Museum Piece: 1986 Yamaha FZ600
It’s not every day you see a 1986 Yamaha FZ600 restored to museum quality sporting a fuel tank that has never had gas in it. There are plenty of nice ones around, but their value isn’t commensurate...
View ArticleMamma Mia Mamola: 2003 BMW R1100S Boxer Cup Replika
If you are a motorcycle manufacturer with a relatively “boring” reputation – known more for your gentleman’s autobahn express and less for outright performance – how do you change your image to go...
View ArticleThoroughly Italian: 1986 Bimota DB1 for Sale
The DB1 wasn’t Bimota’s first bike, but it perfectly embodies the company’s philosophy of taking a well-developed engine from an outside manufacturer and putting it into a package that was lighter,...
View ArticleFeatured Listing: 1971 Norton Dunstall 810 Sleeper
By the early 1970s, if you were a roadracer or a cafe rat with a few extra shillings and a penchant for Nortons, tuner Paul Dunstall’s name was never far from your mind. A retired racer, Dunstall...
View ArticleVentiquattro: 1993 Ducati 888
The follow-on evolution of the wildly successful 851, the Ducati 888 had a short, but equally productive life span. Championed by Doug Polen on the world’s SBK stage Ducati was victorious in both 1991...
View ArticleFeatured Listing: Tyga-Bodied 1988 Honda NSR250R for Sale
Today’s Featured Listing Honda NSR250R was one of the most iconic bikes of the late 1980s and early 1990s, at least if you lived in Europe or Japan. We never really got them here in the US, at least...
View ArticleFeatured Listing: 1982 Honda CX500 Turbo!
In 1982 Honda fired a technological missile, the implications which were heard and felt around the world. Overnight Honda had changed the game (again), offering the promise of liter power in a...
View ArticleWhat’s in a Name – 1997 Yamaha YZF1000R Thunderace
Never a champ in the showroom, the YZF1000R bided the factory’s time until the R1 was ready, and is a smashing buy on the used market. This one is in rather special condition with just 9,000 miles....
View ArticleFeatured Listing: 1986 Honda VFR750F
Even legends have parents. They don’t often get lauded for their offspring’s exploits, but their influence is indelible, and without their genes, what would our heroes be? The 1986 Honda VFR750F is a...
View ArticleEleventh Hour – 2008 Buell 1125R
Erik Buell finally convinced his overseers at H-D to use the turn-key Rotax twin, and it became the basis for Buell’s most modern sportbike. Unfortunately, a new management team saw the brands as...
View ArticlePriced to Move: Low-Mileage 2008 KTM RC8 for Sale
Considering they never sold all that well when they were new, the asking prices for used examples KTM’s RC8 superbike have been pretty shocking. They were always extremely competent bikes, but just a...
View ArticleMinty Fresh: 1984 Yamaha RZ350
The RZ350 is a special sort of machine in the annals of RSBFS. The last of the 50-state factory two strokes, the little parallel twin that could utilized liquid cooling, a computer controlled...
View ArticleFeatured Listing – Early Production 1994 M900 Monster
Up for grabs is a tidy, near-stock 1993/4 Ducati Monster in classic Ducati Red. The owner has traced the VIN to production in July of 1993, making this part of the first 6 months of Monster...
View ArticleFeatured Listing – 1998 Ducati 916 SPS #830
Update: Email link corrected: dan@gravitycavity.com As much as the original 916 set the superbike world on its ear, the last year 916 SPS was worth waiting – or changing horses – for. The new 996cc...
View ArticleSummer 2019 Featured Listing Report
I’d like to start this post with a HUGE THANK YOU to all the RSBFS faithful — with your following and support I am proud to report that we have published a record number of Featured Listings in 2019!...
View ArticleVentiquattro: 1993 Ducati 888
The follow-on evolution of the wildly successful 851, the Ducati 888 had a short, but equally productive life span. Championed by Doug Polen on the world’s SBK stage Ducati was victorious in both 1991...
View ArticleFeatured Listing: 2005 Ducati 999R Testastretta
To many fans, Ducati worship occurs under the totem of Massimo Tamburini. Famed for the 916 / 996 / 998 series of mechanized obsession, Tamburini made the mold. Time proved that he was a hard act to...
View ArticleFeatured Listing – 1999 Ducati 996 SPS #481
Ducati wanted to continue their WSBK winning ways, and presented an homologation special to legalize their 996. Just a few hundred SPS were made in any year and they appear only occasionally. This...
View ArticleFeatured Listing: 2002 Ducati Monster S4 Fogarty
It was never going to be sufficient for Ducati to commemorate Carl Fogarty’s contributions to motorcycling with yet another race replica superbike with faux sponsor livery. Sure, go ahead and remember...
View ArticleFeatured Listing: 2003 Honda CBR1100XX Super Blackbird for Sale
Released in 1996 and named after the sinister black SR-71 Cold War spy plane that pioneered stealth technology, today’s Featured Listing Honda CBR1100XX Super Blackbird was also designed to be very...
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