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Bidders must satisfy themselves as to the description and condition of each lot prior to bidding. All lots are sold “as is/where is” with all defects and faults.227 229228 2302271928 BSA 250cc Model B28Registration no. KW 2278Frame no. 36461 Engine no. B36177A top-selling model for BSA in the 1920s, the versatile Model B, or ‘RoundTank’, was used by just about every tradesman whose job required cheappersonal transport. Advanced features, for a lightweight, included allchaindrive and pumped lubrication, though the traditional sight feed andauxiliary hand pump were retained. A three-speed version - identifiable byits black tank - was added for 1926 and then the following year a wedgeshapedtank replaced the much-loved original. This Model B carries a taxdisc dated May 1962, which is almost certainly when it was last on theroad. Apparently substantially original, the machine features acetylenelighting and comes complete with tool kit and tyre pump. We are advisedthat it benefits from overhauled forks, relined brakes and clutch, and newwheel bearings. However, the condition of the engine and gearbox isnot known and thus the machine is sold strictly as viewed. There are nodocuments with this Lot.£2,500 - 3,500€3,500 - 4,9002281929 Levis 247cc ‘6 Port’Registration no. BF 5880Frame no. 20593 Engine no. 24817This Vintage-era Levis two-stroke is an example of the sporting ‘6 Port’model, which was produced alongside the cheaper, four-port Model Zand advertised as ‘the 60mph 250cc two-stroke’. A ‘barn find’ in 2002,‘BF 5880’ subsequently underwent a complete ‘last nut and bolt’ rebuild,which was completed by the previous owner in 2009. It was displayedat the annual ‘Levis Cup’ event in 2011 but not ridden because of theowner’s ill health. The current owner (a relative) acquired the Levis in 2014and has ridden it on several occasions, though only over short distances,and describes it as in generally very good condition, starting and runningwell. The two-stroke enthusiast’s ideal ‘Banbury’ mount, this beautiful littleLevis is offered with sundry restoration invoices, dating certificate, an oldstylelogbook and old/current V5/V5C registration documents.£2,500 - 3,500€3,500 - 4,9002291938 AJS 245cc Model 22Registration no. FVW 746Frame no. 8202 Engine no. 38/22/5204AFollowing the 1931 takeover of AJS by rivals Matchless, production wasrelocated from Wolverhampton to the latter’s Woolwich factory and AJS’sidentity as a separate marque steadily eroded from then onwards as themachines became more like their Matchless counterparts. The Model22 was one of two new AJS overhead-valve machines introduced for1935 (the other being the 348cc Model 26) both of which featured avertical cylinder, twin-port cylinder head and forward-mounted magneto.Enclosure of the valve gear had arrived by 1936 and a single-port ‘head -standard on the competition version - became available later. Productioncontinued until 1940. This Model 22 benefits from recent partialrestoration, the mudguards, oil tank and mudguards, etc being repaintedin January 2015 and the engine and gearbox examined. Described as ingenerally excellent condition, the machine is offered with V5C registrationdocument.£2,200 - 3,200€3,100 - 4,5002301954 Matchless 497cc G80SRegistration no. 135 UXRFrame no. A10237 Engine no. 54/18S 25639Associated Motor Cycles announced its post-war range of Matchlessand AJS heavyweight 350cc and 500cc singles in June 1945. Housedin a rigid frame with Teledraulic front fork, the ruggedly built overheadvalveengine drove via a four-speed gearbox; hairpin valve springs wereadopted for 1949 and a swinging-arm frame introduced, the latter initiallyfor export only, models so-equipped being suffixed ‘S’. Cleverly, AMChad devised this frame by the simple expedient of producing a newsuspension-carrying rear sub-frame that bolted on in place of the old rigidback end. Thus it proved a relatively simple matter for owners of olderrigid models to update them. This motorcycle is a 1954 Matchless thathas been fitted with an AJS Model 18 engine dating from the same year.Restored between 2010 and 2014 and presented in commensuratelygood condition, the machine is offered with restoration invoices, datingletter and a V5C registration document.£3,500 - 4,000€4,900 - 5,60030 | the spring stafford sale