Always a favorite here on RSBFS, the RC30 is a bike that every serious collector wants. Officially designated as the Honda VFR750R with different trim based on destination country, the RC30 was a true homologation bike and came with what was at the time unheard of specs for a street bike; titanium and magnesium parts, gear-driven…
This is a quick post as it covers multiple listings of a fairly rare bike, the BMW HP2 Sport which was one of BMW’s sport efforts before the S1000. These aren’t very common in the USA; from what I have been able to find over its 2008-2010 production lifespan, approximately 2141 were built but only…
“Like any habit that becomes a vice, you think you can handle it. Just the one. That’s what you tell yourself. As a man of fortitude and strong character, you can take it or leave it. But before too long you’ve crossed a line. You don’t even know where that line was and now you’re…
Here is one that ticks all the collector bells for me (and I think a lot of other people), a 1992 Gilera CX125. Located in Queensland Australia, this is only the second Gilera CX125 to be posted on RSBFS. The first appeared last September and was quite popular which was interestingly since the little CX125…
Some people seem to think that RSBFS should only focus on “unobtanium” bikes, bikes that that meet all the major criteria of sportbike collectibility (numbers produced, technology, condition and location). Here is a 1980 Bimota KB1 which meets all four of the collectibility criteria and has been considered one of the 6 sexiest Bimota models ever…
The Honda CBR600F2 isn’t close to being a rare bike from a production standpoint-Honda sold over 50,000 600cc motorcycles from 1987-1993. While the 600cc sportbike market segment pretty much came into being with the original CBR600 F1/”Jelly mold” it was the F2 that made a lot of people consider the 600cc sportbike class as an actual…
Here is one of the few bikes that all the current RSBFS staff writers seem to really like; a first year Honda CBR900RR/”Fireblade”. Back in 1993, the 750cc class was king of the sales chart and Yamaha, Kawasaki, Suzuki all battled it out on the streets and in dealerships to have the best 750cc bike.…
Here is something a bit unusual, a pre-bankruptcy Bimota SB3 that looks like it was actively ridden. Bimota was founded on the idea of taking an existing bike and making it better, with particular focus on the frame. The SB3 debuted in 1979 and while not as dramatic looking as the SB2 it was derived from, the…