This 1970 Solex 3800 wento to auction during Monterey Car Week with RM-Sotheby's (Lot 329) on 14-August-2021 with an official estimate of $40,000 to $50,000. It fetched $66,000 and became the 14th most valuable two-stroke ever sold at auction.

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Monterey 2021 Auction Preview: the top motorcycles

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This 1938 Vincent HRD Series A Twin went to auction during Monterey Car Week with Mecum Auctions (Lot F142) on 13-August-2021 with an official estimate of $400,000 to $500,000 and was passed in after a high bid of $200,000 (Mecum)

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This 1938 Vincent HRD Series A Twin went to auction during Monterey Car Week with Mecum Auctions (Lot F142) on 13-August-2021 with an official estimate of $400,000 to $500,000 and was passed in after a high bid of $200,000 (Mecum)

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This 1938 Vincent HRD Series A Twin will go to auction during Monterey Car Week with Mecum Auctions (Lot F142) on 13-August-2021 with an official estimate of $400,000 to $500,000 (Mecum)

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This 1938 Vincent HRD Series A Twin went to auction during Monterey Car Week with Mecum Auctions (Lot F142) on 13-August-2021 with an official estimate of $400,000 to $500,000 and was passed in after a high bid of $200,000 (Mecum)

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This 1938 Vincent HRD Series A Twin went to auction during Monterey Car Week with Mecum Auctions (Lot F142) on 13-August-2021 with an official estimate of $400,000 to $500,000 and was passed in after a high bid of $200,000 (Mecum)

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This 1922 Brough Superior Mark 1 90 Bore will go to auction during Monterey Car Week with Mecum Auctions (Lot F92) on 13-August-2021 with an official estimate of $275,000 to $350,000 and failed to meet reserve after a high bid of $250,000. (Mecum)

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This 1953 Vincent Black Shadow went to auction during Monterey Car Week with Mecum Auctions (Lot F14) on 13-August-2021 with an official estimate of $150,000 to $175,000. The bike sold for a hammer price of $135,000, which equates to a total price of $148,500 including buyers premium (Mecum)

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This 1917 Henderson 4-Cylinder Racer will go to auction during Monterey Car Week with Mecum Auctions (Lot F95) on 13-August-2021 with an official estimate of $85,000 to $100,000. The bike sold for a hammer price of $91,000 which equates to a total price of $100,100 including buyers premium (Mecum)

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This 1903 Mitchell will go to auction during Monterey Car Week with Mecum Auctions (Lot F98) on 13-August-2021 with an official estimate of $75,000 to $100,000 (Mecum)

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This 1915 Harley-Davidson Model 11-F went to auction during Monterey Car Week with Mecum Auctions (Lot F96) on 13-August-2021 with an official estimate of $85,000 to $100,000 and was bid to $65,000 before being passed in (Mecum)

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This 1968 Husqvarna Viking 360 was owned by Steve McQueen and twice world MX champ Bengt Aberg. It went to auction during Monterey Car Week with RM-Sotheby's (Lot 202) on 14-August-2021 with an official estimate of $80,000 to $100,000 and sold for $204,000 (RM-Sotheby's)

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This 1924 Harley-Davidson JDCA/B went to auction during Monterey Car Week with Mecum Auctions (Lot F110) on 13-August-2021 with an official estimate of $80,000 to $90,000. It received a high bid of $56,000 and was passed in (Mecum)

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This 1970 Triumph Bonneville TR120 will go to auction during Monterey Car Week with RM-Sotheby's (Lot 301) on 14-August-2021 with an official estimate of $40,000 to $50,000 (RM-Sotheby's)

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This 1970 Solex 3800 wento to auction during Monterey Car Week with RM-Sotheby's (Lot 329) on 14-August-2021 with an official estimate of $40,000 to $50,000. It fetched $66,000 and became the 14th most valuable two-stroke ever sold at auction. (RM-Sotheby's)

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This 1902 Norton went to auction during Monterey Car Week with Mecum Auctions (Lot T93) on 12-August-2021 with an official estimate of $75,000 to $100,000 but failed to sell when it was bid to just $25,000 (Mecum)

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This 2022 Triumph Scrambler 1200 Steve McQueen Edition will go to auction during Monterey Car Week with Mecum Auctions (Lot S115) on 14-August-2021 with no official estimate (charity auction) (Mecum)

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Swedish-born Bengt Åberg spent his whole life pioneering new motorcycle adventures. He was one of the first to follow the money from Europe to America, returning at the peak of his career to win the World 500cc Motocross World Championships in 1969 and 1970. In 1968 he was part of the Swedish team that won the Trophée des Nations and he was a member of the Swedish teams that won the Motocross des Nations in 1970, 1971, and 1974. He was a member of the Husqvarna factory racing team from 1969 to 1973 and the Bultaco factory racing team from 1974 to 1976. Having pioneered two-strokes in American racing, he then set out to achieve the opposite, competing in the World Championships against all the two-strokes on a four-stroke Yamaha XT500 built in collaboration with former world champions Torsten Hallman and Sten Lundin.Åberg rode the bike to a victory in the first moto of the 1977 500cc Luxembourg Grand Prix though he finished the season ranked ninth in the final world championship standings. Though he finished his international career in 1979, he never stopped racing at a local level, and in 1995, he won the Swedish ice speedway national championships. Having a bike that was raced by Bengt Åberg is almost as significant as a bike raced by Steve McQueen. Aberg is one of the all-time greats of motorcycle racing. (Kenneth Olausson / Husqvarna Media)

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This is the remarkable and true story of how a motorcycle sold for $1500 in 2008 without anyone knowing it had been owned by the world's highest-paid actor, then went to auction in 2013 with the McQueen connection proven, but it couldn't meet the $80,000 reserve price. In 2018 though, the bike went to auction with irrefutable evidence that it was the motorcycle ridden by McQueen in the cult movie, On Any Sunday, and the records tumbled. That's Malcolm Smith, Steve and Mert Lawwill during the filming of the movie.

(NewAtlas.com)

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This 1938 Vincent HRD Series A Twin went to auction during Monterey Car Week with Mecum Auctions (Lot F142) on 13-August-2021 with an official estimate of $400,000 to $500,000 and was passed in after a high bid of $200,000 (Mecum)

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This 1938 Vincent HRD Series A Twin went to auction during Monterey Car Week with Mecum Auctions (Lot F142) on 13-August-2021 with an official estimate of $400,000 to $500,000 and was passed in after a high bid of $200,000 (Mecum)

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This 1922 Brough Superior Mark 1 90 Bore will go to auction during Monterey Car Week with Mecum Auctions (Lot F92) on 13-August-2021 with an official estimate of $275,000 to $350,000 and failed to meet reserve after a high bid of $250,000. (Somer Hooker / NewAtlas.com)

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This 1922 Brough Superior Mark 1 90 Bore will go to auction during Monterey Car Week with Mecum Auctions (Lot F92) on 13-August-2021 with an official estimate of $275,000 to $350,000 and failed to meet reserve after a high bid of $250,000. (Mecum)

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This 1953 Vincent Black Shadow went to auction during Monterey Car Week with Mecum Auctions (Lot F14) on 13-August-2021 with an official estimate of $150,000 to $175,000. The bike sold for a hammer price of $135,000, which equates to a total price of $148,500 including buyers premium (Somer Hooker / NewAtlas.com)

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This 1953 Vincent Black Shadow went to auction during Monterey Car Week with Mecum Auctions (Lot F14) on 13-August-2021 with an official estimate of $150,000 to $175,000. The bike sold for a hammer price of $135,000, which equates to a total price of $148,500 including buyers premium (Mecum)

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This 1917 Henderson 4-Cylinder Racer went to auction during Monterey Car Week with Mecum Auctions (Lot F95) on 13-August-2021 with an official estimate of $85,000 to $100,000. The bike sold for a hammer price of $91,000 which equates to a total price of $100,100 including buyers premium (Mecum)

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This 1924 Harley-Davidson JDCA/B went to auction during Monterey Car Week with Mecum Auctions (Lot F110) on 13-August-2021 with an official estimate of $80,000 to $90,000. It received a high bid of $56,000 and was passed in (Somer Hooker / NewAtlas.com)

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This 1914 Harley-Davidson Model 10-F went to auction during Monterey Car Week with Mecum Auctions (Lot F110) on 13-August-2021 with an official estimate of $75,000 to $90,000, selling for $101,200 including buyers premium (Mecum)

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This 1975 Yamaha TZ750 Dirt Track Racer went to auction during Monterey Car Week with Mecum Auctions (Lot F2.1) on 13-August-2021 and sold for $44,000 (Mecum)

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This 1970 Solex 3800 wento to auction during Monterey Car Week with RM-Sotheby's (Lot 329) on 14-August-2021 with an official estimate of $40,000 to $50,000. It fetched $66,000 and became the 14th most valuable two-stroke ever sold at auction. (RM-Sotheby's)

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This 1968 Husqvarna Viking 360 was owned by Steve McQueen and twice world MX champ Bengt Aberg. It went to auction during Monterey Car Week with RM-Sotheby's (Lot 202) on 14-August-2021 with an official estimate of $80,000 to $100,000 and sold for $204,000 (Somer Hooker / NewAtlas.com)