Italian Alternative: 1980 Moto Morini 500 Sport No, the average guy looking for a Ducati 1098 is not going to also consider a 31 year old Moto Morini. A connoisseur of Italian motorcycles might take more than a casual glance. I must be getting old because it used a take a full fairing and the…
Carbon Dreams: 2000 Bimota SB8R Special I don’t care how much it is. I’m not really concerned about the specs. This is simply about pleasing the eye and please it does. Among Bimota’s, SB8R’s are half way common. The SB8R Special, well not so much. I’ve seen claims of a production run of 150. If…
Best Replica Yet? Mick Costin Yamaha RZ500/YZR500 Marlboro Replica What a couple of months for YZR replicas! Each one seems to get better. In my humble opinion this is the one to own. I remember stumbling across the Microproducts website and just weeping knowing I couldn’t afford one. I honestly don’t know how well they…
Before The V: 1987 Suzuki RG250 Gamma Yes, there were 250 Gamma’s before the VJ21 rolled out with its’ GP like V twin engine and twin spar aluminum frame. This is the last of the line of the parallel twins in the original RG series. As time has passed by many may forget this was…
A Crescent Creation: 2004 GSXR1000 K4 Rizla John Reynolds Replica I’ll will keep our current run of nice GSXR’s going with this 2004 special edition from UK Suzuki dealer Crescent Suzuki. These aren’t true “factory” special editions but Crescent has been doing this for the past few years now with some faithful reproductions. Some are mostly cosmetic…
New In The Crate (If You Want It): 2006 MV Agusta F4CC R.I.P. Claudio Castiglioni The man who brought Ducati back from the brink, MV back from the dead and put his initials on this bike has passed away. Claudio Castiglioni apparently had been ill in Italy for a short time. Hopefully MV Agusta has…
Dr. Jekyll Or Mr. Hyde? Original And Low Mile 1997 Suzuki TL1000S How do you remember the TL1000S ? Was it a worthy Ducati alternative with innovative ideas and a very nice 90 degree V twin or the widow maker from Hammatsu? It is definitely a bike with a sorted past but how much is…
More Relevant Than You Might Think: 0 Mile MZ1000S I know it doesn’t have the wow factor of a lot of the bikes we post but if you are a history buff you know some of the strokers we feature here owe their beginnings to the East German built MZ’s of the past. I’ll get to the history…