A motorbike belonging to late Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell goes up for public sale by way of Bonhams, with an anticipated promote value of £7,000 – £10,000.

The bike – a 2004 Voxan 996cc Black Magic – was gifted by Cornell to the present proprietor, who Bonhams says has since “cherished it as a part of his assortment”. The 14th Black Magic produced by Voxan, on the time of sale it has solely 3,726 kilometres on the odometer.

The bike can be supplied with a duplicate of the French attestation bequeathing the bike to the present vendor, present MoT, Voxan courting certificates and a V5C.

“Vincent, Hesketh, Buell and Voxan have one factor in frequent: all constructed extremely fascinating, restricted version, v-twin sports activities bikes and all ended up out of enterprise. Voxan was based in Issoire, France in 1995 by Jacques Gardette, whose ambition was to create a high-profile French bike firm, maybe impressed by what John Bloor had achieved with the revitalised Triumph within the UK,” says Bonhams. 

“The Voxan’s distinctive, 72-degree, 8-valve, water-cooled, 996cc v-twin engine was constructed by Sodemo Moteurs, one among French motorsport’s most outstanding tuning firms. Its chassis was the work of well-known designer Alain Chevallier whose Yamaha-engined machines had received a number of Grands Prix in the course of the Seventies and Nineteen Eighties, so all the proper elements had been within the combine. Sadly, the Voxan’s magnificent engine was hamstrung by France’s absurd 100 bhp restrict for bikes, nevertheless it definitely regarded the half.

The sale of Chris Cornell’s previous Voxan bike is the most recent in a string of auctions internet hosting gear and memorabilia of well-known music artists. Earlier this month, Prince’s Cloud 3 guitar fetched over $900,000, after promoting for simply $8,000 in 2005. It got here after John Lennon’s well-known Framus Hootenanny bought for practically $3 million to develop into the fifth most costly guitar ever bought at public sale.

For extra info, head to Bonhams.