my friend Jack is working it, and Mike Wolfe is like the most famous person there that day. Everyone has eyes on him. Jack is talking to him and Jack likes to play jokes so he is just pretending he doesn’t know who Mike is, doesn’t know the show, doesn’t have cable, doesn’t watch TV and you can just see Mike getting more and more frustrated that he found the one guy in a sea of everyone who knows who he is that doesn’t know and doesn’t care. In the end he was a nice guy and a good sport about it but it was just really funny to watch Jack play dumb while Mike was fishing for bike and antique leads.
I heard a story from somebody who was in a one mile race against that TZ 750 flat tracker and he said it was going so fast when it past him it scared him.
It scared me just standing next to it. 🤣
Great choices on which bikes to follow through, some of the bargains(?) would be cool as well.
Thanks! Hard to predict bargains
Thanks, boy, prices were in the dumpster...and you skipped the blue Yankee I worked on...oh well, thanks anyway.
I didn’t know. I don’t really do dirt bikes so I skipped a lot of cool stuff because it’s not my wheelhouse. At the sheer volume of bikes I had to be choosy. Maybe next time.
Dude - when you scan a row of bikes - show the side that doesn't have the big papers blocking the view of the bikes - sometimes I can't even tell what type of bike is there.
I’ll get it right next time. I’m new to all of this.
Yes I enjoy your walk around the bikes gives us good luck what’s up for sale I enjoy your videos here in Australia
Thanks 👍
Love the Harley’s
Me too! I didn’t used to because I did not see that many older ones, but now I’m fascinated by them, especially the prewar ones up through the pan heads.
What hotel are you at,great videos you make my winter months fun,peace
Mecum is hosted at the South Point Hotel Casino and Spa at the south end of S Las Vegas Blvd. It is a nice hotel, not the Bellagio or the Wynn but nice. It’s easy to wake up and roll downstairs and never see the sun during the auction 🤣
Yes that was cool Peace out
Thanks!
The 4 cylinder Indians sold big money
Yes they did…if they sold. There were a couple where the reserves were bigger than the appetite for them.
…..please sell me one of your 750 H2’s in basket 👍
Take a number 🤣😉
Might be the nastiest two stroke on earth
Too true