It’s worse when the buyer has no interest in vintage motorcycles either and purchases old and rare motorcycles as nothing more than a financial investment. But when a rare, hard to find vintage motorcycle is snapped up by a wealthier bidder in order to languish in a private collection…now something about that seems a little unjust. Now, if it’s going to sit in a public museum where we can all take a good look at it and learn a bit about motorcycling history, that’s no problem. Beautiful, marvelous paperweights for sure, but glorious machinery that will never be ridden again. And before we start, we’d like to just mention that we don’t consider any of these beautiful collector’s items as junk – we just can’t help but wonder why hopeful bidders are so desperate to spend a king’s ransom on stationary vintage bike paperweights. Some man’s trash is another guy’s treasure, right? Here we’re going to take a look at some of the most expensive vintage motorcycles ever sold at auction. Some vintage bike models are considered worthless junk, while others become considered collectors’ items. There are some bikes that are ridiculously expensive when they’re brand new, but some of these vintage motorcycles have aged like fine wine, with their price tags swelling to astronomical figures so insane that you’ve got to wonder whether the buyers are of sound mind when the raise their auction paddles.
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