Between 1960 and 1978 Harley Davidson controlled first and owned later, an Italian firm in the area of Varese. This wasn’t MV Agusta which eventually was also owned (for a very short time though) by HD. Instead, it was called Aermacchi. Just like MV Agusta, also Aermacchi used to be in the aerospace business. After…
Ring A Ding HD: 1976 Harley Davidson 250RR (Aermacchi) Volley balls and two strokes: the 70’s were an interesting time for AMF Harley Davidson. It is kind of easy to joke and poke fun but at least HD was dabbling in racing/sport bikes which is more than can be said nowadays. Buell barely survived…
For Sale: 1994 Harley Davidson VR1000 Unless I am mistaken, RSBFS readers are pretty much a collection of homologation junkies: RC30, RC45, OW01/02, and the like. Well here is a homologation bike that we see even less frequently than the Japanese variety; a US-born bike that never make it to the top of the big…
Good morning guys! If you’re on break between college football games, check out the past week at our sister site ClassicSportBikesForSale.com Have a good weekend, dc This 1965 Ducati Mark 3 has about a day and half left and has met reserve at $7k currently. Good luck to buyer and seller! Live Auction | Our…
For Sale: 1972 Harley-Davidson XR750TT Road Race Replica Here at RSBFS we generally stick with rare factory bikes; there are simply too many modified and hot-rodded machines out there to consider them all. Every once in a while we come across a custom build that is worthy of – or even better than – factory.…
For Sale: 1984 Harley-Davidson XR-1000 Boxes can be tricky things. They seem to ignite the imagination of collectors and cats alike. Take for instance, this particular packing crate. The bidding on this box is currently in RC30 territory. The bike inside is indeed quite rare – a 1984 Harley Davidson XR1000 similar to the one…
For Sale: 1983 Harley-Davidson XR1000 Walking the halls of the RSBFS corporate office is an interesting affair: Doug’s office sits empty (we store boxes of hats, shirts and koozies in there now), Ian is buzzing around like one of his beloved two strokes, Rem chatters on about Gixxers (I do have a soft spot for…
The days are getting shorter and fall is definitely in the air. What better way to spend you new found time that was previously reserved for enjoying summer than checking out sport bikes! If you can’t get enough of RSBFS, jump on over to ClassicSportBikesForSale to check what’s been going on. Here are some bikes…