“Necessity is the mother of invention” or so the saying goes. You’re out riding your brand-new GSX-R750 in the canyons, hit a patch of oil, and low-side into a ditch. You limp home and realize what new bodywork will cost, but no worries: you just rip it off, and fit a set of motocross bars…
After the introduction of their RSV Mille, Aprilia knew they needed something a little less extreme, at least in terms of riding position. But while Ducati’s original approach to the naked bike was to put a lower-spec engine into a frame from an older sportbike, Aprilia was forced by necessity to go a different route:…
This Laverda SFC is bit of a throwback to another era, when you really could buy a motorcycle, ride it to the track, rip off the lights, and actually compete at the professional level. Sure, there are classes today that require bikes to be largely stock, but this Laverda is really more like the equivalent…
The RC8 was KTM’s first attempt at a big sportbike and wow, what a first attempt. Right from the start it was designed to compete directly against Ducati’s 1098/1198 Superbikes as well as the Big Four Japanese liter class bikes. When it debuted in 2008, the RC8 received positive but not glowing reviews, mostly due…
Listed as a factory Suzuki Endurance Racing Team (SERT) machine, this GSX-R750 really looks like a winner. There is not a lot of info on the bike in question, I found this great Suzuki SERT photo gallery on the Asphalt & Rubber site. This bike looks very much like the ’89 vintage pictured, save for…
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…
We were contacted over at our sister site ClassicSportBikesForSale.com about some very rare Ducati NCR’s for sale and knew we had to post them here too. Take a look: 1978 Ducati 860 NCR 1979 Ducati NCR 950 Endurance 1980 Ducati NCR “Power House Special” Head over to ClassicSportBikesForSale.com for more details! dc
Chris emailed to alert me that his very rare Kreidler race bike was for sale. You can see the listing on RaceBikeMart.com for 60,000 GBP (about $96000 as of 9/30/09): I asked Chris for some more detail and here is his reply: Yes the old pic is from when the bike was raced as a…