1936 Rudge Special 500cc at Andy Tiernans

[@balajiiyengar4]

What a nice bike, unique stand lever, nice pops it makes 👍 lovely collectable bike.

[@derekambler]

Can't imagine a 500 Rudge Special having a racing pedigree having owned Sports, Sports Special and Ulsters and TT Reps in my time - I bought a garage full of Rudges in 1964 for £15.

[@shamsrashiqshaz2796]

Awesome video

[@gregtaylor6146]

£12k ..... for THAT??? ........ pull the other one fella, it's got bells on!!!

[@jedtattum9996]

do you know what the word rare means?

[@gregtaylor6146]

@@jedtattum9996 - I do, I also know that just because a thing is old, tatty and rusty and rides like a dog, does not make it valuable, nor does it make necessarily for a pleasurable ownership 'experience.'

[@jedtattum9996]

@@gregtaylor6146 how many motorcycles built in 1936 do you own? also, what condition were they in when you bought them?

[@stuartburton1167]

You don't have to buy it.

[@gregtaylor6146]

@@stuartburton1167 - ....and neither does anyone else, just because the vendor puts a (let me think of a big number and put a £ sign in front of it) price ticket on his old clapped-out pile of junk.