December 13, 2017

Featured Lising: Big-bore V4 -1985 Yamaha RZ500

YamahaBy Aaron December 13, 2017 2 Comments

12.13.2017: Bob has decided to upgrade to a Featured Listing after we first posted this bike on November 30th. Links updated to latest auction. Good luck to buyers and seller! -dc When Yamaha and Suzuki dropped their 500cc two-stroke race replicas in the middle of the 1980s, the bikes effectively stopped the oil-burning horsepower wars…

Classic Superbike: 1988 Bimota YB4 Race Bike for Sale

BimotaBy Tad Diemer December 13, 2017 6 Comments

It’s fitting that the last couple of Bimota YB4s we’ve featured have been race bikes, since the YB4 was a competition machine first, and a road bike second. In fact, only a racing version was built at first, until World Superbike homologation rules required 200 roadgoing examples be built. The YB4 competed head-to-head with the…