The Ducati 916 has many times been voted the best looking bike of all time. Over the years the engine was increased in size where it ended up at 998 cc. As the new 999 designed by Pierre Terblanche was being released, the venerable 916 family was going away. So here we have the final…
Not your stock Goose. This Guzzi has a known history and a number of modifications that have made the engine a bit hotter than stock. The sport 100 was a nice bike but of course the V Twin was always underpowered compared to the competition. Guzzi had a tremendous racing heritage but by the mid 90’s…
It is only fair that I point out straight away that this is titled in California. Yup you read that right! This particular beauty being the export model with a claimed 70Hp which should make this bike very quick given its dry weight of under 300lbs. With the VJ23 was the introduction of the 70…
The Ducati 851 was the bike that started the modern era of racing success. It was the first water-cooled 4 valve twin that has been the foundation of all the engines through to the current 1198 in the Superbikes. While the bike has 851 as its designation the engine actually displaced 888cc which by 1993…
So a 2004 Ducati 999S is not the rarest of Sportsbikes but the one that Eric Bostrom used as his daily rider is certainly a bit different. The bike by itself is rather sexy but adding the Bostrum heritage takes it to an extra level. Now I could go on about how special the bike…
MZ is an old German bike manufacturer that can trace its history back to 1906. They are noted as an East German manufacturer due to their location ad after WW2 of course they ended up in the east. The MZ name is actually an abbreviation for VEB Motorradwerk Zschopau and the company has had a successful…
Now this takes me back few years! I wonder how many of these remain with only 200 being imported for AMA homologation. This was one actually raced but is now titled in CA. Sounds like some fun! When these were originally released they were not available in California as they were only 49 state compliant. …
Before the R model was just part of the model range Ducati produced enough bikes to get going racing under homologation rules. So 500 of these were built. The 2001 996R was the first Ducati to use the new Testastretta engine and was only sold over the internet. The chassis was the same as the…
