[MUSIC PLAYING]
Front row parking.
When we talk about museums in America,
you know, we're talking maybe turn of the century--
Couple 100 years--
Yeah, Civil War period.
But when you talk about museums over here, I mean,
he can have like a bicycle with stone wheels on it.
[KNOCKING]
Hey, are you Mike?
MIKE 1: I am.
My name is Mike too.
How you doing?
Barry sent us over here.
This my buddy Frank.
Nice to meet you.
Thanks for having us.
This guy opens the door.
He looks like a little professor.
He's got the round glasses.
We're pickers.
I don't know if you ever heard of that.
We buy and sell a lot of stuff.
Here's a list.
I don't know if-- - Some of the stuff we--
Barry let you know that's kind of stuff we buy.
I'm a bicycle guy.
I heard you're a bicycle guy.
Oh, did you hear that?
Yeah.
[LAUGHS] That's the word on the street.
Yes, I think it's on the word on many peop-- yes.
Somehow, bike nuts recognize one another.
I think you can spot them at about 100 yards.
Can we come in?
- Yeah, of course you can. - All right.
Thank you-- - Thank you.
Yeah.
MIKE 2: So we kind of walk in like this.
Oh, wow.
Hey.
We get in the house, and it's packed, you know.
Whoa.
MIKE 1: That's fairly normal procedure.
That's a normal procedure around here?
All right, wait.
I started collecting when I was four.
And I just maintained this interest all through my life.
So how long ago did you close your museum, then?
I've been trying to reconstruct it on a small scale
here for about 13 years.
The museum is not currently operating.
And I have essentially retired.
But I still maintain the collection
as a cabinet of curiosity.
At my Hampton Village house, I have a garage.
And there are some smaller objects there, which you
might be quite pleased to see.
I'd love to see any of that stuff.
Could we go check them out?
- Yes-- - We go to the garage?
Yes, absolutely--
All right.
Whenever we've picked museums in the past,
we've always done well on their overflow.
I'm talking storage sheds, garages.
So when he says he's got a garage,
I'm thinking, ch-ching, overflow.
MIKE 2: Let's dig in.
When's the last time you were in here?
About 12 years ago.
I like to hear that.
Oh, we're OK.
Whoa.
[LAUGHS] Dang.
We've seen walls of junk before but not
an English wall of junk.
Mike.
FRANK: Look how far that goes back.
This is stuff just cram packed in there.
This is what we've been looking for.
There's a motorcycle handlebar.
Whoa.
The heck is it?
I see this huge motor mounted above the front wheel
with a chain drive.
Be careful.
Look at that thing.
Look at that thing. Look--
Watch out. This is falling.
Where the front fork on it?
Mike, what kind of bike is this?
This is a Turner Byvan.
Turner Byvan.
Byvan-- two-wheeled van.
MIKE 2: What is that?
MIKE 1: That's a fuel tank.
Oh, my god.
This thing is so awesome.
I can't wait to see it.
As soon as I see that motorcycle,
I realize that is what I'm here to buy.
Now, all we got to do is dig this thing out.
--cause they only made four.
Oh, they only made four of them?
And I've got one.
Oh, ah-- ah.
FRANK: Here we come.
All right.
No way.
We roll it out.
And it's just the most funky different, exciting thing
that I've seen in a long time.
I have a love affair with this.
And if I could get it into my bedroom, I would.
Some people might think he's a freak.
I'm not judging.
I'm into the same thing.
I've got a 1914 Harley next to my bed.
Well, that's marvelous.
That's the first thing I see when I get up.
Marvelous.
I can understand why he's completely in love with it.
It's got to look.
It's got the design.
It's got all the elements of what a collector wants.
I have interest in this.
I would pay 20,000 pounds for the bike the way
it sits just like that.
MIKE 1: Yeah.
I think that is a very good offer.
And I'm sure that many people other
than myself would jump at such an opportunity.
So essentially, no.
MIKE 2: I tell you what, Mike.
I'd come up to 25,000.
MIKE 1: I don't wish to always see it in here.
But I think the best thing would be for me
to say that I will certainly contact you
if I decide to sell the thing.
And I will give you first refusal.
But-- - You know what--
--not wishing.
I would be honored.
I would be honored if you did.
That is awesome.
Thank you so much-- - Thanks--
--showing it to us too.
Thanks for bringing us
Good, thank you.
MIKE 2: With this deal, we died with our boots on.
We tried, man.
We tried.
25,000 quid doesn't do it.
But we did the best we could.
We did the best we could.
But sometimes you need to know when to say when.
All right, my friend. - Very nice to--
- Thank you for the opportunity. - Thank you.
- Thanks for showing it to us. - Thanks a lot.
- Thank you very much. - Thanks a lot.
MIKE 2: Who knows.
Maybe the phone will ring.
He's like, hey, this is Mike.
Things change all the time.
You still want that bike and guess what--
we'll be back over here.