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A vintage motorcycle has emerged for sale for £20,000 despite the fact it's currently caked in rust and has not been ridden in over 40 years.<br />
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The 1921 Indian Powerplus was bought by its current owner, a farmer and motorcycle enthusiast, as a project in 1975 but has not been ridden since.<br />
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Instead it has lingered for several years in a West Country barn getting rustier and less usable.<br />
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He did start to restore the motorcycle once but gave up after he replaced a rusty front wheel deciding that it was such an original state that preservation was better than restoration, and pushed it back into his barn.<br />
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It is now to sell with Charterhouse Auctions of Sherborne, Dorset, who have given the bike a pre-sale estimate of between £10,000 and £20,000.