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1KK1 – 1990/1991 BMW K1’s
Odd enough to see a single K1 up for sale, but a St. Louis specialty motoring shop has two in the house. The Bahnstorming liter-bike was BMW’s comprehensive solution to the sport/touring question....
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Palm Trees not Included – 2008 Ducati Monster S4RS Tricolore
With a great portion of the country below freezing ( so cold here yesterday I couldn't tell if my heated gear was even working ) the palm trees in this eBay offering got my attention - and the S4RS in...
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Mecum Las Vegas 2018 Preview
While the collector car world kicks off it's auction season this week with the Scottsdale auctions, motorcycle collectors and enthusiasts wait for the following week for the Las Vegas events with their...
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Literally Found in a Barn: 1989 Suzuki GSX-R1100 for Sale
The term "barn find" pretty much says it all: the collectible car or motorcycle in question was found sitting in an actual barn, where the previous owner stored it when it stopped running. Possibly...
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Bonhams Las Vegas 2018 Preview
Bonhams also has a motorcycle auction next week in Las Vegas. The don't have as many lots but certainly have some gorgeous bike available. In particular the RC30 and OW01 listed have unbelievably low...
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Pie in the Sky: $90k 2008 Ducati Desmosedici RR
To the average sportbike addict, the 2008 Ducati Desmosedici RR stands alone among race replica bikes as the one that nailed all the details and defined the genre in a taught, carbon fiber-clad...
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Dusty deal? 1982 Ducati MHR900
Collectable motorcycles - especially those from the late 1970s through 1980s - are on the rise. Values have been notching up to the point where many of us can remember when "...you could buy one for...
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Too Much of a Good Thing – 1995 Ducati Supersport SS/SP
Drumming up business sometimes involves a round of badge engineering, which Ducati succumbed to in the early 1990's with their SuperSports. The normally venerable Sport Production designation was a...
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All original: 1994 Ducati 916
When the 1994 Ducati 916 was unleashed, it caused the motorcycle world to stand up so fast it promptly fell right back down on its ass. When the industry press and its leather-clad readership had...
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Time Capsule: 1994 Ducati Monster M900 with Just 931 Miles for Sale!
It's arguable whether or not Ducati's iconic Monster actually started the naked bike craze. Certainly, the Honda Hawk GT and CB-1 beat it to market by more than a couple years, but were relative...
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Sales Summary – August 2017
The summer of 2017 was a good one when it came to the supply of bikes. Whether you are a collector or simply interested in values, let's take a look back at August 2017 and see what sold and for how...
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Strange Pursuit – 1991 Buell RS1200
Early on at Buell, Erik was transitioning to road machines, lining up dealers, arranging drive-trains with Harley, and a couple of hundred was a successful model. A break in the weather ( or maybe the...
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Tennessee Stud: 1989 Kawasaki ZXR400 H1
The hard-edged Kawasaki ZXR400 is something of a rarity among grey-market Japanese 400cc sportbikes, as importers drag far more Honda VFR 400s and Yamaha FZR400Rs to our shores. For whatever reason,...
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Fun Size: 1991 Honda VFR400R NC30 for Sale
A recent influx of Honda VFR400R NC30s means they're in danger of not being nearly such rare sportbikes as they used to be... But relatively few were made for all markets, so there's no real chance...
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Glamourpuss – 1994 Ducati 888 in Britain
The 888 was designed by Pierre Terblanche and a light update to the muscular 851, Ducati's first desmoquattro. American Doug Polen had won the 1991 Superbike World Championship on an uprated 851, and...
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Race-Kitted: 1990 Yamaha FZR750R OW01 for Sale
"Homologation" refers to the process by which a manufacturer makes a particular machine eligible for production-based racing classes. In most cases, mass-produced motorcycles include significant...
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Boosted Optimism: 1985 Kawasaki GPz750 Turbo
You are looking at what Cycle magazine dubbed the fastest motorcycle of 1985. Ripping off a quarter mile faster than liter bikes of the day, the Kawasaki GPz750 Turbo took the latest fad and turned it...
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The Green Alternative: 1989 Kawasaki ZX-7
As slab and Slingshot Gixxers from the mid to late '80s get more and more expensive and desirable, now is an increasingly good time to look to their competition to snag an equally capable but much...
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Bonkers – 1990 Suzuki GSX-R750
Hardly altering its good looks, Suzuki made several changes to the GSX-R750 for 1990 - beefier frame, 4-into-1 exhaust, and a lot of internal changes to the air/oil-cooled I-four. This Texas example...
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Nimble Welterweight: 1988 Yamaha FZR400
The Yamaha FZR400 has a fiercely devoted following as a track day and club racing darling, thanks to its unusual for the time aluminum Deltabox frame, screaming engine and lithe curb weight. You don't...
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