One of the motorbikes the late Neil Peart famously rode between shows on Rush's R30 Tour is going to auction. The 1170cc BMW R1200GS is being sold by Mecum Auctions at this year's Vintage and Antique Motorcycle show, held at the South Point Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, on February 1.
Peart, whose 2002 memoir Ghost Rider: Travels On The Healing Road documented the 55,000-mile journey he undertook to try and find solace following the double tragedy of losing his daughter Selena and his wife Jackie within 10 months of each other, took up motorcycling in his forties. On the road with Rush, he'd retire to his own bus post-show, then spend the following day touring before the next night’s performance.
