One of the things I love about old bikes is the detailing. Even simple oil lines and brackets are often beautifully crafted, even if they leak or quickly corrode… But with modern bikes, so much is molded from cheap plastic, or hidden behind overstyled panels. Sure, it all works, but where’s the art? Well, apparently,…
When considering buying an older sportbike, maintenance history is always a bit of a black box. Sure pictures, videos and ebay seller feedback rating all help mitigate the risk yet you never actually know what could be lurking behind the bodywork. However there is one way to help reduce the risk; looking for a bike that…
Here is a bike getting its very first post on RSBFS; the Suzuki RF900. These bikes were only made for about 4 years and have kind of been forgotten about. This appears to be a 1st generation RF900 with the highly desirable color matched frame. To be honest, I have been looking for a early…
1985 Yamaha RZ 500 with 17 miles for sale on ebay Wow…just wow. Here is a 1985 Yamaha RZ500 with just 17 miles on it, located in Monterey California. As posted previously on RSBFS, back in the early 1980’s sport bikes were just starting to become a major market segment and Yamaha decided to go…
NOTE: This bike sold while I was writing the post but since its a brand/manufacturer that has NEVER been on RSBFS before, I thought I would go ahead and post it anyway. – – – – – – – – – – – Never heard of Moto Paton? The story is actually pretty interesting: back in…
Happy 2015 RSBFS Fans! As we all look forward to a return of favorable weather in just a few months, we’d like to say thank you for your continued support by offering half priced Featured Listings for the next two months at $29.99/mo. Featured Listings are currently the only way of ensuring your bike will…
Happy New Year from all of us at RSBFS! We enjoyed a great 2014 setting many new records. Nearly 750k visitors stopped by, we’re well past 53k fans on our Facebook page, and 2.6m pages were viewed. To the best of our knowledge, 101 bikes were sold to RSBFS readers, 78 on eBay and another…
Here is an icon, a 1st gen CBR900RR, known as the Fireblade outside the USA. For younger readers of RSBFS or for anyone who has forgotten, when the CBR900RR appeared in 1993 it was a hammer blow to both the 750 and 1000cc market segments. In typical Honda fashion it wasn’t an overpowering powerplant that…