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Mecum Auction- Houston 4/4 and who is Mur the Blur?

Started by chrism40, March 27, 2019, 07:19:16 AM

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chrism40

March 27, 2019, 07:19:16 AM
Check out the Mecum Auction coming up in Houston Texas April 4 through the 6th.  There are 15 FJs coming up for auction! I have been watching auctions for a while and very seldom do any FJs show up. Most or all the bikes to be sold on Thursday are part of the "Mur the Blur" Collection. Who is Mur the Blur? Mur had a bunch of bikes and some are very nice. Besides FJs he had a thing for Kawasaki ZR1200 (14) and Honda CBR1100xx (6) not to mention various Ducatis. I am going to watch this auction very closely. I sure hope the FJs bring the estimated prices. At those prices my bikes become very valuable. Check out the whole collection at
https://www.mecum.com/auctions/houston-2019/collections/mur-the-blur-collection/
84 FJ600 Red/silver,84 FJ1100 Red/Silver, 86 FJ1200 Red/white
86 FJ1200 Yellow, 86 FJ1200 Roller project                                  89 FJ1200 Gray/white #1, 89 FJ1200 Gray/White #2,                 89 Gray/White #3, 90 FJ1200 Blue/White, 87 FJ1200 Basket case, 78 Honda CB750K, 78 Vespa P200

Bill_Rockoff

#1
March 27, 2019, 10:16:14 AM
Hmmmm... I gotta say, buying one of the '89s or the '90 and transferring over my suspension, brakes, and YZR600R rear wheel onto it is probably a smarter use of $5,000 than having the engine rebuilt on my 117,000 mile '89.
Reg Pridmore yelled at me once

ZOA NOM

#2
March 27, 2019, 12:43:38 PM
Holy shit! What a collection!
Rick

Current:
2010 Honda VFR1200 DCT (Full Auto!)
1993 FJ/GSXR 1200 (-ABS)
1987 Porsche 911 Carrera (Race)
1988 Porsche Carrera (Street)
Previous:
1993 FJ1200 (FIREBALL)
1993 FJ1200ABS (RIP my collar bone)
1986 FZ750
1984 FJ600
1982 Seca

andyoutandabout

#3
March 28, 2019, 12:06:20 AM
Oooh lovely. Buy that man a beer
life without a bike is just life

Troyskie

#4
March 29, 2019, 01:22:02 AM
Whoah Nelly!!!!!

In one photo I counted 12, maybe 13 FJ tanks!!!!!!!
1984 FJ1100 Ms Effie brand new :)
1984 FJ1100 Pearlie, stock as.
1985 FJ1100 Mr Effie 647,000K and still running hard.
1985 FJ1200 'Yummy' takes a licking & keeps on ticking
2013 Trumpy Tiger 800, let's do another lap of Oz

After all is said and done, more is said than done :)

TexasDave

#5
March 29, 2019, 01:49:45 AM
Very nice collection. Those are the same bikes I would have collected. It will be interesting to see what kind of prices the FJ's bring. I purchased a 93 last year in better shape than theirs and at less that half the price they are hoping to get. I don't think they will get anywhere close to the $6000 to $7000 they estimate. But auctions are crazy. You never know.

Dave
A pistol is like a parachute, if you need one and don't have one you will never need one again.

chrism40

#6
April 04, 2019, 06:26:52 PM
I had to stay home today due to cataract surgery yesterday, so I had time to watch the auction. I sure wish I went to the auction. Several bikes went for not much money. The pallets of parts that had a lot of FJ parts went for $100 to $300. One 86 project bike that did not look that bad didn't even get a $100 bid. Probably better I didn't go or I would have to figure out get all the swag home.
84 FJ600 Red/silver,84 FJ1100 Red/Silver, 86 FJ1200 Red/white
86 FJ1200 Yellow, 86 FJ1200 Roller project                                  89 FJ1200 Gray/white #1, 89 FJ1200 Gray/White #2,                 89 Gray/White #3, 90 FJ1200 Blue/White, 87 FJ1200 Basket case, 78 Honda CB750K, 78 Vespa P200
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