Honda studied the V-twin superbike rulebook carefully, and took the RC51 right to the podium. Today’s example has seen under 1,000 miles per year, and looks excellent. 2001 Honda RVT1000R / RC51 for sale on eBay The chassis department took quite a bit of the workload on the RC51, creating a massive-looking twin spar alloy…
Pardon the title of this post. To be fair, I don’t know if this bike was well ridden, or ridden well. But I can tell you that it was ridden a lot. To the tune of nearly 28,000 miles, that is. That is not a problem for your typically over-engineered Honda motorcycle, but it is…
Let’s set the record straight right up front: The Honda VF1000R is not as rare as true homologation machines such as the RC30 or the RC45. It was not as hard to come by in the US as the NC30 or grey market two strokes such as the NSR250 or NSR400. Yet it still has…
Not every rider can see themselves on a race replica, and Aprilia obliged with the SL1000 with slightly relaxed performance, ergonomics, and pricing. Here’s a nice looking hi-vis edition with some nice updates. 2001 Aprilia SL1000 Falco for sale on eBay Aprilia transferred their winning 998 cc V-twin from the RSV, but profiled the torque…
If your budget doesn’t stretch to one of Honda’s famously rare and storied RC30s, you can find all of the exotic tech in a slightly smaller, much cheaper package with their VFR400R NC30. You get a V4 with a 360° crank and gear-driven cams, a sexy ELF-designed “ProArm” single-sided swingarm, and the twin-headlight, endurance-racing bodywork…
Update 11.16.2020: Due to an email issue on my end, the seller tried to contact me back in September that this bike sold just a few days after we had listed it. My apologies for the confusion, and congratulations to the buyer and seller! -dc We featured this grey-market Honda CBR250RR MC22 a while back.…
Honda’s lightweight RVF400R has had a bit of a resurgence here on RSBFS lately, suspension updates making it the ultimate small V-4. Here’s a Houston edition that looks unfettered and super clean. 1996 Honda RBF400R for sale on eBay Honda couldn’t do much to improve the 399cc’s power and stay within the law, and the…
Modern 400s are generally geared towards new or budget-minded riders, but can still be very capable sportbikes: I spent a session or two recently chasing one around Buttonwillow, and it turns out a Ninja 400 can work up a surprising turn of speed. In spite of that, they’re still pretty basic machines, specification-wise. But a…