Mid-seventies the two-stroke era was winding down, most manufacturers were looking for ways to tie their new mid-size four strokes to their smoking forebears. Yamaha stretched it out, keeping the RD-400 in the line-up until 1980. For 1977 they offered cast wheels, all disk brakes and 14-second 1/4 miles. 1977 Yamaha RD400 for sale on…
Not too long ago, all kinds of weird and wonderful sportbikes from the mid-1980s were available for reasonable sums. Until recently, they weren’t really old enough to be considered classics in terms of styling, and they weren’t even close to modern machines in terms of outright performance or handling. It probably didn’t help much that…
Naked-sports wouldn’t want to be left out of the absurd-power sweepstakes, and MV Agusta showed how it’s done with the Brutale 1090RR. While the theoretical top speed is more fun to discuss, the torque available from the big four is what makes it a joy on the road. This example is nicely accessorized and offered…
Before he ripped his way to four 500cc Grand Prix World Championships, Eddie Lawson had become a hero to legions of American kids on the back of his lime green and electric blue AMA Superbike Kawasaki KZ1000Rs. The series was huge at the time, with riders pulling down proper pro athlete salaries, and the street…
2011 Bimota Oro Nero with 5 miles on ebay Back in the early days on RSBFS there was an ongoing debate about what made a bike a true rare sportbike and was mostly centered around Bimota models such as the SB6 which seemed to be available on eBay pretty much constantly. Some claimed that any…
“Now why would somebody use this funky bronze paint on this GSX-R ?” you say, not the usual red/black or red/blue/white, but otherwise an -80’s GSX-R750. But this is a not-available-here limited edition in Yoshimura racing colors. With several factory go-fast goodies, the GSX-R750R conformed to KISS endurance racing principles, taking light weight and reliability…
I’ll keep this one short and sweet, since we already featured an RC51 this week. But if you’ve always dreamed of adding a big, cardboard box marked “HONDA” that supposedly contains a VTR1000, today is your lucky day, because what we have here is an absolutely pristine, if somewhat vitamin D-deficient example of Honda’s v-twin…
What would it take for you to brave the scary monsters just over the horizon ? Maybe a later NSR250SP (MC21) in excellent original condition ? This one hails from faraway Cape Town, is in rare Pentax replica livery, and the owner promises shipping to CONUS that looks like a bargain. 1991 Honda NSR250SP /…