Beskrivning
Den här motorcykeln är Lot 49 som auktioneras av Bonhams vid The Spring Stafford Sale (The International Classic MotorCycle Show) den 25 och 26 april; se Bonhams Motorcycles-webbplats för fullständiga detaljer.
Auction Timings:
Auktionstider:
Partierna 1–94 ska säljas från kl. 14:30 lördagen den 25 april 2026.
Partierna 201–353 ska säljas från kl. 11:30 söndag 26 april 2026.
Public Viewing:
Visning för allmänheten:
Tillgänglig den 25:e och 26:e april 2026 från kl. 09:00 till 17:00, på The Staffordshire County Showground (The International Classic MotorCycle Show).
The Connoisseurs Collection, Part II
** c. 1959 Lilac 250cc Lancer MkV LS38**
Registreringsnummer: ej registrerad
Chassi-nr: F3-4017
Motor-nr: L8-4014
** The Lot is from outside the UK. Shippio Ltd must automatically uplift this Lot after the auction, complete all post sale import or export customs administration, and store this Lot until it is customs cleared. A compulsory fee of £350 + VAT will be added to the buyer's invoice for this. This Lot cannot be collected from the auction venue by the purchaser or any alternative transporter.
If the Lot is to stay in the UK or is not exported within 90 days of sale, Import VAT at 5% on the hammer price is payable.**
Lilac motorcycles were manufactured by the Marusho Motorcycle Industrial Co Ltd, which was founded in 1951 in Hamamatsu, Japan by Masashi Ito, owner of an existing car repair and truck body manufacturing business. The first Lilac was a shaft-driven 150cc lightweight and, like many of its Japanese contemporaries, was copied from a European design, in the Lilac's case a pre-war Zündapp. A succession of larger models was introduced, including a 350cc horizontally opposed twin, almost all of which retained Marusho's trademark shaft drive.
Increasingly stiff competition from Honda forced a wholesale revision of the Lilac range in the late 1950s, the new line-up including a brace of transverse v-twins based on the German Victoria Bergmeister. At the same time Marusho concluded a commercial alliance with Mitsubishi, only to be saddled with an insupportable debt when the deal swiftly came unstuck. Despite an agreement to import Lilacs into the USA, the company was forced to file for bankruptcy and the factory ceased making motorcycles in 1961. After a few years acting as a sub-contractor for Honda, the firm returned to the motorcycle market in 1964.
A Japanese motorcycle rarely seen in Europe, this Lilac Lancer is presented in restored condition, currently displaying a total of only 88. 4 kilometres on the odometer (presumably since its restoration). Offered unregistered and without documents.
Following a period of inactivity, this motorcycle will require recommissioning and/ or restoration to a greater or lesser extent before returning to the road and thus is sold strictly as viewed. Prospective purchasers should satisfy themselves with regard to this motorcycle's completeness, history, authenticity and originality and mechanical condition prior to bidding. The engine turns over.
Offered without key
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. Visit the Bonhams Motorcycles website for all pertinent auction information.
