Race Prepped MV: 2008 MV Agusta F4 R 312 Ah, what could have been. Remember when the MV’s were first relaunched and all the fanfare about their race heritage and how they were going to take on the world? I think Benelli actually ended up making more of an effort that MV. They dabbled in…
Restored And Wanted: 1974 Rickman CR900 It looks like there are some anxious bidders out there in cyberspace waiting for this auction to end. This beautifully restored 1974 Rickman has generated quite a bit of interest and why shouldn’t it? Just look at the pics. I’m generally a latest and greatest sort of guy but…
Chicken Chaser Special: 1990 Suzuki RG80 From the second I saw one of our Facebook followers say that any sport bike under 600cc’s was what he considered a “chicken chaser”, I couldn’t wait to use the term. I don’t know what it means exactly but I find something kind of endearing about it. This little UK based RG80…
Customer Works Bike? 1984 Suzuki RG500 MK11 (I Think!) I joke a lot here about being jealous about not owning some of the exotic bikes we list on RSBFS. This is the sort of bike I’m truly sorry I don’t own. Who the heck wouldn’t want to own a piece of racing history from when GP…
Identity Crisis: 2006 Kawasaki Ninja KRR ZX150 What the heck is this thing? It has a serious identity crisis. It has “ZX” plastered on the tail but “KRR” splashed across the front fairing. I see a “KIPS” sticker so that has to be a two stroke engine hidden in there. What Kawasaki has a trellis frame…
Late 80’s Stroker Gem: 1987 Yamaha TZR250 Oh my, 1987 was when the race replica wars just started to heat up. For a scant few years the Japanese manufactures would win buyers with small cc bikes that featured trickle down GP technology that shined on the track. You can see the wave building in this…
The Anti 1198 SP: 1981 Moto Morini K2 Maybe you are an enthusiast of Italian sport bikes but you don’t need a bazillion horsepower and the latest and greatest of everything. Lets say though you still like unique/rare bikes. Let me introduce you to the Moto Morini K2. I was slaving away in the RSBFS offices today…
Kiwi Rarity: 1980 McIntosh Suzuki BR1 Bathurst Replica It took a couple of months but I got stumped again. Last time it was a Gilera Saturno that I’d never heard of. This time a New Zealand frame builder by the name of Ken McIntosh got me. This is one of his creations, a McIntosh Suzuki BR1 Bathurst Replica. Right…