Mambatized: 2005 MV Agusta F4 1000 Mamba I know these are serious bikes but I catch myself laughing every time I see the word “Mamba”. I always flash back to the episodes of Wild Boyz where they would put a black sock on their hand and smack someone who was in deep sleep. It…
Location: Hyannis, Massachussettes Mileage: 30,353 Price: Auction, starting at $4,500 So if you spend a lot of time on RSBFS, as I like to do, then you start to get a sense of the history of the sportbike. If you do, then you also know the importance of Suzuki’s GSX-R line. The GSX-R 750 single…
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Mileage: 4,730 Price: Auction, $8,500 BIN Here’s a clean “King” Kenny Roberts edition Yamaha RZ350. Many of these have been featured here at RSBFS, being a rare US legal two stroke. Two strokes offer an exhilarating world of high revs, light weight and good power. Unfortunately, emissions kept them mostly out of…
Race Replica Nirvana: 1991 YZR500 Replica (RZ500)….And it’s Legal! Update 11.11.2011: Back on eBay but with new pictures and a lower purchase price. eBay indicates the last auction went in the $27k range. Thanks to everyone who emailed that this one was back online. Links updated but new pictures can be found with the auction.…
Ein Sammler Traum: 0 Mile 1998 Yamaha FZR750R OWO1 Google Translation don’t fail me now, this truly is a collectors dream. I really don’t have too much to say here. If you collect Yamaha’s here is your opportunity to own a piece of Yamaha race history that looks just as good as it did rolling…
Location: Moose Jaw, Canada Mileage: Zero (0), nada, goose egg Price: Auction, $12,999 BIN The RC51 is the end of a celebrated line of race bikes out of Honda. The RC30 and RC45 are well known here and represent the greatest of Honda homologated bikes. The RC51 hasn’t reached that status. Yet. The racing history…
Rare Sport Bikes is growing, and with that growth comes some cool new gear! Update: The new store is open! Get your cool gear now! You already knew that RSBFS was the place to go for this fantastic looking t-shirt, right? But now there is so much more! First off, you might want to grab…
When Honda Built Strokers: 1995 Honda NSR250R SP MC28 They used to build them and they used to build good ones. As pure street bikes I really don’t think you can find a better two stroke 250. I’ve always considered them the most civilized 250 to own. Keep it stock, run some good oil in…