Beside the displacement increase, Ducati’s 2007 re-design focused on lightening the bike and improving performance. The 1098, even the base model, has many updates and features, it’s a great superbike alternative. 2007 Ducati 1098 for sale on eBay Capitalizing on the successful Testastretta ( narrowhead ) engine, the EVOluzione engine is 5kg lighter than the…
Note: this photo is a stock photo, not a pic of the actual bike from the ebay auction Only one modern day motorcycle company has consistently focused on offering riders the potential of “ludicrous speed“; Kawasaki. From the GPZ of the mid 80’s to the Ninja/ZZR of the 90’s & early 2000’s to the modern…
Winter break continues at the NYC edition of the International Motorcycle Show, Happy Holidays all! – dc The smooth ride provided by RSBFS continued as I received a press credential for the last Progressive International Motorcycle Show of 2015, their ten-city tour almost half complete. Didn’t see Flo, but there were a lot of folks…
The European vacation winds down at the Salon de la Moto de Paris – dc First week of December, my wife and I tagged along with another couple who were shopping antiques in southern France and Paris, and I took a couple of time-outs to explore the motorcycle scene, at dealerships in Avignon ( about…
As winter is upon us ( at least selectively ) and the sportbike scene takes a breather, RSBFS has a special feature or two in store, the first from across the pond. – dc First week of December, my wife and I tagged along with another couple who were shopping antiques in southern France and…
“The final great sport bike of the nineties. The Honda CBR900RR/FireBlade may have set the agenda and the Ducati 916 may have added finesse but the Yamaha YZF-R1 topped them off with extra power and madness. Even today the original Yamaha YZF-R1 is a sports tool to be reckoned with.” When writing a post for…
Here is one that to my knowledge has only been on RSBFS once before, a Wadon 250cc powered by a tandem twin two stroke. The pictures aren’t very good but the concept behind the bike is certainly interesting and this is supposed to be one of the Waddon company works racers so I thought it…
The result of a project originally intended to develop a Moto GP bike, the Foggy-Petronas FP1 is basically the roadgoing homologation version of the World Superbike GP1. Interestingly, while 100 of the 150 bikes made should have been available for purchase, it turns out very few were actually sold to customers. Several years ago, a…