One of the World’s Rarest, Most Legendary Motorcycles Comes to Auction at Bonhams

CARMEL, CA.- Bonhams announces that it will be offering the ultra-rare 1954 AJS E95 “Porcupine” at its renowned August automotive auction in Carmel, California on Thursday 18th August. One of just four E95s completed by the factory, the Porcupine (so nicknamed because of the spiked cooling fins on its cylinder head) was created as a works racer by British manufacturer AJS and is perhaps one of the most legendary motorcycles in history owing to its brief, sunburst racing success and extreme rarity. “As far as motorcycles go, the Porcupine is at the very top,” says Bonhams CEO Malcolm Barber. “It is arguably the most beautiful, graceful and innovative racing motorcycle ever built, the perfect blend of technology and art. Comparisons are impossible but bikes of a similar caliber – rarity, significance and worth – could include a 1915 Cyclone Board Track Racer, 1955 Moto Guzzi V8 or a mid-1960s R

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