Ready to Race: 1998 Honda RS250R for Sale

Unlike Honda’s NSR250R, the RS250R was Honda’s over-the-counter race bike intended for privateer teams. Of course, if you were a factory outfit, you could get your hands on something like the NSR250 or RS250RW, which honestly gets a bit confusing. Especially the fact that the NSR250 and NSR250R are completely different bikes, and the one…

Sales Summary – April 2017

Whether you are a collector or simply interested in values, let’s take a look back at April 2017 and see what sold and for how much. Links to the original post on RSBFS included. SOLD Bikes 2003 BMW Boxer Cup – SOLD for $6,100 2002 Ducati 998 – SOLD for $6,998 2002 Ducati 998S Bostrom…

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…

Tax Evader: 1987 Yamaha FZ700

The late ’80s dawned with a series of ominous signs: The economy turned south, Full House debuted, I was born and the tariff on Japanese bikes over 750 cc shipped to the U.S. was in its full, dreadful swing. That meant that some of the decade’s meanest street/track machines were prohibitively expensive to buyers on…