July 24, 2019

Featured Listing: 2009 Harley Davidson XR1200 (XR Cup)

Harley DavidsonBy Mike July 24, 2019

Update January 2020: This bike sold this past December. Congratulations to buyer and seller! -dc In the wild world of rare sport bikes, we don’t often feature items from The American Motor Company. Sure, we post the occasional Buell or EBR sportbike, but few H-D offerings really meet the category of RSBFS standards. That is…

Yellow Jacket: 2006 Yamaha R1 LE

YamahaBy Aaron July 24, 2019 6 Comments

To celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2006, Yamaha kicked out 500 extra-special versions of their newly-redesigned, 175 horsepower flagship bike, the R1. Normal R1s that year were on another level from earlier iterations, with frame and engine modifications that took them closer to the all-conquering YZR-M1 MotoGP bike of Valentino Rossi, but marketability dictated that…