1983 Kawasaki 1000R Miles: 40,000 Clean Title $18,000 Buffalo, NY 1983 Kawasaki 1000R for sale in Buffalo We have seen a few of these on RSBFS, and this description by Aaron in 2019 says it well, “The boxy, purposeful 1983 Kawasaki KZ1000R [Superbike Replica] is one of those machines that elicits reverent guttural grunts from…
Scrounging around on the auction site this evening I located this pretty good looking 86′ Kawasaki GPz1000R Ninja. 1986 Kawasaki Ninja 1000R For Sale on eBay! Not too shabby eh? These were only brought stateside for 3 years and competed for the same floor space as the earth shattering GPz900 (Think Kelly McGillis). While you…
Look, I need to get this out of the way up front: this Aprilia Tuono 1000R Factory is a very ugly bike. The proportions are strange, the details are overwrought, there are creases and angles everywhere… Honestly, the only really positive thing you can say about the bodywork on the Aprilia Tuono 1000R is that…
Although the American motorcycling community seems divided along impractical bikes at either end of the spectrum, journalists and riding enthusiasts long bemoaned the lack of real performance nakeds like this second-generation Aprilia Tuono: bikes that had the performance of a sportbike with all-day ergonomics. A bike you could ride to the twisties and then in…
Aprilia’s winning entry into the super-naked / streetfighter sweepstakes was the 2003 RSV Tuono, and many updates and editions later, the 2008 Tuono ( thunder to some ) 1000R Factory was more than an unfaired sportbike with raised handlebars. With its own frame design and bodywork, the Tuono makes excellent use of the Rotax 60-degree…
Location: Near Wilmington, NC Miles: 17,286 Price: Currently $3,000 with No Reserve Nothing screams 80’s sport bikes like a Ninja. When the GPZ900R bust onto the scene, it was the first bike to dawn the Ninja name and quickly became a benchmark of its time. Next up was the 1000R. It came with more power,…
For Sale: 1983 Kawasaki KZ 1000R ELR Eddie Lawson Replica We have seen a number of ELR offerings on RSBFS in the past few months – enough to make you wonder how rare these really are. But such is the nature of the collectable bike market – you might not see something for a very…
Normally I’d give each of these their own spot, but I’m already behind that I’m attempting to catch up with a big batch post. And as I go through my inbox I have to apologize to a few of you for some great forwards that expired before I could post them. Thanks to all for…