The owner of this 1990 Honda MC21 NSR250R SE on eBayMotors is listing a buy-it-now of only $6500! Does aftermarket bodywork affect the price or are these just not as valuable as I’d think? quote from seller’s eBay ad: Clean and ready to ride. This bike needs nothing, runs great. Has new Tyga body, Michelin…
How sweet is this Rothmans SP? 1993 Honda MC21 NSR250 For Sale on (you guessed it) San Fran Craigslist: quote from for sale listing: Clean CA Title NSR MC21 SP Import From Japan Rothman SP Edition Excellent Condition 6900 OBO A guy could carve out a nice little used bike business for himself by buying…
We feature a lot of rare motorcycles here on Rare Sportbikes for Sale. I mean, it’s right there in the title. But despite looking decidedly rough and perhaps a bit unremarkable, this 1989 Kawasaki KR-1R is one of just 180 built worldwide, making it one of the rarest sportbikes you’re likely to see posted anywhere.…
There’s nothing wrong with knowing your strengths, and Aprilia certainly knew theirs then stuck to them when they created the RS250. They crafted the gorgeous aluminum beam frame, swingarm, and the curvaceous bodywork, but left development of the engine to an outside party. That’s right, this little bit of flyweight Italian exotica is powered by…
By 2001, the entire quarter-liter sportbike class was basically dead, leaving the Aprilia RS250 Cup a bit of an orphan. Yamaha TZR250 production ended in 1995, Honda’s NSR250R in 1996, and the Suzuki RGV250Γ held out until 1998. But I guess Aprilia still had some of the older 90° RGV250 engines lying around, so they…
They’re relatively rare here in the US, even in states with lax registration requirements, but late 80s and early 90s quarter-liter two-strokes were pretty widely available elsewhere in the sportbiking world, considering their narrowly-focused role and limited audience. Kawasaki was largely absent from the intense class rivalry during that period, though. Their earlier KR250 was…
Featured Listings are Just $59 for 3 Months! With spring fever just around the corner, it’s time to prep your Rare Sportbike from winter storage and make it available for sale. You know the routine: Fresh fluids, tires, and a tune up. Finish with a full detail and a photo shoot after it’s maiden 2018…
During the 1980s and early 1990s, the vibrant quarter-liter two-stroke class saw the NSR, RGV, and TZR go at it with knife-fight-in-a-phone-booth intensity. Notably missing from much of the action was Kawasaki. It didn’t help that Kawasaki didn’t start building a two-stroke sportbike until 1988 and abandoned the class in 1992, before the other Japanese…