Almost never without a 250cc two-stroke, Honda kept updates coming at a good pace. The MC18 was the 1988 revision ( after just one year of the MC16 ) and followed GP developments. This South African example looks very good and shows just under 4,000 miles. 1988 Honda NSR250R ( South Africa ) for sale…
By the early 1980s, inline four engines went from being exotic and relatively rare to being widely available, even ubiquitous, at least among the Japanese manufacturers. Inline fours have more moving parts and that adds weight and complexity, big no-nos for motorcycles that historically relied on simplicity to keep weight down and minimize parts that…
Update 4.22.2019: This RC30 has SOLD! Congratulations to buyer and seller! -dc Often considered the darling of the collector world, the RC30 reigns supreme as being one of the most approachable of the highly sought-after rare bikes of the 80s & 90s. Volumes of research are readily available for these fascinating machines, and values remain…
This Florida owner shows a few other classic -80’s machines behind, but this unrestored CB1000F might be the one to cut away from the herd ! 1983 Honda CB1100F for sale on eBay Honda’s was looking deep into the corner and the vee-four 750 was brand new, but before the carburetted inline four left the…
Deep in the vaults of exotic hardware purposely kept from the shores of America include examples such as this magnificent 1988 Honda CBR250R. There were extremely rare in the US during the late 1980s and 1990s – which is amusing since the venerable 250 Ninja was imported during the same period of time. But the…
When the original “jellymould” CBR600F Hurricane was introduced in 1987 the enclosed, sleekly aerodynamic fairing hid a dark secret: a steel frame. While racier competitors had switched to lightweight aluminum construction, the simple, effective CBR600 F3 stuck with the less expensive material until the CBR600 F4 was introduced in 1999. Although the styling was hyper-modern,…
Most often Rothmans livery is seen on two-stroke race replicas, but this middleweight is a 399cc inline four. It’s a grey market import from Japan, registered in Florida and looking excellent with just under 7,000 miles. 1992 Honda CBR400RR for sale on eBay Sometimes referred to as the “baby ‘Blade”, the CBR400RR was…
This is what a sportbike should still look like, if you ask me. Loud, high-contrast, aggressive graphics wrapped around a stubby, purposeful chassis carrying more engine than makes sense. There are, of course, a ton of newer bikes that hit the right aesthetic notes, but none have the same Air Jordan vibe of the mid-late…