Today’s Repsol replica is a CBR400RR underneath and more appropriately sized for Dr. House than the often seen 1000cc superbike. Starting with a clean example makes this re-body a very worthwhile endeavor. 1991 Honda CBR400RR / NC29 for sale on eBay With some major revisions from the NC17 and NC23 specs, the NC29 echoes the…
Today’s find is an absolute gem that is overlooked and likely relatively unknown in the United States. American riders tend to dismiss smaller capacity motorcycles as starter bikes or scooters. But in many markets the quarter liter sport bike was the real competitive ground zero, and the machinery on offer was as technologically advanced as…
The story of Honda’s two-stroke GP championships is almost as complicated as their two stroke road bikes’ history. This example looks to have been spared too many previous owner’s antics, with just over 7,000 miles and very good looks. 1986 Honda NS400R for sale on eBay While some manufacturers developed “square” four-cylinder engines for Moto…
With an appreciative nod to fellow RSBFS contributors William and Doug for the find and the post title, today brings us a bit of two stroke holy grail action: the Kawasaki KR250. Blessed with the same name as the GP race bike, the street-going KR250 shares no parts with the competition platform, yet the roots…
On the coat-tails of Saturday’s RVF400R post, here’s a 1996 model NC35 with good if not great cosmetics, and a peculiar choice of fairing fasteners. 1996 Honda RVF400R / NC35 for sale on eBay In the Japanese market, keeping the excitement bubbling for Honda’s new RC45 superbike meant having a lookalike that had better access…
Since the RZ350 was sold here until 1986, it’s relatively rare to see the fully faired rest-of-world edition. Though this example isn’t currently operational, it shouldn’t take much to bring it back to the living – not to mention California title ! 1986 Yamaha RZ350 for sale on eBay For 1986, the RZ350 used Yamaha’s…
Short days turn thoughts to a light winter project that might actually be completed by riding season. Re-commissioning a later NSR250R would have a substantial reward at the end of that rainbow. 1990 Honda NSR250R for sale on eBay Honda packed a multitude of updates into the 1990 MC21, though the little V-twin was stuck…
Update 11.4.2020: Price lowered to $27,000. Good luck to buyers and seller! -dc Honda went endurance racing in the early 1980’s, to learn things there was really no other way to know, with long stretches of Wide Open Throttle for unlimited class machines. RSBFS reader Par brought this homologation special home from Europe and has…