Beschreibung
The Spring Sale: The International Classic MotorCycle Show
23 & 24 April 2022
Enquiries: using the button below
AUCTION ADDRESS
Bonhams
Sandylands Centre / Argyle Centre
Staffordshire County Showground
Weston Road
Stafford
ST18 0BD
ADMISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE SHOW
Tickets can be purchased in advance from - details above
VIEWING TIMES
Saturday 23 April 9am to 5pm
Sunday 24 April from 9am
SALE TIMES
Saturday 23 April
Spares and Memorabilia (Lots 1-305) 10am
Sunday 24 April
Motorcycles (Lot 401 - 624) 10am
BIDS ENQUIRIES
0044 (0) 20 7447 7447
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LOT 520
1930 BSA 493cc Model S30 Sloper
Lot to be sold without reserve
Auction Estimate:£2, 500 - £3, 000
1930 BSA 493cc Model S30 Sloper
Registration no. VK 1992
Frame no. XH 9915
Engine no. Y10 1190 (see text)
Introduced for the 1927 season, the influential Sloper started a trend which saw many of BSA's competitors adopt inclined motors. The Sloper featured a trend-setting saddle tank that afforded a low seating position, and for 1930 gained chromium-plated brightwork and a new frame with forged steel spine. Models with the 493cc overhead-valve engine came with twin-port cylinder heads. For 1930 the Birmingham firm offered no fewer than 18 models, six of which had inclined engines. The Sloper range remained essentially Vintage in character until its demise in 1935, by which time the line-up had shrunk to just two models: one overhead-valve, the other sidevalve, both of 595cc.
Originally displacing 557cc, this 1930 Sloper has been fitted with the 493cc engine from a 1931 De Luxe model. Owned by the vendor's family for between 30 and 50 years, the BSA has been on display in a private museum and has not run for at least 20 years. Apparently, first owner Jack Atkinson used the BSA to deliver newspapers around Garrigill in Cumbria, carrying his dog on the rear mudguard. 'VK 1992' appears to have stayed in the local area, as the attached 1955-expired tax disc was issued in Cumberland. Incomplete, the machine is offered in need of total restoration and sold strictly as viewed (the engine turns over). Offered with an old-type V5C (recording a different engine number).
Offered without key
Footnotes
All lots are sold 'as is/ where is' and Bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding
Buyers’ Premium and charges
Motorcycles
For Motorcycles (Lots 401-642) the Buyers Premium will be 15% on the first £500, 000 of the Hammer Price of each Lot, and 12% on the balance thereafter.
Buyers attention is drawn to Condition 7 of the Notice to Bidders. VAT at the standard rate is payable on the Premium by all Buyers, unless otherwise stated.
Buyers' Obligations
ALL BIDDERS MUST AGREE THAT THEY HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD BONHAMS' CONDITIONS OF SALE AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THEM, AND AGREE TO PAY THE BUYER'S PREMIUM AND ANY OTHER CHARGES MENTIONED IN THE NOTICE TO BIDDERS. THIS AFFECTS THE BIDDERS LEGAL RIGHTS. E NOTICE TO BIDDERS. THIS AFFECTS THE BIDDERS LEGAL RIGHTS.
