Update 4.29.2018: Now on eBay as well for $12,500. -dc Bimota’s SB6R followed the earlier SB6, one of their best-selling models of all time, with approximately 1,200 made. The SB6R likely would have been produced in similar numbers, but for the debacle that was the radical, two-stroke VDue. That bike’s failure pulled the whole company…
With everything from two-stroke racers to sidecars in their century-long repertoire, state-owned MZ ( Motorenwerke Zschopau ) went private in 1990 and was sold to Malaysian investors in 1996. These were their salad days, with lots of new smaller-displacement models and their first original four-stroke engine for the MZ1000S. This ST variant has the S…
The MV Agusta F4 750 is so often referred to as “one of the most beautiful motorcycles ever created” that it’s easy to forget it’s actually a pretty good motorcycle as well. Sure, it’s brutally uncomfortable and a little bit heavier than the competition, but the engineering is sound and it’s an impressively refined piece,…
Update 4.25.2018: eBay notes a sale at $25,600 and seller has confirmed the bike is SOLD. Congratulations to buyer and seller! -dc Even legends take a few baby steps – Honda’s landscape-changing big four was originally manufactured on low-production tooling, known as “sand-cast”. The smooth 67 hp model sold over 50,000 units the first year,…
If you’re a sportbike fan, bikes like the Ducati 748R might seem like the poor cousin to the 916/996/998, a bike you only bought because your funds wouldn’t stretch to the more expensive, larger-displacement version. But no “R” model Ducati really takes a back seat to anything: they were homologation specials, and the 748R was…
Suzuki’s RG500Γ “Gamma” is a modern classic, a bike from the tail end of the two-stroke sportbike era, at least here in the USA where lightweight, smoky strokers were gone by the mid-80s. At the time, it offered significant on-paper advantages over something like a GSX-R750: it was lighter and the 498cc engine made similar…
Ducati’s iconic 900 SuperSport has everything you need and nothing you don’t. The early 90’s edition inspired this retro-faired monoposto, where even more of everything is out in the open. The custom frame, tank and fairing hang together very well, looking like a Friday afternoon ride into the hills waiting to happen. 1993 Ducati 900SS…
Update 4.26.2018: Greg informed me that the eBay buyer fell through on this one after it was shown as sold for $9,300. However another buyer stepped up and this bike is SOLD. Congratulations to buyer and seller! -dc Our friend Greg at Deftone Cycles has made a good name for himself choosing clean sportbikes for…
