Ducati dressed early 2000’s technology in some of the best looks from the past, and had a little head start on the retro craze. This Salt Lake Sport 1000 has been generously personalized but ridden only sparingly. 2006 Ducati Sport 1000 for sale on eBay Pierre Terblanche incorporated the smashing dual-spark 904cc engine into his…
The Laverda 750S Formula was a massive gamble to revive a long a storied (but sinking) brand. This excerpt from an earlier post on a similar bike is being utilized by the seller of today’s find in the advert – but only partially. In the spirit of completeness (and to be lazy), I reprint it…
Two-stroke sportbikes of the late 1980s and early 1990s followed a very similar format: aluminum beam frame, full fairing, racy ergonomics, and a small two-stroke powerplants packing cutting-edge technology and serious power per cubic inch. But the formula wasn’t really the result of a lack of imagination, it was convergent evolution: the class was ruthlessly…
Almost a lightweight by BMW standards, the R1100S was available without all kinds of bells and whistles. Luckily for us, the owner of this example was thinking long term, and specified ABS, heated grips, and nice option paint. Phenomenal for nearly 68,000 miles, this might lower the bar for a transition over from cruising or…
After the resounding sales flop of the Ducati 860GT, the Bolognese brand was in financial ruin and needed a Hail Mary to get back on its feet. The moonshot came in the by mass producing the extremely popular 900SS, which helped the marque pull out of its nosedive. The 900SS Darmah had a few internal…
Almost twenty years on, every one of the 2,000 MH900e’s has a story to tell. This one evidently took a long delay before being ridden just 1,200 miles, and with only a couple of mods, looks excellent. 2000 Ducati MH900e #552 for sale on eBay Pierre Terblanche designed the showy desmodue in the late 1990’s,…
The 1985 Kawasaki KR250S was a street-going version of a two-stroke road racer that took home four championships in the 1970s. They weighed less than 300 pounds, made 45 horsepower and packaging was kept tight with a weird “tandem twin” engine design. The mill was essentially two singles in a line with a unified crank.…
In 1991, “retros” weren’t really a thing yet. Kawasaki was dipping a toe in with their Zephyr, and Honda’s GB500 had been around for a bit. Both bombed here in the USA, where chromed, raked-out cruisers or hard-core sportbikes represented both the impractical, polar extremes and the majority of the market. But it was pretty…
