For Sale: 1989 Honda CB-1 / CB400F / NC27 The Honda CB-1 was meant to be the spiritual successor to the heralded CB400F Supersport of the 1970’s. As such, it is a cafe racer sports bike with a small displacement, four cylinder engine. This time around, however, techology has improved such that the bike is…
Faster/Stronger/Lighter: 2004 Ducati 749R #257 Location: Bay Area, CA Miles: 11,200 Price: $11,500 Here is your daily dose of fiber, of the carbon variety. If you’re looking for a not-so-average Ducati, then the 749R is just what the doctor ordered. Unlike the standard and ‘S’ models of the 749, the R was built with one…
In the early to mid-nineties, these bikes were awash with top shelf kit, and were, in many ways, rolling showcases for Ducati’s up and coming technologies. Chief among them was part of this bike’s namesake: “Iniezione Elettronica” – or i.e. Fuel injection was still far from mainstream — about as far from mainstream as water…
After the TT1 and TT2, Ducati released the 750 F1. This particular example appears to be a final 1986 model (the 750F1 was only produced in ’85 and ’86) because it has the Cagiva logos only on the tank and not the fairing which the earlier ’86 models did. The ’85 models of course did…
