Sold for £7,590
(including buyers premium)
Registration No: TXS 477
Frame No: 55959
Engine No: U1557
CC: 500
MOT: Exempt
The Rudge Ulster was made famous by Graham Walker's victory in the 1928 Ulster Grand Prix thus giving the bike its name. It was one of the first times a road race had been won at an average speed of more than 80mph, setting a lap record of over 82mph. The bike became the mainstay of road racing in the day with even Enzo Ferarri running a race team in Italy using Rudges. It was supplied ready to race to privateers and was comparatively inexpensive, so the Ulster went on to win many honours in the Isle of Man TT and other international events.
This Rudge motorcycle was purchased by the current vendor as a non-running machine. Since in his ownership it has had a comprehensive rebuild and some work carried out by a Rudge expert and made into a road legal bike. There are various scrutineering stickers for events it has attended over the years, including the Dutch TT and the Festival of 1,000 Bikes, with some sprint history in the 1970s. We have been advised by the vendor the machine runs very well and is quick. It comes complete with a current V5C, some old pictures of the machine in the day and its sidecar.
For more information, please contact:
Mike Davis
mike.davis@handh.co.uk
07718 584217
All successful bids must be paid in full by midday the day after the auction at the latest.
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Auction: National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands, 15th Nov, 2023
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