Equipment
Brass carbide headlight, leather tool case, luggage carrier, belt drive, Eclipse clutch, coil sprung front fork and rear swing arm. Show quality David Bettencourt restoration. No Reserve. Otis Chandler Collection.
Market commentary
The Flying Merkel may not be the most significant or valuable motorcycle in the Chandler Collection, but it is far and away the coolest. If I could have just one antique motorcycle this would be it. Unfortutely, at prices like this, as deserved as it may be, a Flying Merkel is not in my future, except as my computers wallpaper.