- Thu Feb 14, 2013 10:18 pm
#22715
Hi Mark,
I think if we are talking about Redditch machines, then they have values equal to, say, BSA B31 / B33 machines pro rata. The 'Clipper' was a cheap version in it's day, but that doesn't matter so much now as it might have done when it was, say, 5 years old. Any Bullet [or other make / model] is best bought as cheap as possible and sold for as much as possible, but I would only expect a Bullet to fetch about 10% more than a Clipper, assuming both machines to be in simillar condition.
That said, all it takes for a £2000 machine to become worth £4000 is for two people with plenty of money [lottery winners perhaps?] to do battle over it at a Bonhams auction, followed by the magazines to report it and then this value becomes a new yardstick - it was not long ago that a Triumph Hurricane might set you back 6-8 grand, but you'd be lucky to get one for less than 20k now.
The Indian Bullets will never make what the Redditch ones will fetch, because there are more of them, they are newer, with varying build qualities and what's been [or not been] done to them varies wildly from one machine to another. BUT - they, too, are no longer made in their 'classic' form, so good ones might start to appreciate a little.
This might all be complete rubbish, but it's how I see it at present. Cheers, Paul.
