Location: Clifton, VA Miles: 12,387 Price: Currently $2,839 with Reserve in place When the GSX-R1100 debuted on the scene, it was the answer to many of rider’s prayers to a liter bike that was a hard-edged as the 600’s and 750’s of the time. The bike made roughly 130hp while weighing about 450lbs. That might…
Location: Western Pennsylvania Miles: 4,317 Price: Currently $2,025 with Reserve in place When I arrived at the RSBFS corporate offices today, vision’s of NSR250’s mysteriously popped into my head. I later began to hear the faint sounds two-strokes blazing up and down the street, but every time I ran to the window to check, I…
Finding a Suzuki GSXR750R Limited Edition produced in 1986 is quite a task today. If that’s not special enough for you, then you need to aim for the Yoshimura factory version: This Hyper Endurance model features a unique color scheme with red and “smoke-dark-grey” paint instead of the classic blue-white-red typical of Suzuki. Even the…
Location: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Miles: 2,485 Price: $94,463 When I was about 12 years old, I remember buying a Tamiya plastic kit of this very motorcycle. I’m not sure why I did so. I’ve always been more of a car enthusiast, as you can see from my features over at German Cars for Sale…
Location: Wausau, Wisconsin Mileage: 15,900 Price: Auction, with reserve Put this bike into the Red/White paint scheme in 1988 and you have my first bike. Sure, I spent lots of time on my buddy’s dirt bike and a variety of mopeds and scooters growing up. But my first real bike was one of these. I…
For Sale: 1978 Bultaco Streaker 125 The Spanish are a rabid lot – they love their motorcycle racing more fervently than any other nation I have witnessed. That country has also produced its fair share of racing greats: Sito Pons, Dani Pedrosa, Ángel Nieto, Jorge Lorenzo, Àlex Crivillé and Álvaro Bautista just to name a…
Location: Portland, Oregon Mileage: 20,941 Price: Auction, $5,500 BIN Okay, this bike has been modified but also maintained and upgraded. And sure, it’s in Oregon, my home state. And I also love GSX-R’s. So there was really no way I couldn’t write this up. Generally, I like to find older GSX-R’s that are completely stock,…
Location: Cincinnati, OH Miles: 12,750 Price: $18,000 After and eleven year hiatus from racing, Mike “The Bike” Hailwood returned on a Ducati and won the isle of Man TT. To take that long of a break from racing and return to race in such a dangerous race is impressive in itself. But to win it…