Classic Motorcycle Values Soar

This may be a good spring to own a collectible motorcycle. U.K. insurance buying site GoCompare.com has released an eye-opening list of the most valuable motorcycles, and a prestigious auction in England just set records.

Bike profiles and a list of the most valuable motorcycles

There’s good news for lovers of music and motorcycles: The 1951 Vincent Black Lightning tops the list, not just of great Richard Thompson songs, but of motorcycle values, at 657,652 pounds sterling, a tidy appreciation of 1,312 times its original list price of £501.

In U.S. dollars, the Vincent’s current value is $929,000, according to Ben Walker, international director of the motorcycle department for Bonhams auction house.

Read more at the Detroit Free Press.

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