Do you like your bike lightweight for extreme late braking? Not enough power on your street legal Suzuki RGV or Aprilia RS 250? Well, if you want to be among the quickest guys on your Sunday’s track day, this might be for you: 1995 Honda RS 250R – 2 stroke GP bike: With such a bike…
At times when almost every motorcycle magazine features an article about the latest electric race bike project, talking about 2 strokes smokey and noisy motors makes me feel alive again 🙂 Here’s quite a rare black and red color scheme of this beautiful v4 smoker found in Austria. The bike is in fully original condition…
The Gilera Saturno ranks second in my all time favorite single cylinder sport bikes and it ranks number one in the road legal category .-) This is the third model we have covered this year and the second one spotted in Switzerland. This time French is the language of choice when you’ll get in touch…
I expect quite some debate around this post here: a Ducati 851 ….in yellow! To be honest, I had never seen one like this before and thought the yellow color was first introduced with the 916 model. While I am not in a position to verify the condition of this bike available in Switzerland, I…
In Italian language names can be masculine or feminine. “La moto” stands for the “the motorcycle” and it designates that a motorcycle is feminine. Hence the title “Queen of the Superbikes” for this sexy beauty found in Rome from a private collection (see below): As Dan would say, “Not a bad looking stable!“, what do…
First in the Ducati Pantah series, the 500cc version is also the model that was produced in the greatest numbers: 3835 between ’79 and ’83. Weighing 180kg (dry) and power output between 45 and 55 HP, the first Panther was a successful sport bike. In it’s original configuration it also provided a good base for…
(picture is courtesy of http://www.boldor.com/fr/accueil.html) When it comes to endurance racing most minds will go to the 24h of Le Mans. Well, before that and still in the same country of France there used to be (and still is) another great test for speed and reliability of man and machine: the Bol d’Or. A few manufacturers…
Are you looking for a rare and yet totally exciting motorbike to ride? I’d recommend a Suzuki RG500 which was produced in the mid eighties and featured a unique “squared” 4 cylinder configuration 2 stroke motor. The bike delivered about 95 bhp in orginal trim for a feather weight. If this is not exclusive enough…