I realize that I’m spoiled. I’m spoiled because my current riding group includes five or six MV Agustas that actually run, a pair of RSV4s, a few Ducatis, a couple Bimotas, and a KTM. I’m spoiled because I live in Southern California, and car and motorcycle exotica are everywhere: I’ve recently come across a few…
It’s hard to find an FZR 1000 that isn’t as cool as a snow cone in a blizzard, but the ’89s and ’90s really speak to me. Maybe it’s the Bike of the Decade designation for the ’89s. Maybe it’s the Ow01-aping bug-eyed fairing. Maybe it’s the sub-three-second 0-60 and 170 mph top end. Probably…
Update 3.1.2018: We first saw this California unicorn in mid-December last year and the auction was pulled before the conclusion. This time it’s back with a buy-it-now of $12,900. Links updated. -dc Built between 1995 and 2002, although the last couple years were “for off-road use only,” the Aprilia RS250 was one of the last…
Along with more racey junior editions that were JDM only, Honda had a naked / standard in the 400 cc category. The Bros ( known elsewhere as the NT or Hawk ) were designed as a V-twin team, 400 and 650 cc’s. Likely a grey market import to the U.K., this Bros 400 has landed…
Update 3.2.2018: My apologies, the links to the first RK we wrote up below led to bike now linked in this post, which is a second RK available from “whiteknuckle”. Sorry for the confusion, I’ll watch the VINs closer in the future. Good catch, James! -dc Update 2.28.2018 This GSX-R750RK was first listed last month…
In striving to bring readers the best online classifieds every day, RSBFS writers are besieged by drought and deluge. Some rare machines might not be seen for months or more, only to arrive in pairs. Such is the case with today’s 12-cylinder post; not one but two awesome Benelli 750cc six cylinder examples for your…
The Aprilia RS250’s picture is next to “peaky” in Webster’s – mumbling around town, just butting in to the conversation at 5,000 rpm, but singing all the way to 60 two-stroke hp at 11,900 rpm. Just 309 lbs dry, the RS250 can be a riding lesson every time out and demands only regular attention to…
By 1983, Laverda was on a slow, downward slide as the company made incremental improvements to their charismatic, but outdated machines to keep them marginally relevant: by that point, the Japanese offered bikes with handling, power, and reliability, all at a significantly lower cost. They couldn’t match Italian bikes like the Laverda Jota for style,…
