Classic Honda motorbikes including CBX to be sold at auction
A HOARD of 27 Honda motorbikes has been entered into an auction next month.
In the collection there are classic Hondas from the 1960s through to the 1980s with 125cc commuter bikes to 1,000cc street machines.
There are many bikes from the popular Honda CB range with CB250s, 350s, 500s, 550s and 750s in the collection.
Charterhouse, the Sherborne-based auction site selling the bikes, said there is also two Black Bombers and a sought-after Honda CBX with the six-cylinder engine.
With estimates from £1,000 to £10,000 this hoard of Honda's from Wales is expected to sell for £70,000 at the Charterhouse auction on March 13 at the Haynes Motor Museum.
'From a deceased estate in Wales they have been collected and enjoyed over many years,' said auctioneer George Beale.
Charterhouse is now accepting further entries for this specialist auction of classic motorbikes.
George Beale and the Charterhouse team can be contacted for valuations on classic & vintage motorbikes at The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne, 01935 812277 or via bikes@charterhouse-auction.com.
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