For Sale: 1975 Rickman CR frame kit Different strokes for different folks. We all know that Ian can spend hours looking at illicit pictures of radiators, but for me it is all in the frame welds (like these). And when it comes to frames, few are as famous as those welded up by the Rickman…
For Sale: 1985 Norton Interpol 2 Say you are interested in a rotary-engined bike that is NOT a Suzuki RE5. What choices do you have? Other than a handful of prohibitively rare and prohibitively expensive Van Veen machines, Norton was the only other purveyor of Wankel hardware. From the seller: When was the last time…
For Sale: Cagiva Alazzurra 650 The Cagiva Alazzurra fits into the category of relatively rare, but does not always fit into the category of well loved. In the day they were as close as you could get to a legally imported, street Ducati. But adoption was low and Cagiva eventually removed the brand from the…
For Sale: 1980 Moto Morini 500 Sport This is the kind of bike I love to bring to our readers. It looks fantastic, has all the style that you would expect from the Italians, and it is pretty rare here in the US. The best part: the seller is willing to share pictures and details…
I recently spent some time in the European offices of RSBFS and had the immense good fortune to tour Bakker Framebouw – the shop of legendary frame builder Nico Bakker. Located in a small village an hour or so north of Amsterdam in Holland, Bakker Framebouw has been constructing racing and roadbike frames since the…
For Sale: 1988 Bimota YB7 I’m dragging on my nomex undies in preparation for this one. By all counts a very rare YB7 deserves a place in the pages of RSBFS – and a home in somebody’s heated garage. But the reality of hand built Italian motorcycles is that most of them are rare, and…
For Sale: 1985 Yamaha RZ500 Update 6.20.2012: Back on eBay and it looks like for the last time as it’s now no reserve. Thanks for the heads up Jared! Links updated. -dc Update 3.8.2012: Mileage is now stated as 9300 miles and buy-it-now dropped to $15k. -dc Hot on the heels of Ian’s post on…
For Sale: DUCATI SD900 Darmah From the green hills of Connecticut comes this wonderful period sportbike. One of the last of the bevel line, the Sport Desmo 900 embodied the segment known today as the naked bike. Intended to be unencumbered and less complicated – not to mention lighter – than a fully faired bike,…