Update 8.14.2014: I had this post scheduled for today but the listing was pulled down early. Anyone from here snag it? Thanks for the post Tad. -dc The term “race replica” gets thrown around pretty often. But as racing machinery has become more and more specialized, race replicas have become more and more of an…
The Ducati 750 F1 model series (which includes the base F1, the Montjuich, the Laguna Seca and the Santamonica) represented the next step for the racing oriented company. Armed with a newly designed L-twin “Pantah” engine, this is the spiritual and victorious successor to the bevel drive racers such as the fabled green frame 750…
When it comes to gray market two strokes, the Honda NSR models dominate the landscape. They are far and away the most populous (if not the most popular) of the imported smokers in the United States. Sure, there are competing models from other manufacturers that are highly sought after (RG, RGV, RZ, RZV), but Honda…
While I’m not the biggest fan of the 1980’s in terms of style, I love the free-for-all philosophy that went into motorcycle design of the period: four-strokes, two-strokes, and rotaries. Turbos. One, two, three, and four cylinder engines, innovative suspensions, and all manner of weirdness. This Honda NSR400R embodies some of the best features of…
While some believe the gray market bike craze in the US was built around importing two strokes, there is a dedicated group of enthusiasts that believe it should refer to 400cc machines not ordinarily found in this country. The legendary VFR400R – baby brother to the vaunted RC30 – is one of those models. Built…
Every once in a while someone produces a bike that truly harkens back to the old days of motorcycling, a bike that requires concentration and skill to master and doesn’t suffer fools gladly. Or as one of my favorites writers wrote, bikes from a time “when men were REAL men, women were REAL women, and…
Update 8.5.2014: First posted in December of last year, this unique bike is back on eBay and a few thousand cheaper. Thanks for the heads up Mike! Links updated, -dc Back in the late 70’s/early 80s, BMW motorcycle’s were not exactly “sportbike” oriented. Enter Mike Krauser, president of Krauser Inc which was at the time…
Well, this GSX-R 1100 is definitely one of those bikes that wasn’t especially rare when new, but has become so by being a survivor: “Gixxers” of all displacements are much used and abused. 600’s get treated as “starter bikes” by noobs and crashed left and right. 750’s get raced, stunted, tracked, the 1100’s get drag-raced,…