LUCAS MAGDYNO FOR SALE

[David J Waring]

Good afternoon Gents. Many Scott spares are nowadays like the proverbial hen’s teeth, so knowing what is a fair price can be difficult. Has anyone seen a Lucas Magdyno (with the rectangular gear drive housing) for sale recently please? If so, how much & what condition? If not, is £550 a fair price/too high/too low for a professional fully reconditioned one ?

[BRIAN MARSHALL]

Parts are worth just how much a buyer is prepared to pay, and if I wanted a Magdyno just to put on the shelf as a spare, then £550 would be a lot of money, however if I was just finishing a restoration, and the magdyno was the last thing I needed to be able to put the bike on the road, and I had been searching for one for ages, with no success, then I might be tempted…
My experience last year with a Bonniksen Time and Speed Meter is typical. I put it on eBay hopeful of at least £1000. It went for £2600 !! The buyer had a Brough Superior SS100, and a nice Bonniksen was the icing on the cake, the finishing touch on his bike, and he was desperate to get it. Somebody else had the same idea, and the bidding just went up and up…
Brian

[chris wastell]

I would say check carefully who the professional was and what he actually did to it and how long ago. You can easily spend £500 getting a mag and dyno rebuilt, I know someone who has. That makes what you have been offered reasonable IF it is now perfect. Problem is, you can’t prove it without using it.

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