Gary in Utah has several bikes Featured on RSBFS right now. Check them out too: 1995 Honda RC45 1998 Honda RVF400R NC35 1992 Suzuki GSXR400 GK76 Good luck to buyers and seller! -dc It’s no secret that motorcycles are more powerful, and packed with more technology than ever. But weight is inevitably the enemy of…
Update 5.14.2019: SOLD in just 4 days! Congratulations to buyer and seller! -dc Gary in Utah has several bikes Featured on RSBFS right now. Check them out too: 1995 Honda RC45 1998 Honda RVF400R NC35 1998 Aprilia RS250 MK2 Good luck to buyers and seller! -dc One of our favorite collectors is back, and the…
While we all love to drool over (and collect) some of the most iconic motorcycles in history, the truth is that many of our beloved dream bikes are simply not suitable to ride every day. Some of the more lust-worthy models are simply too rare to ride regularly without access to spares. Some are far…
Update 4.8.2019: Sold for full asking price! Congratulations to buyer and seller! -dc We showcase a lot of two strokes, and we wax poetic about their knife-edge handling and peaky, unforgiving powerbands. Most of the time, we’re showing off nice but rider-quality machines that will make the new owners very happy on the track or…
The Aprilia RS250 was my introduction to the quarter-liter two-stroke sportbike class. I didn’t even get into motorcycles until the late 1990s, by which time two strokes were completely gone from the sportbike scene here in the US. But, as an avid reader of the British biking magazines, I saw them mentioned time and again…
Somehow, in spite of their achievements, performance, and reliability, Aprilias generally qualify as “bargain exotica” instead of blue-chip collectibles. But if you were looking to bet on a particular Aprilia that might qualify as collectible, other than the RS250, the RSV1000R Nera might be worth a look. The upstart Italians were dipping their toe into…
Endurance racing doesn’t have much of a following here in the US, but it’s popular in Japan and Europe, and the French especially seem to love it. If you’re not familiar with the Bol d’Or, it’s a long-running 24-hour race held in France, literally the “golden bowl.” The second-generation of Aprilia’s v-twin superbike managed to…
Often considered the newer, younger upstart to the Superbike scene, Aprilia dates back to the end of World War II as a manufacturer. Originally a builder of bicycles and mopeds in war-torn Italy, Aprilia leveraged a partnership with Austrian company Rotax and began to build bigger scooters – including a string of very successful 250cc…