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Lamborghini Countach Motorbike

Discussion in 'Other Bikes' started by Nigel Machin, Mar 5, 2018.

  1. RARE LAMBORGHINI COUNTACH MOTORBIKE FAILS TO SELL AT AUCTION
    With a starting price of £42,500, lot 26 was estimated to fetch between £85,000 and £90,000


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    AN extremely rare Lamborghini motorcycle, based on the Italian manufacturer’s 25th Anniversary Countach, went to auction yesterday.

    Unfortunately, as was the case when it was first launched, the 1987 Lamborghini Design 90 proved unpopular, and the hammer failed to fall.

    With a starting price of £42,500, lot 26 was estimated to fetch between £85,000 and £90,000 in H&H Classic’s National Motorcycle Museum Auction but remained unsold as the auction closed.
    It’s a shame really, because it’s one of just six bikes born of a collaboration between Lamborghini and French motorcycle manufacturer Boxer. They were modelled off the 25th Anniversary Lamborghini Countach, with their streamlined fibreglass body designed to resemble the 1988 V12 supercar.



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    However, they were so unsought after even when first launched that a further 19 planned models were cancelled.


    The 997cc bike that went to auction yesterday was number 2 of the extremely limited production run, boasting the frame number ‘BOXERL002’. With only 7,200kms (4,474miles) on the clocks, one owner from new and no use over the past 10 years, its condition was no doubt excellent.

    Unfortunately, that failed to persuade buyers to invest, and the red rocket remained unsold.

     
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  2. Can’t see why it didn’t sell......
     
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  3. That’s been given a thorough bashing by the ugly stick!
     
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  4. It looks like an old Suzuki that been thru a furnace and melted
     
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  5. It is appalling - I have vague memories of this being in magazines and thinking it looked good :joy: must have been from a better angle and in the dark :eyes:
     
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  6. And with forks in your eyes :eek:
     
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  7. Here's another 'Boxer' motorcycle from the same era, I'm Spartacus!!! Bit better, must have been the Lambo designers that fooked it up!
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  8. And 10 years on...

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  9. Black and in the dark did look a little better...

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  10. Looks like an RF900 that got too close to the sun
     
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  11. In ‘87 there was probably a topless model draped over it to distract you.
     
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  12. When it comes to fully-faired Italian bikes of that era, I would prefer this one of mine. Fraction of the price, too.

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  13. Good lord!
     
  14. Superbike mag, I think it was the case :)
     
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  15. Yellow was common :eek:

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  16. It's still ugly whatever the colour.
     
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  18. I was hairier deffo :)
     
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  19. Hands up everyone who would not want to turn up at the Ace, Squires or Box Hill on one!
     
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  20. Me :eek: no way :eyes:
     
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