Spent some time today walking around the CVMG (Canadian Vintage Motorcycle Group) SPRING WINTER swap meet in Paris, Ontario. Jeesh, 34° F with snow in the forecast. We were talking about breaking up some skids and making a campfire for Pete's sakes.
The CVMG tends to be predominantly a British bike group so most of the stuff there was for Brit bikes and some for Harleys. All I saw for our XS's was a barren, stripped set of engine cases and a pair of pretty rough case covers. You would have needed to start at about a 60 grit.
Did see a couple of other interesting things though so thought I'd post a couple pics.
How bout this for a barn find......
1929 Harley 750D found in Quebec. All yours for $5000 CDN.
And this caught my eye.....
Looks like this fella does pretty nice work. He was pretty busy but I did overhear that the third engine in, a 1955, 500CC Model 88 was $1000 CDN. I don't know about this stuff but I thought that seemed pretty reasonable for a rebuilt 1955 engine if one needed one.
I have been to a few of these meets now and there sure isn't much or anything for any of the Japanese bikes. I wonder how it compares to your guys experience south of the border. Certainly you have a much bigger market but do you guys come across much for vintage Japanese bikes at your swap meets?
The CVMG tends to be predominantly a British bike group so most of the stuff there was for Brit bikes and some for Harleys. All I saw for our XS's was a barren, stripped set of engine cases and a pair of pretty rough case covers. You would have needed to start at about a 60 grit.
Did see a couple of other interesting things though so thought I'd post a couple pics.
How bout this for a barn find......
1929 Harley 750D found in Quebec. All yours for $5000 CDN.
And this caught my eye.....
Looks like this fella does pretty nice work. He was pretty busy but I did overhear that the third engine in, a 1955, 500CC Model 88 was $1000 CDN. I don't know about this stuff but I thought that seemed pretty reasonable for a rebuilt 1955 engine if one needed one.
I have been to a few of these meets now and there sure isn't much or anything for any of the Japanese bikes. I wonder how it compares to your guys experience south of the border. Certainly you have a much bigger market but do you guys come across much for vintage Japanese bikes at your swap meets?