The GS1100ES was the last-hurrah for Suzuki’s twin-shock sportbikes, a forgotten middle child sandwiched between the classic, Wes Cooley era GS1000S and the modern icon GSX-R. But for a few years, this was as good as it got. And it established the template for the later GSX-R: it wasn’t the most powerful bike, but it…
Update 6.18.2015: The owner has contacted us to update that this bike is sold. Congratulations to buyer and seller! -dc Today’s Featured Listing Bimota SB8R could be considered one of the marque’s most successful modern models, although you’re still looking at a low-production Italian exotic, with approximately 150 built. After the V Due debacle, it…
Always a RSBFS favorite and a quickly appreciating classic, here is a pristine 1989 GSX-R1100 located in Ontario Canada. There have been a lot of posts here on RSBFS about the the early GSX-R series so I won’t waste time and repeat the previous posts. This particular bike appears to be a very clean and…
2003 Suzuki TL1000R on eBay DISCLAIMER! Let me start by saying that I actually owned a ’98 TL1000R. I had the first one in Michigan and rode it for almost 6 years. So this post is will be love/hate for me. I went into the dealership to buy an R1 and despite having left…
One of the winning-est race bikes in history, the Honda RVF750 took the first three World Super Bike Championships 1988-90, the AMA Superbike, and countless endurance races and series. It was homologated with the RC30, an exotic special built in very low numbers by Honda’s racing department. 1988 Honda RC30 for sale on eBay The…
For the 1991 World Superbike Championship, Ducati made a small increase to the bore of the modernized 851 engine, and introduced the 888. Capitalizing on the 4 desmodromically actuated valves per cylinder, fuel injection, and water cooling in the 851, the bike brought Ducati the 1992 and ’93 WSBK championships under American Doug Polen and…
Designed as something of a poor-man’s Ducati 916, with a trellis frame clearly intended to evoke that more exotic bike, the Yamaha TRX850 is a rare and odd duck in the US. It’s far from beautiful, but possesses a chunky charisma, and although it was never imported to North America, these aren’t particularly rare overseas.…
1986 Suzuki GSX-R 750 Limited Edition on eBay Here is a chance to own a real, rare classic bit of motorcycle history. Finding a 1986 GSX-R 750 in this condition is rare indeed. Most of us are familiar with the classic blue and white, but this one stands out from even that small crowd. The…