Update 9.21.2015: RSBFS readers do it again! This pair and two others from the seller’s collection sold in just 24 hours! Contact me if you have a special bike that needs to be sold with a Featured Listing. Just $59! Congratulations to buyer and seller! -dc Honda’s V4 sportbikes have gained an enviable reputation as…
I have a contrary streak in me a mile wide and sometimes I like being different just to be different. I’ve owned Saabs and Alfa Romeos, both of which feature some really interesting design features that offer up alternatives to conventional thinking, although they don’t always work as advertised… And to me, the Honda NS400R…
Always a favorite here on RSBFS, the RC30 is a bike that every serious collector wants. Officially designated as the Honda VFR750R with different trim based on destination country, the RC30 was a true homologation bike and came with what was at the time unheard of specs for a street bike; titanium and magnesium parts, gear-driven…
Maybe you’re thinking, “That doesn’t look like any paint job I saw for a production Honda.” And you’d be right, but unless you had a factory ride, the Honda RS250 didn’t have any paint: they came with simple, bare white fairings, ready for any sponsor logos or graphics the team might want. The RS250 was…
The Honda CBR600F2 isn’t close to being a rare bike from a production standpoint-Honda sold over 50,000 600cc motorcycles from 1987-1993. While the 600cc sportbike market segment pretty much came into being with the original CBR600 F1/”Jelly mold” it was the F2 that made a lot of people consider the 600cc sportbike class as an actual…
Introduced in 1985, the Honda VF1000R could be thought of as a precursor to the legendary RC30, a low-production V4 homologation special. But while the later Honda sportbike is one of the most desirable machines of the modern era, the big VF has languished largely forgotten, although interest and values are on the rise. Specifications…
Here is one of the few bikes that all the current RSBFS staff writers seem to really like; a first year Honda CBR900RR/”Fireblade”. Back in 1993, the 750cc class was king of the sales chart and Yamaha, Kawasaki, Suzuki all battled it out on the streets and in dealerships to have the best 750cc bike.…
Rare as hen’s teeth here in the USA, Honda’s little RVF400 [NC35] superbike made it into the country exclusively through grey-market imports, often via Canada. The RVF400 replaced the VFR400 in 1994 and used a smaller version of the bigger 750cc bike’s gear-driven V4 engine. Like the 750, the 400 used a 360° “big-bang” firing…