Fellas, My thoughts on the recent auctions of low VIN sandcasts indicates,to me at least, they are not worth what some think they are
. VIN 335 is a classic example. I thought this was a very original example of a low VIN bike but it only reached $13,600 at auction
. This bike was indeed a very original example of a 40 year old bike, had a sub 500 VIN and was, for all intents, a relatively unmolested example of the marque. But it still didn't crack the the big bucks
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Whoa! We then have VIN 122 on the blocks and it doesn't reach reserve at bids of $20k+. Hmmmmm! It was mot nearly to the standard of 335 (wash my mouth out) and had a lot of issues and for my money, 335 was a way better bike. If you are going to spend $20K+ on a bike and a low VIN is your poison, save your bucks and wait for the 2 digit VIN to appear and go for it. VIN 100 to VIN 350 maybe less than a weeks production difference and any suggestion there are major differences is pure conjecture.
I may well be totally off target so I would appreciate the thoughts of others on the relative values of these machines
KP