Shades of Lawson: 1983 Kawasaki KZ1000R ELR

The early ’80s were a great time to be an enormous Japanese superbike, as Wes Cooley, Kenny Roberts, Freddie Spencer and Eddie Lawson were busy catapulting your fortunes into the stratosphere. The Kawasaki KZ series in particular was enjoying the fruits of Lawson’s labor, as the flat tracker from Upland, California won the AMA Superbike…

White Tornado – 1986 Honda VFR700F

From sunny Nevada comes this color-matched V-4 sportbike. Not unmarked but nicely neatened up, this 700 might be an economical path to the sportbike hobby. 1986 Honda VFR700F for sale on eBay Honda went down an unusual path in the early 1980’s developing a mid-size V-4 for road and race use.  After some cam reliability…