June 15, 2016

Low-Mileage Future Classic: 1998 Yamaha YZF-R1 for Sale

YamahaBy Tad Diemer June 15, 2016 10 Comments

I wouldn’t normally post something so relatively common on a bike about “rare” sportbikes, but this particular 1998 Yamaha YZF-R1 is strikingly clean and low mileage, the kind of bike speculators or collectors might soon be snapping up. Japanese sportbikes offer performance, reliability, and ubiquity in equal portions. That’s kind of the point: you can…

Edgy Beauty: 2009 Bimota DB7 for Sale

BimotaBy Tad Diemer June 15, 2016

Starting with their DB1, obviously, and continuing through the present day, Bimota has a long history of using Ducati engines in their bikes. And while other Ducati-powered Bimotas have generally used the torquey but relatively low-power air-cooled versions of their classic v-twin, this Bimota DB7 is powered by the liquid-cooled, four-valve Testastretta version, which gives…