Ever dream of purchasing or selling the motorcycle of your dreams from the comfort of your home or office?
Come Saturday, April 15, J. Wood and Co. Auctions is serving up just that chance as they team up with online auction facilitators highbid.com to offer a selection of motorcycles and memorabilia owned not by one collector, but by everyday owners from across the US. This will be J. Wood’s first online-only motorcycle auction and bids will be taken starting at 10 am and will remain open until Saturday, April 29th.
“Two whole weeks provides people with a lot of time to find out what’s being bid on each bike,” Wood said. The system allows individual bidders to enter an amount with Highbid which will be applied to a motorcycle in small increments until the gavel ultimately falls on the 29th. “This way, if the top bid on a motorcycle is, say, $1,000, you can enter $5,000 and Highbid will increase your bid by small increments each time there’s another bid. This way, you’re only bidding what it takes to beat someone else,” Wood said. With each of the machines being auctioned on a no-reserve basis, some incredible bargains may surface and every item is expected to sell.
This is a great opportunity for folks who own just a couple of bikes they’d like to move along as J. Wood typically stages major auctions at shops and estates where dozens of motorcycles along with parts, tools and accessories are the norm. All you need to do is visit www.jwoodandcompany.com and follow the prompts to arrange shipping of your bike (or bikes) to their New England location where it will be securely stored until the April 15th auction date. Once your bike goes live, it will remain under the gavel until April 29th when bidding closes. Wood says national motorcycle transportation specialists 1-800 HAULBIKES will be on- site to facilitate getting your purchases (or sales) to the new owners.
Already, there’s some choice metal being lined-up for the upcoming sale including a 1978 Kawasaki Z1 factory cafe racer in stunning ice blue livery, plus a 1970 final-year Velocette Thruxton single with just 13 miles on the Smith’s gauges. In a time when dealing with online auctions like eBay is fraught with potential scams and Bringatrailer.com has become far too complicated and onerous to navigate, this is a great chance to clear out your old stock and perhaps add to your collection with a reputable firm.