Big-bore V4: 1985 Yamaha RZ500
When Yamaha and Suzuki dropped their 500cc two-stroke race replicas in the middle of the 1980s, the bikes effectively stopped the oil-burning horsepower wars that had been raging since the 1970s. Each...
View ArticleTriple Time: 1986 Honda NS400R for Sale
Honda's two-stroke NS400R was ostensibly intended to capitalize on their Grand Prix racing efforts, but with less displacement and one fewer cylinder than rivals from Suzuki and Yamaha, it got lost in...
View ArticleFeatured Listing: 1986 Honda VF1000R
Built to celebrate Honda's AMA F1 and Daytona 200 successes in the early to mid-'80s, the Honda VF1000R was bedecked with everything Honda's skunk works had bolted together for its racebikes, and made...
View ArticleLate Two-Stroke: 1995 Suzuki RGV250
The waning light of the two-stroke era really brought out the best Japan had to offer, with a spate of lightweight 250cc road racers with DOT concessions that would pull the front wheel more or less...
View ArticleFeatured Listing – 2001 Bimota V-Due Evoluzione Corsa with Zero Miles !
What could have been the Bimota BB-2 was called the V-Due and had Bimota's own engine, a modern two-stroke, fuel-injected 500cc twin. However the army of engineers Bimota didn't have allowed the...
View ArticleFeatured Listing: Suzuki Carbon Katana Resto-Mod!
RSBFS has long been the leader in bringing you the best classifieds found online every day. Typically we focus on rare, original machinery and stay away from bitsa bikes, rat bikes and customs....
View ArticleHometown Hero – 2009 Bimota DB7
After many years using superbike engines from Japan's leading manufacturers, Bimota started a new chapter with Ducati and developed a 1098cc testastretta-engined special. A Scottsdale collector-car...
View ArticleSmart Bargain? 2006 Ducati PS1000 LE
The world of Ducati is littered with factory limited edition models. Many of these editions are simply visual; a different color of paint or a splattering of carbon fiber accessories. But make them in...
View ArticleFeatured listing: Rare black 1980 Kawasaki Z1R
Kawasaki pushed out more than 17,000 Z1-Rs over the model's three-year life, but the majority were built in '78 and '79, and the vast majority of those wore Stardust Silver paintjobs. Today's featured...
View ArticleFeatured Listing: 1989 Suzuki GSX-R750K
When Suzuki introduced the GSX-R750 (G model) to US buyers in 1986, the racing world was set on fire. With four-stroke, race-bred technology - devoid of the corny race-replica shortcomings - the...
View ArticleNice Curves: Low-Mileage 1995 Bimota SB6 for Sale
The SB6 and SB6R were some of Bimota's best-selling bikes of all time, and featured what must be the mother of all beam frames. That distinctive, very rigid aluminum unit used Bimota's "Straight...
View ArticleVeteran of Foreign Wars – 1988 Honda CBR250R
Our fans have recently been treated to a fairly steady stream of small-sports, most often nice and sometimes in mint shape. But what if you could pick up a high-mileage rider and restore it on your...
View Article1 Liter, 1 Owner, 1 Mile – 2006 Yamaha YZF-R1 LE
Yamaha dreamed up a 50th birthday present for them and us in 2006, and made only 1000 copies. Serial number 002 was put in storage without even a celebratory ride and is available as new. It's a show...
View ArticleLow Miles, Even Fewer Forks: 1993 Yamaha GTS1000 for Sale
Bikes today are faster, lighter, better-handling, and safer than ever before. But while there have been huge advances in terms of electronics and the materials used to build them, they use basically...
View ArticleSales Summary – May 2017
Whether you are a collector or simply interested in values, let's take a look back at May 2017 and see what sold and for how much. Links to the original post on RSBFS included. SOLD Bikes 1999 Bimota...
View ArticleClassic Superbike: 1988 Bimota YB4 Race Bike for Sale
It's fitting that the last couple of Bimota YB4s we've featured have been race bikes, since the YB4 was a competition machine first, and a road bike second. In fact, only a racing version was built at...
View ArticleFeatured Lising: Big-bore V4 -1985 Yamaha RZ500
12.13.2017: Bob has decided to upgrade to a Featured Listing after we first posted this bike on November 30th. Links updated to latest auction. Good luck to buyers and seller! -dc When Yamaha and...
View ArticleMini Missile: 1992 Honda VFR400R
This 1992 Honda VFR400R is claimed to be road-ready, with a clean New Jersey street title, a recent carb clean and fluid refresh, refinished wheels and a fork rebuild. The seller says it is not in...
View ArticleTwin-crank V4 two-stroke: 1985 Yamaha RZ500
The Yamaha RZ500 promised GP-bike glory for the every man when it hit the scene in '84, with a quartet of exhaust pipes poking out at odd angles producing a biblical scream. By '85, Suzuki had rained...
View ArticleFeatured Listing: 1997 Suzuki RGV250 VJ23
Representing maybe the only way to smoke, be cool and rep Lucky Strike, this 1997 Suzuki RGV250V is one of just 120 export-model RGVs in Kevin Schwantz-aping Lucky Strike graphics. The export models...
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