Price of Auto-Advance Pinion and Mechanism

[RichardL]

Am I so far behind the times that I can't see this unit getting this price in my wildest imagination (YET!)?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Lucas-47502-K2F-BTH-Magneto-Auto-Advance-Triumph-BSA-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem20ba53b399QQitemZ140565001113QQptZMotorcyclesQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories


Richard L.

[a10 gf]

20 bids & US $455.00 ? Madness but seems like near NOS condition, that's a +
...& got one laying here unused, time to sell...

edit, took the liberty of 'borrowing' a pic from the auction

[MG]

 
OMG, off to the shed, I got three or four of these kicking about, partly dismantled. The last ones I've seen on ebay UK went for 40-50 quid!

[wilko]

Seems the yanks aren't so cash strapped after all!!

[flatdeck]

Good lord! I got one of these rebuilt completely for NZ$40 (about USD35), what is the buyer thinking?

[BSA_54A10]

Hells Bells.
I have 2 brand new ones sitting in the box.
Better go out and move them to the safe.
Last time I looked you could still buy them NOS for about $ 250.
It was a toss up as to a new AA or an electronic ignition the prices being nearly the same.

[fido]

Perhaps a money laundering scam?

[Topdad]

Wheres Muskrat, I need some of his pills ,this is getting silly .I've just increased my bikes value to £4000 better add on a another grand just for reworked mag and AA, bloody crazy must be gold plated at the very least, Bob.

[A10Boy]

There's some fool selling about three odd parts of an AA unit on ebay uk for £95! He keeps re-listing them over and over, they will never sell, - worth about £5 if you were desperate. You can buy a complete scrap one for 25 quid.

The last one I sold went for £75 and it was perfect.

[muskrat]

At that price if we all put our spare parts together we would have enough $ to start up BSA again !! I think the buyer has overdosed on my pills, or tripping.
Cheers

[MG]

...enough $ to start up BSA again

Great idea, I'm in with two AAUs, a spare mag and a 650 alloy head if I can become the CTO of the engineering department. 

[muskrat]

Ha, I've got enough to get the TESTERS job.
Cheers

[Brian]

While you lot are being engineers and testers I will sit in the board room eating fine foods and drinking expensive wines and going for the occasional drive in my gold plated Daimler   Pretty much what the board did when BSA were still going  

[MG]

If that is what you want, Brian.... 

[muskrat]

Sorry Brian, will be a workers co-op. Don't want to go broke before we start. But I'd say you would have enough capital to be production super. Now who's got the hens teeth to be boss.
Cheers