Location: Minden, Nevada Mileage: 12,400 Price: Auction, current bid $2,025 Big v-twin race bikes. There was a time when many manufacturers built these, not just those little labels out of Italy. From this era came the Suzuki TL1000R, a direct competitor with the RC51, Honda’s version of the 1000cc v-twin race bike. There are many…
Location: Kent, United Kingdom Kilometers: 4,876 Price: 3,995 GBP The year was 1983 and Freddie Spenser had just become the youngest 500cc champion ever. Fast forward a couple years, and Honda had released what it claimed to be a replica for the road of Spencer’s machine. Okay, it may be 100cc smaller than the original,…
Location: Broadway, Virginia Mileage: 7,095 Price: Auction, currently $960.00- No reserve Due to its condition, there may be some out there that don’t think that this bike should be on RSBFS. So I will make my case. I wrote this bike up because it is one the most important sportbikes in the evolution of the…
Location: Hollywood, California Mileage: 9,400 Price: Auction, BIN $5,500 Well, here we have one of my favorites. I’ve written on various early models of the Suzuki GSX-R 1100 and I love them all. This bike was a serious machine when it was released and the air and oil cooled motor put out extreme power (as…
Location: San Antonio, Texas Mileage: 3,000 Price: Auction, $8,950 BIN A lot has been written about the GSX-R 750LE here at RSBFS and in recent issues or motorcycle magazines highlighting 25 years of the GSX-R 750. And all of that has been earned in my opinion. In the Suzuki world, it’s hard to think of…
Location: Enterprise, Alabama Mileage: 14,003 Price: Auction, BIN $4,600 We have seen a few of these recently here at RSBFS, and they are written up for good reason. Not only are they a US import two-stroke (a hard thing to come by) they are also the signature series bike for “King” Kenny Roberts, a Grand…
Location: Homestead, Florida Mileage: 28,312 Price: Auction, currently $1,825 The CBR900RR really needs no great introduction to folks that have followed sportbikes for years. And maybe not even to those new to this world. It is a legendary machine that changed the face of sportbikes when it was released in ’92 as an early ’93.…
Your Eyes Aren’t Deceiving You: 1993 Suzuki RGV250 Lucky Strike (VJ22) {Note: Our research suggests this may be 1994 based on images in the brochure. -Ian} Quick! Hit those sofa cushions and sell all the old gold jewelry you have laying around! You don’t want to let this amazing Suzuki RGV250 get away. 2,311km (1,435mi)…