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…
Well this is a cool bit of racing memorabilia, World Supberbike superstar Carl Fogarty’s race-winning Ducati fairing, hand-signed by Foggy himself. Not only was Carl Fogarty one of the most famous riders in World Superbike history as well as the most successful, this bit is from the bike he won his very last race on,…
Pete has been a long time friend of the site and has acquired many of the bikes in his collection from the pages of RSBFS. He was involved in a near death accident with a careless driver and has decided it’s time to offer his collection up to for other enthusiasts to enjoy. Here is…
Today’s GSX-R750 is sort of the polar opposite of Sunday’s Ducati Supermono: the Gixxer was always intended to be ridden and enjoyed anywhere, street or track. It needed no army of trained technicians to make it run, or a crew to push start it like the Supermono did, or pro-level riding skill to appreciate, or…
While at first glance this appears to be a customization run amock, it is actually something a bit more than that, a 1980 Mystery Ship. The Mystery Ship was the brainstorm of Craig Vetter, founder of the aftermarket Windjammer motorcycle fairing company. After Vetter sold Windjammer in 1978, he embarked on a new effort..a “streetable road racer,…
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,…