Looking For A Winter Project? How About A 1987 Suzuki RG250 Gamma? It is not the latest and greatest and it isn’t a “10” but it does have the makings of a nice winter project (aka wife evader). It is in decent shape, it is mostly stock and complete, it does have a title and there is no…
This is a great looking, restored, YDS1R race bike on eBay! Bike: 1962 Yamaha YDS1R Miles: TMU Price: $18,500/Offer Location: West Los Angeles, California What makes a bike collectible? Well, being the first production road racer from a multi-world-championship-winning motorcycle manufacturer can’t hurt. The YDS1R was Yamaha’s first production road race bike and based strongly…
For sale: 1985 Yamaha RZ350 2-stroke Located in La Puente, California, this clean 1985 RZ350 provides you another opportunity to grab that elusive 2-stroke that you might have missed in the showroom back in the 80’s. Although these bikes are not as rare as some of the hand-built Italian hardware we occasionally see on RSBFS,…
For sale: 1983 Honda CX650 Turbo with 16,000 miles By 1983, three of the Big Four Japanese manufacturers had Turbo bikes in the showroom. Only Kawasaki was missing from the party, and wouldn’t show up until the following year. For Honda, though, 1983 was a big year. The previous Turbo, 1982’s CX500T, was not well…
Mint (as in 177 miles!!) 2006 Bimota SB8K for sale in Los Angeles. The SB8K is one of my favourite Bimotas, pairing the charismatic v-twin engine from a Suzuki TL1000R with a hybrid carbon (check out those carbon chassis side plates)/aluminum beam frame from Bimota. Here’s the ebay link: Bimota has been making exquisite hand…
Tri Color 1998 Laverda 750S On Ebay What a pretty bike! Is it an original tri color produced by the factory? Well probably not but someone sure had the right idea. I rarely see bikes that have been repainted that look spot on. This one does. Maybe it is just easy to make anything look good…
1976 one-off Norton Ala Verda custom for sale on ebay for a cool $75,000. Beautiful. Stunning. Gorgeous. Brilliant. Splendid. Magnificent. Gob-smacking. Bellisimo. And I’m running out of words to describe this bike. I have seen this in magazines and websites, but had never thought I would see it for sale on ebay! Even if you’re…
Low mile Ducati 851 in PA on Craigslist It might be a 1991 but doesn’t this Ducati still look the business? A reader found this nice example hiding on Craigslist in PA. It has roughly 12,000 miles on it and some tasteful upgrades. The 851 was Ducatis’ first step back into racing dominance and 1991 was the last…