2006 Yamaha R1 LE
Norwalk, CT
#138 of 500
Miles: 2,700
$17,000
SELLER
2006 R1 LE. SUPER RARE.. only 500 made #138..out of 500….. ohlins suspension, Marchesini rims, 50th anniversary 100% original 2,700 mi….if you don’t know the value of these bikes keep your comments and ridiculous offers to yourself
RSBFS
Looking through our archives, every time this bike is posted people comment on it. According to RSBFS Reader Pete, “I have one of these in my collection. Rode the shit out of it. It has about 20k on it now. Still one of my go to bikes…even with a ton of new stallions to ride.”
Reader Coinless King left a long comment back in 2018, “This bike is meant to be ridden more than most. Back when they came out, I hastily looked the cheapest one up on Cycletrader that ended up being in Springfield, Ohio for $14,500 otd (thought I’d save 3500 or so off sticker). I live in California and hastily checked the weather and saw 50 degree weather and flew out a few days after that in February. My plan was to ride back home and actually only made it to Kansas City and rented a Uhaul as I was riding 30 minutes at time before the windchill and single digit temp had me stop at every gas station, truck stop along the way. …. A lot of bike and actually one of my favorite to ride and I have a lot of bikes. It got me wherever I needed to go faster than all the other bikes as it just winds up so fast; a misty fog filled day headed north from SF would have the bake breaking out whenever you wanted. I thought it was a fairly legit widow maker with no computer controls yet. Just a dialed up bike out of the box. It worked flawlessly all the years I had it and actually just sold it last year to a gentleman in Ventura for 11K with 8K miles on it and perfect. Idk why, but a lot of the people that bought this bike just let them go for whatever and always have since they came out. Being a 50 year anniversary bike and being bought by a lot of ‘collectors’ hurt the value a bit. I believe Toyota is Yamaha’s biggest shareholder, fun fact.”
Reader Michael J recently commented, “Always liked this bike. Not just a graphics exercise. Actually had genuine go fast bits. Forged wheels, suspension upgrades, slipper clutch. And it looks like my vision of a quintessential superbike. What a cool machine. Even though it is an antique as technology goes. No electronics. Old school. Real riding skills required to make it deliver.”
It seems that this collectible is a bike that people genuinely love to ride. What say you?
Ride it or hide it?
