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BNPS.co.uk (01202 558833).Pic: Bonhams/BNPS..***Please use full byline***..1931 Brough classic SS80...5p Raffle prize turns into £70,000 windfall...A motorcycle which was once won with a five pence raffle ticket is set to sell for over 1.4 million times that amount...The 1931 Brough Superior 980cc SS80 was won by Terence Allen after he bought the raffle ticket in 1972...The classic bike had been donated by Bill Gibbard, a member of the Brough Superior Club, as the organisation needed to raise some funds...Mr Allen kept the Brough for two years before selling it on for a handsome profit in the region of £10,000...Now the bike is set to fetch £70,000 when it is auctioned by Bonhams later this month.