There’s an interesting ongoing discussion in the comments section on this site regarding exactly what qualifies as a “rare sport bike.” Bikes seem to fall into three general categories: exotics like Bimota or limited-edition Ducatis. Bikes that weren’t rare when new, but have become rare simply because good examples have become scarce through attrition, like…
The Ducati Supermono is usually pure unobtainium, with only 65 units built between 1993 and 1995. They seem to be mostly garage queens that get swapped between collectors and have appeared on RSBFS less than 10 times since the inception of the site. As Tad D wrote back in June of this year, “The Supermono…
This Ducati Supermono is the bike I wish Ducati would try to build these days. Do we really need more bikes so lethal that they will literally crawl in through your window at night with a knife in between their teeth, like the 1199 Panigale that seems to scare even professional moto-journalists? Or a road-going…
This wonderful survivor – a 1986 Yamaha SRX600 single – was offered for only one short year in the United States. Utilizing a single cylinder, air cooled motor, the SRX was impossibly narrow, and very nimble and flickable. Ultimately it lost out to the multis of the day; light weight and great handling were no…
WSB Connection: 1981 DCM (Dave Camier Motorcycles) Honda 500 If you are Leon Camier, I guess you were bound to end up in motorcycle racing when your dad was building race bikes before you were even born. For the motorsports challenged, Leon Camier is a former BSB champion, alum of the Aprilia WSB team and…
She’s Italian, Exotic And Single: 1991 Gilera Saturno Bialbero Boy, this is a a bike I didn’t expect to do a post on twice. The first Saturno Bialbera I posted was located in PA; unfortunately for us in the New World this bike is located in the Netherlands. You can’t be an isolationist though if you…
The Italian-Japanese Connection: 1992 Gilera Saturno Bialbero I think we have the understatement of the day from the seller of this bike. Here’s one that you don’t see every day,if at all in the USA Gilera isn’t a household name and this particular model is another one of those bikes that I didn’t know…
This is a fantastic looking RS125, Castrol replica! Bike: 1993 Honda RS125 Miles: 0 (Since rebuild) Price: $5,500USD Location: Winter Haven, Florida The seller states that this RS was completely restored and rebuilt by Rising Sun Cycles–a very prominent name in the U.S. two-stroke GP bike segment. The paint for this bike, alone, came in…