One could be forgiven for rolling their eyes at another ultra desirable, rare, and insanely fast motorcycle coming from Ducati. Those that are close to the motorcycle industry know there is no shortage of dream worthy machines coming out of Italy. But that should not diminish the raw performance, engineering excellence and marketing genius that…
Here is a quickie for your Track Day Tuesday morning. Up for grabs is a pretty special machine, an Aprilia RS250 SP2 race bike. Aprilia offered two different specifications of this model, which included the lower spec SP and the high specification SP2. Meant to emulate a Moto3 machine – but with greater reliability and…
For decades the CBR line from Honda has been offering incredible performance packaged into a useable platform. Long have reviewers talked about comfort, solid street manors and how approachable the performance envelop is. The SP name plate was first used for the 2014 model year. This version had a number of upgrades over the standard…
Location: Wooster, OH Make: Honda Model: RC51 SP 2 Engine Type: 2 cylinders Exhaust: 2 Hi-Mount Mileage: 2 6,149 Price: six 2 fiddy Number of bikes list for sale in the auction: 2 (maybe) #2 For Sale on eBay! Runs excellent and been stored in a heated shop. Based upon research done and speaking with…
The Ducati 851 as a general model launched the Italian manufacturer into WSBK super stardom. Instantly competitive on the racetrack, the 851 began a run of championship titles and spawned a new line of track-worthy superbikes for Bologna (a trend that continues in both WSBK and MotoGP to this day). The 851 started it all…
2003 RC51 VTR 1000 For Sale on eBay! Don’t you all think I look pretty good on the VTR? Yup, I was ripping it up that day during the photo shoot . . . had on my new Joe Rocket suit and my custom Shoei lid along with my Miguel DuHamel custom gloves. Since none…
For years motorcycle manufactures that have wanted to go racing have been forced to produce homologation specials. Most of the time these tweaked versions are announced with much fan fair. They have massive appeal, and often massive MSRPs. For some reason beyond comprehension Honda just has not bothered to advertise that these editions are available. …
Update 8.27.2020: SOLD IN JUST 3 DAYS to an RSBFS reader! Congratulations to buyer and seller! -dc This 2002 Honda RC51 SP2 is a U.S.-market bike that was dressed up from new with European-market bodywork that sets it well apart from the red-black-silver and all-black bikes that were standard here. It also means the bike…