Yet another two-stroke from the land of Craigslist, this 1985 Suzuki RG500 Gamma wears the brand’s iconic blue and white superbike livery and looks very nice, despite its fair share of scratches and scuffs. Further signs of the bike’s age and use are cracked bolt holes at the mirror mounts on the cowl. With the…
If memory serves, this is only the second 1987 Suzuki RG400 Walter Wolf we have featured with silver livery instead of the much more common navy blue. Further adding to the intrigue is this bike’s 400cc displacement, as we much more often feature its bigger 500cc brother. The seller claims to have had a bunch…
The 1992 Yamaha FZR600 Vance and Hines was little more than a garish factory-applied graphics package to celebrate the two manufacturers’ AMA Supersport partnership. We’ve covered a few of these things over the years, and I might be the only person on the RSBFS team who legitimately digs heinous ’90s graphics packages. 1992 Yamaha FZR600…
As age takes its toll, even bikes that were fairly commonplace are getting rarer and rarer, a fact that is amplified when the many examples of the model in question were victims of racetracks, inexperience or bad hack jobs. The result is that bikes like this 1987 Suzuki GSX-R 750 are becoming more desirable and…
Update 1.22.2018: The seller has informed us this bike has SOLD! Congratulations! -dc The last and one of the fastest of the bevel drive Ducatis, this 1980 Ducati 900SS is yet another throwback to the time before Japan dominated the sportbike scene. The bevel Ducatis, named and famous for their unique gear-drive cam setup, came…
Update 1.5.2018: Seller has notified us that this bike has sold! Congratulations to buyer and seller! -dc To say commemorate its wildly popular, fast and cantankerous carbureted 900SS as fuel injection approached in the late ’90s, Ducati put the old beast out to pasture with a worldwide run of 800 bikes with special paint and…
The 1985 Honda VF1000R answered a lot of prayers when it finally came to the States, after the press and public here had for years praised everything Honda threw a V4 at, but clamored for the serious sportbike Europe got. The VF1000R was the first Honda V4 outside of a full-on racebike to have gear-driven…
This 2014 Ducati 1199 Superleggera has barely covered its break-in period, and comes complete with a boxful of accessories and two Akrapovic exhaust setups. And, if you’re so inclined, the option of a two-year warranty. On a 200-horsepower, 400-pound Scud missile. With a license plate. And turn signals. 2014 Ducati 1199 Superleggera It is nigh…