Land-Speed Record Holder – 2006 BMW K1200S
Giving K-bike riders an S of their own, BMW introduced the K1200S in 2004 and never looked back. The K1200S was BMW's first transverse inline-4, a development project on the road to the S1000RR, but a...
View ArticleFlawed Masterpiece: 1955 Moto Guzzi 8C “Otto Cilindri” for Sale
Fans of modern machinery may not understand how Moto Guzzi, with their clunky driveshafts and pushrod v-twins, is allowed even a grudging membership to the sportbike club. Of course, a look back a bit...
View ArticleFeatured Listing: 1987 Ducati 750 F1 Laguna Seca for Sale
Update 10.3.2017: Recently serviced at local Ducati specialist, including new timing belts, idler and tensioners, valve adjust,all fluids changed - including brake and forks, and carb rebuild with new...
View ArticleFeatured listing: Like-new 1982 Suzuki Katana
The 1982 Suzuki Katana ended a long era of Japanese bikes focused first on reliability, practicality and speed and cosmetics a distant second. The 1,000cc Katana changed the course of bike styling in...
View ArticleFeatured Listing: 1981 Moto Guzzi LeMans II
The Moto Guzzi 850 LeMans II took the marque's sportiest offering from the '70s and updated its styling and technology for the new decade. What had been born in the mid-70s as the high-compression,...
View ArticleFeatured Listing: 1983 Honda CX650 Turbo!
When it comes to the rapid pace of motorcycle development, nothing could beat the 1980s. Every manufacturer was scrambling to find the next Big Thing, the next best way to motivate a motorcycle for...
View ArticleThree to Get Ready: 1986 Honda NS400R for Sale
The 1980s were a very exciting time in the motorcycling world, especially for fans of Japanese bikes, and a huge variety of machines were available in a dizzying array of configurations: two-strokes...
View ArticleWell-used: 30k-mile 1991 Ducati 851
It's nice to see a rare, pedigreed bike come up for sale that has clearly been ridden and loved, and not just shoved in the back of some banker's garage and polished to within an inch of its life. In...
View ArticleTwo Approaches – 2008 Ducati 1098R
Contributors at RSBFS look at a lot of bike ads, and though these two are for the same year, make, and model, the auctions couldn't be more different. A smashing contribution to the sportbike...
View ArticleSponsored Listing: Bonhams Autumn Stafford Sale!
From the fine folks at Bonhams comes the Autumn Stafford Sale - a dedicated motorcycle and motorcycle memorabilia auction to be held in person and online on October 15, 2017. While we don't have room...
View ArticlePint-size superbike: 1992 Honda NC30
The diminutive brother of the legendary 750cc RC30, the Honda VFR400R did not let its small displacement soften its hard-edged pedigree. By now, we have repeated all the tropes about tiered licensing...
View ArticleSweet Tooth: 1989 Suzuki RGV250Γ for Sale
Many of the most iconic race replicas are rolling billboards for tobacco products: Marlboro, John Player, Gauloises, Lucky Strike. Of course, that's no longer the case, with tobacco manufacturers...
View ArticleDusty Project: 1982 Ducati 900 Mike Hailwood Replica
This 1982 Ducati 900 MHR has certainly seen better days, but if the seller is to believed, it comes with an interesting international history and has met the family and friends of its iconic namesake....
View ArticleNice mods, Freddy Spencer paint: 1990 Honda VFR400R
The Honda NC30's handling leaves little to be desired as it left the factory, but everything can be improved, especially after a long parade of years and technological advances. 1990 Honda VFR400R...
View ArticleFeatured Listing – 1992 Honda VFR400R ( NC30 ) with spare Repsol fairings !
Since they were never offered stateside, the smaller V-4's have an undeniable cachet as well as sparkling performance and appearance. The VFR400R looks for all the world like its 750cc brother and...
View ArticleRarity with unfortunate paint: 1993 Yamaha GTS1000A
The Yamaha GTS1000's front suspension is from an era when bike makers were getting into wild experimentation to eliminate the shortcomings of conventional two-legged forks. Bimota spat out its...
View ArticleFeatured Listing: 1980 Suzuki GS1000S Wes Cooley
The market for factory replicas is hot right now, especially from the 1980s era of Superbike racing. These were the days of low-tech, skinny tires, big handlebars and manly men riders. Air-cooled,...
View ArticleThe Last and the Best? 1994 Honda NSR250R MC28 for Sale
Sometimes, the very final version of a car or motorcycle is a pale shadow of the original, as the years inevitably add pounds and dilute the purity of what made the original example so desirable. But...
View ArticleBlack-Clad Bruiser: 1995 Triumph Speed Triple for Sale
Triumph’s entire 1990s range of sport, sport-touring, retro, and naked machines like this original Speed Triple was built around a common spine frame and two engines, the 885cc inline triple seen here...
View ArticleSlab-Sided Collectible: 1986 Suzuki GSX-R750 Limited for Sale
It's hard to imagine that, just a couple years before the introduction of the GSX-R750, Suzuki's top-performing repli-racer was the stylish, but very last-generation GS1000S, a bike with twin shocks,...
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