Location: Steilacoom, WA Miles: 28,100 Price: $2,800 with No Reserve Prior to the “V”, Suzuki had the RG250 which featured a parallel twin two-stroke and some anti-dive forks, which were pretty advanced for a street bike at the time. Meanwhile, Canadian oil tycoon Walter Wolf was in the business of F1 racing and seeing some…
Location: Marysville, OH Miles: 11,433 Price: Currently $5,034 with Reserve ($7,500 BIN) This bike had me seriously fooled when I first saw the photo. I though RC30 for a half second until I read this description. I was close, but this however is a VFR400R (NC30) and not its famous big brother. Having said that,…
Location: West Hills, California Mileage: 11,600 Price: Auction, $6,500 BIN You can say what you will about wether this deserves a listing on RSBFS. And I’m sure you’ll be able to make your points about it not being rare, or questioning if it truly performs like a GSX-R should, and on and on. But here’s…
For Sale: 1982 Suzuki Katana 1000 Located in the great State of Texas is this 1982 Katana 1000. This is the original bad boy bike: big in-line four cylinder, no excuses sporting intent, and wild styling courtesy of Hans Muth. From the seller: CANNOT BELIEVE IM POSTING MY MINT ’82 GS1000SZ KATANA FOR SALE……… IT’S…
For Sale: 1989 Martin Brune BMW K1 I’ve know I’ve said it before: I’ve got a thing for frame welds (like these). Actually, for most custom frames in general (reference this post). And this particular find meets both merits quite nicely. Given the rarity of a BMW powered Martin frame, it is hard to believe…
Location: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Mileage: 16,513 Price: Auction, $3,600 BIN Before the introduction of the legendary CBR900RR, the liter bike option from Honda was the CBR1000, or the Hurricane 1000 before Honda got all wussie about calling their sportbikes by cool names. Anyway, the CBR1000F is not the track ready, lightweight machines that the 900RR is,…
Thank You Great Britain: 1996 Suzuki RGV250SP, 1987 Yamaha SDR200 And 1985 Honda NS400R Project After a week where I thoroughly enjoyed setting off high explosives in celebration of sending the Brits packing I have to throw a big “thank you” in the Queens direction. We American’s had taken the week off for the…
For Sale: 1990 BMW K1 What do the Italians know about style? I mean, really. The Ducati 916, the MV Agusta F4, Bimota DB1, Laverda RGS, Moto Guzzi Le Mans – none of these have the sheer presence of a BMW K1. I’m kidding, of course. Only the Germans could come up with a techno-wonder-rocket…