1996 MZ Scorpion 660 on the Cheap, Cheap! Location: Downingtown, PA Make: MZ Model: Skorpion 660 Mileage: 7296 Price: $2,700 From the seller: Very rare model with low miles. Tuned up at the Service Pavilion in May.The only reason I am selling is I am building a flattracker and wife says I have to sell…
The BMW S1000RR was an instant hit. Striking looks, amazing performance and mindboggling technology all wrapped up in a quality package. Weight was kept under 400 pounds and horse power came ever so close to the then magical 200 mark. In 2012 BMW upped the ante with the the HP4 editions. More of everything that…
If you’re in the market for a practical exotic that will turn heads and won’t break the bank to buy or to run, this virtually new MZ 1000S deserves a closer look. As much as we’d all probably love a garage full of weird exotica, for budgetary and space reasons, many riders are forced to…
If you’re looking for something a bit different that won’t break the bank to buy or maintain, the MZ Skorpion offers something different for folks who don’t mind being on the receiving end of the occasional double-take, a 660cc sportbike with just one cylinder… Built from 1994 to 2004 and a very popular choice for…
The BMW HP2 Sport sounds slightly insane in concept: take an air-cooled 180° twin with shaft-drive and an innovative suspension designed more for touring than sport, then throw as many high-spec parts at it as you can in a serious effort to make it as fast as possible. It’s sort of the Porsche 911 story,…
The term “sportbike” isn’t really one that has an absolute definition. It’s more of a loose set of parameters intended to capture an idea, and while most of us generally understand what we all mean when we use the word, there’s still plenty of room for interpretation. Ducati thinks a sportbike should be something ruthlessly…
Most attempts to resurrect a defunct or struggling brand start with high-performance, limited-edition hypersports machines that inevitably get compared to the GSX-R1000, and generally not in a good way. So it was interesting when a revitalized MZ chose not to compete directly with hypersports bikes from Ducati and Aprilia, instead creating a classy gentleman’s express…
Location: Philadelphia, PA Mileage: 700 Price: Auction The BMW S1000RR blew up the sportbike scene when it was dropped on the world in 2010. BMW hadn’t really built anything like it before, and most of their sportbikes to that point were quirky and well built but not particularly devastating machines. The S1000RR changes all of…
