Today’s Suzuki RGV250Γ VJ22A is still a rare sight here in the USA, in spite of them now being eligible for import. 250cc two-stroke sportbikes have a small but fierce following here and all share a similar template: two cylinder liquid-cooled powerplants, six-speed gearboxes, stiff aluminum frames, and triple disc brakes. But the devil, as…
Suzuki’s GSX-R1100 wasn’t the first “race replica,” but the newly-christened “Gixxer” really made that formula available to the everyday rider in a package that was both fast and reliable. The original GSX-R was actually a 400cc motorcycle, and the 1984 GSX-R400 was so well received that Suzuki quickly followed it up with a 750cc machine…
If you’re looking at this Ghezzi-Brian Furia thinking, “what the hell is a Ghezzi-Brian Furia,” you’re definitely not alone. The engine should look pretty familiar to anyone into Italian motorcycles though: those sticky-outy cylinders should be a dead giveaway that this is Moto Guzzi’s venerable two-valve v-twin. So what’s going on here? Moto Guzzi is…
We feature a lot of rare motorcycles here on Rare Sportbikes for Sale. I mean, it’s right there in the title. But despite looking decidedly rough and perhaps a bit unremarkable, this 1989 Kawasaki KR-1R is one of just 180 built worldwide, making it one of the rarest sportbikes you’re likely to see posted anywhere.…
update: Sold for $12,250 Honda’s VFR750R may have codified the company’s endurance-racing formula, but the often-forgotten VF1000R laid the groundwork for that iconic machine. Designed for the same purpose, to homologate the platform for production-based racing classes, it included a raft of features that improved the bike’s competition prospects. This example has just undergone a…
I feel like the Buell S3 Thunderbolt is a bike that generates controversy here on RSBFS. Something about it not being a “real sportbike.” Sure, it’s a bit of a mongrel, a hodgepodge of top-shelf components, garden shed bodywork, and a torquey Harley Davidson lump all mixed up, with incongruous Harley clocks staring you in…
So-called “race replicas” have always been popular amongst the sportbike crowd, an expression of the “race on Sunday, sell on Monday” philosophy that drives the motorcycle economy. Most have just been paint and graphics packages designed to make the bikes in question more closely resemble their racing counterparts. A few were actual homologation specials, created…
If grey-market Japanese two-strokes are your thing, head on over to check out this eBay listing for a clean 1994 Honda NSR250 SP in the classic Rothmans livery. It looks like the seller is unloading his entire collection that includes two more MC28s with different liveries and a pair of Suzuki RGV250s, both with Lucky…