The Chop Block: Nigel “II Leone” Mansell Legacy Collection Includes Sweet “Ferrari” Honda ST70

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RM Sotheby’s got a Legacy Collection from one of our crowned F1 world champions – and the coolest addition to this assemblage has got to be the paddock bike that Nigel Mansell himself used around the paddock.

The bike in question is a Honda ST70, complete with the badging that advertises II Leone’s inclinations; if you didn’t already know, Mansell was the last Ferrari driver to be personally selected by Enzo Ferrari before his death in August 1988 (Wikipedia), an honor Mansell described as “one of the greatest in my entire career.”

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Naturally, any successful Formula One champ needs a paddock machine to tootle about the track proper; in this case, an ST 70 Dax took on Ferrari badging for the honors, with the bike’s retirement and subsequent auction as a member of RM Sotheby’s Nigel Mansell’s Legacy Collection putting it squarely in our sights for October 4 through 11, 2023.

“This ST 70 is offered with no reserve and is expected to fetch between £5,000 and £10,000 (or between $6,299 and $12,598 as of August 28, 2023).”

• RM Sotheby’s

*Media sourced from RM Sotheby’s*​

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[dduelin]

Nigel's Dax is little out of my budget range but recalls memories of the Mini Trail 70 I was tooling around on in 1970-71. Mine was a close cousin US spec CT70. Boasting 6 hp it was a huge step up from the sub 2 hp Z50 Mini Trail I cut my riding teeth on. Times and traffic were different then in the town I grew up in - I rode my CT70 8 miles across town seven days a week to throw a newspaper route but my earnings went to pay for the the next Honda, a 1971 CL175.