If you wanted to get yourself a Rickman, but the last one we posted was either A) too ugly, or B) too far away (Italy), then here is another chance. Rather than a Predator CRE, this particular Rickman was the bread and butter of their street bike lineup. Powered by a 900cc Kawasaki drive train,…
A Hayabusa here on RSBFS? I know posting this bike will make some readers question whether I have lost my mind by submitting this as a Rare Sportbike but keep reading and I think I can convince you that this bike is something a serious collector should consider acquiring. Anyone who has been involved…
Introduced in 2008, the Bimota DB7 is yet another collaboration with Ducati and has been one of their most successful bikes in terms, not only of sales numbers, but in terms of function. While they’ve always offered on-paper advantages over the bikes from which they borrow their engines, many Bimotas, right out of the box,…
Bimota’s BB3 is only the third collaboration between the Bimota and BMW. This is likely because, for most of BMW’s history, Ze Germans produced engine and drivetrain combos not really suited to the sort of lightweight sportbikes Bimota generally builds. The BB1 was powered by BMW’s Rotax single from their and, like most Bimotas was…
Forty some-odd years into Aprilia’s history they added road racing to their off-road program, with remarkable results – ten 125cc championships and nine in the 250cc class. Bold names from this year’s Moto GP grids like Valentino Rossi, Marco Melandri, and Jorge Lorenzo all were 250cc champions for Aprilia. Built from 1995 through 2002, the…
Revived by entrepreneur John Bloor after their final bankruptcy in 1983, Triumph Motorcycles engineered a family of engines using a 76mm diameter piston and established a manufacturing facility in Thailand. The venerable brand celebrated it centenary in 2002 and has continued manufacture and now completes almost 50,000 motorcycles per year. This particular bike is a…
This one has been getting a lot of looks on ebay and I can certainly understand why. While the Mike Hailwood replica is no stranger to RSBFS, this one is a bit special. As Mike M wrote just a few weeks ago, “before there was a Carl Fogarty or a Troy Bayliss or a Casey…
After it was started in 1976, the AMA Superbike Championship became a way to reach the sporty segment of the American motorcycle market. The 1983 rule change reducing maximum displacement to 750cc was the catalyst for a new approach, rather than racing road bikes, Suzuki tailored their racing machine for public use. Their light weight…