Harley Davison has a long and storied history of racing having participated in almost every form of two wheeled motorsports over the years. In the 1990s Harley wanted to take the fight to the the Italians in SuperBike racing. Every manufacture has come up with a clever plan to stretch the rules of homologating a…
At this point the tides are turning on the 999 range of Ducati. No longer is every article covering the bike obligated to make a derogatory comment about the looks. Those comments are old hat as many agree the 999 has aged very well over the years. One could say confidently that it was far…
The rampant excess of the 1990s is a glorious time period to look back on. For those with the available funds, the sky was the limit. Nothing seemed out of reach and few places embodied that ethos like Japan. There were many shops offering custom upgrades to rare and exotic motorcycles. Tuning companies were more…
The other day a Vyrus 985 caused quite a stir in the comments. It seems that having all that engineering on display was polarizing. Hopefully this Tesi 1D has all of the engineering appeal, in a more visually pleasing package. The Bimota Tesi series of motorcycles stands high water mark for the design of the…
Not a single person that regularly reads RSBFS needs an education on how amazingly good looking the Ducati 916/996/998 series of motorcycles is. They are steeped in racing history and dripping with appeal. This all translates to increased demand for the few remaining clean examples. We can lament the days gone past when prices were…
What we have here is a rolling hyperbole. From every angle it is staggering how far removed from our concept of a normal motorcycle it is. Literally nothing about the bike could be called conventional, standard or typical. Here at RSBFS we are fortunate to be able to see and share some of the rarest…
Any Bimota is a rare thing, but a Factory World Superbike available for sale is on a different level. Even more so with the case of this SB8K as it is claimed to be the bike that won the Philip Island race. This is an important piece of Bimota history and an amazing story. The…
Every couple of years there are advancements in technologies that trickle down from the race track to the street. These new technologies become the newest hot part to have on your street bike. In the late 80s and early 90s Fuel Injection was the must have feature, after that Upside Down Forks was the hot…