Motorcycle Forum / Country Specific / Classic (UK Group) / July 2007

Without piccies, hard to say.

£200 ?

They're rising in value. My very clean original one, I sold a couple of
years ago for ukp325 - all they were worth then. Today, I could add 50
quid to that, easy.

If it really is mint, then 400 quid, even 500, isn't out of court.
They're charming bikes. Utterly crucial items are:

Chaincase - must have both halves

Mudguards - must be original and not rusted through

Paint - must be original, and the candy red they used on the A5 fades.

Side panels - unmarked, and with all mounting lugs intact.

Engine must be perfect (but the CD175 mill is pretty well bullet-proof)

Some silly buggers are asking 750 quid, even 1000 or more for superb
ones, but they aren't finding buyers. They just aren't worth that, no
how, no way.

I recently acquired a tidy-looking one for £215 but it has an annoying
electrical fault which I have already wasted hours investigating. With
hindsight, I would have paid twice that (always supposing I had it)
for one which was *really* good.
R

Um, are you sure it's an A5? I thought that was the last of the line, made
from 1976-78.

The earlier slopers are more valuable, but even the later bikes fetch good
money now. A mint sloper would be about £750-800. A ditto later bike maybe
£100 less.