Location: Altamont, New York Mileage: 19,173 Price: Auction, $3,750 BIN Do you feel like you don’t get noticed enough on your sportbike? I mean, people notice you, but not in a snap-their-neck-as-they-look-back-over-their-shoulder kind of way? Do you feel like, man, if my bike were just a little more…you know…purple? Well, we at RSBFS have your…
Location: Dover, Delaware Mileage: 10,624 Price: Auction, currently $2,629 Seller: Another fine offering from RSBFS sponsor, SpeedWerks! We love bone stock bikes from the eighties. To have survived this long without being modified or dropped or just plain totaled is something to see. It’s even better for bikes that didn’t come to the US for…
Location: Nashville, Tennessee Mileage: Approx. 25,000 Price: Auction, $4,500 starting with no reserve I love the early CBR900RR. As has been highlighted here on RSBFS many times, it was a truly groundbreaking machine. When it came out in the US, I was riding a Hurricane 600. We all marveled at the displacement and power in…
Location: Acworth, New Hampshire Mileage: 12,210 Price: Auction, currently $2,805 with a reserve For all of you folks out there that secretly or openly lust after a two-stroke, here is a good answer for you. Don’t want to deal with getting a bike titled? And if you can’t, worried about getting your pride and joy…
Squeaky Clean Aussie RG: 1985 Suzuki RG500 Gamma Do you need any other motivation to book a flight to Perth Australia? Remember it is Summer there. Heck, the seller already has it trailered ready for a trip to the airport or dock. Maybe one of our readers can pull of this fantasy and I can…
Several readers have alerted us over the holidays of this rare find, a GSX-R 750R! These bikes were released only to the Japanese market as race ready machines and limited to 500* units. Double R standard upgrades include (via SuzukiCycles.org): The newly redesigned engine reverted to the original long stroke (70 x 48.7mm) configuration. Crankcase,…
Location: New York City Mileage: 10,996 Price: $8,750 BIN Here we are with another second generation GSX-R 750 but this one in the all glorious Suzuki blue and white finish. Now, many factories have certain colors associated with their bikes, say Kawasaki green, for instance. For Suzuki, it’s got to be the blue and white.…
Location: Altamont, New York Mileage: 11,344 Price: Auction, currently $3,349 As Mike pointed out in a previous post, I spend much of my time at corporate trying to convince anyone who will listen of the greatness of the early GSX-R. We all have our opinions and certainly much is subjective, but I will always write…