The MAM Journals - A Day at the Auction

One for the fans of "Vintage" Japanese bikes!
I always enjoy a day at the auction . A great trip down memory lane and often reminds me of adventures from, what now feels like another age. I tend to focus on the bikes from the 70's , 80's and 90's and there is always a lot to see . This was the Iconic Auctioneers , formerly known as Silverstone, sale at the the classic car show, held at the NEC in Birmingham, UK . The sale had over 240 bikes so there was plenty to look at , and enjoy .

A couple of small corrections. The Honda SP1 won WSB in 2000, The SP2 in 2002 and the 996R in 2001 .. I did know that . I have examples of all 3 in my garage 😂
The first Honda XL, the 250, came out in 1972...

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[timjkiely]

brilliant video. thanks for trip down memory lane

[johnmaltby]

Enjoyed that, I had LC Yam, 250 & two 350s my brother had 175 Yamaha. Loved the 80s. Good fun. I'm now 61 year old still in me that young man.

[karlsquire]

Great vid, thanks for sharing that, we don't have these kind of auctions in Toronto, Canada. Its amazing what these old motorcycles are worth these days, you had mentioned in a recent vid you made reference to your 2 stroke days and I think I replied with something like, 2 strokes that's what I'm talking about lol. so This vid really showed your 2 stroke days and seems you really like the suzie's, I was more of a Kawi triple person however my RDs were my favorite bikes I currently have a 1973 Yamaha RD350 and I recently retired 2 years ago and have sold of all my 2 strokes accept my 73 RD, love these old bikes thanks for the vid :-).

[DickieMintCycles]

A delight to watch.. Thank you Michael..👍

[codemonkey]

Great video thank you. Jumping humpback bridges? Riding up bus shelters? Great stories and pics 😂

[RobertWilliams-oyqk]

Thanks Michael. Great video. Definatly some of the bikes that adorned my bedroom wall in childhood.

[glenncaukill]

Great video Michael, I love those old rd's

[stevenwarner]

～ Just stumbled across your review here with coffee this morning. Oh my goodness! Yea, in HIgh School there in Sylvania Ohio, I bought a Triumph, 1954 vintage, Not a hard tail but just like one. ~ The Bonneville with the two pistons up and down in tandem, electronics scalped but it would start and run. So much fun. Thank you so much for this. Wow!

[crumblymal]

Lovely to see the bikes I used to ride back then just wish I still had them all in a big shed 😉very interesting and some were at very reasonable prices great watch 👍

[Nikki_Holland]

It was nice to see that Honda SL125 as that was my very first bike. Mine was N reg. Still riding at 66 years old, my current ride is a Suzuki GSX S1000GT. Seeing those old bikes was definitely a trip down memory lane for me. Thanks for the upload.

[roscoss]

Love this, keen to see more. Plenty of memories there!

[ianhalliwell]

Another fabulous video your knowledge about all sorts of bike's is amazing. I had an RD 250 in the eighties but really it's screaming nature wasn't for me and I quickly sold it. Quick observation why have all those old bike's got proper mudguards which modern ones seem to lack.

[JacKVS-bwum]

Outstanding upload! Great info, and yes, what a joy seeing the old bikes!

[videoish]

Love this & it certainly makes a joke of the ridiculous high prices being asked for older 2 strokes bikes half that quality in Australia. I’m def going to look at shipping from the uk .. throw $2-3 k on for shipping & still way way cheaper & much higher quality

[bally]

Really enjoyed your video Michael 😀. Your recollections of the past are very similar to my own. We must have all led similar lives biking in the 80's! Infact looking back it's a wonder we still here 🤔😅. You shocked me when you mentioned the 255kg weight of the GS1000. I had a black with blue stripe model when I was 23 I at that time I never considered it a heavy bike 🤔, nowadays 190kg feels heavy to me 😅

[stanallen]

Looks like great fun Michael. Thanks for letting us travel down memory lane with you. You should have bought the Yamaha 175! Lol

[andypandy]

Interesting again Michael. I never really yearned for the Suzuki's in those days, I remember the T500 being sold at a big discount for a long time, I think it was slow. Never liked the Ram air triples either, as a boy I drooled over Kawasaki's and had a couple,

[flatcapcaferacer]

Nicely done! I cover the Mecum Motorcycle Auction in January in Las Vegas and they usually have between 1500 and 2000 motorcycles for sale. I treatmit like a big bike show.

[ElectricPaoloIAM]

I compliment you Sir, for your knowledge.

[cadmanchannel]

I enjoyed the video. You do a great job discussing the attributes of the bikes.
The Yamaha DT400 reminded me of a YZ400 I had that showed me the price of not being respectful. My back has never been the same.