Today’s RD400 is a last-year model with just 5,600 miles and a long list of refurbishments. The air cooled smokers resonate like nothing else and this one can do it in California. 1979 Yamaha RD400F for sale on eBay Yamaha cultivated the RD400’s around-town manners with disk brakes, cushy seat, and oil injection. Yamaha was…
The 907 I.E. is the most sorted of the Paso line, almost a transformation of the earlier 750’s. Today’s Paso is a California native wearing paint seeming newer than what lies beneath, but looks like a good first sportbike. 1991 Ducati 907 I.E. Paso for sale on eBay Last-gen Paso’s were finally water cooled and…
Yamaha introduced their 5-valve engine for 1985, turning a sportbike corner with 103 claimed hp. Super clean though un-restored, this FZ750 looks ready to ride in an outstanding number of high-res photos. 1985 Yamaha FZ750 for sale on eBay Engineers from Iwata found an ideal solution to increasing intake flow and reducing valve mass and…
Ducati called in stylist Leopoldo Tartarini to help them back from the 860GT mis-step, and beside the 900SS bevel, and he penned most of the sporty SS attributes into the unfaired SD Darmah. Here’s a very original SD with a recent powertrain rebuild, and very presentable survivor cosmetics. 1979 Ducati SD900 Darmah for sale on…
Update 11.30.2021: SOLD to an RSBFS reader! Congratulations to buyer and seller! If you have a bike for sale that would benefit from this kind of exposure, contact us for a Featured Listing. -dc Superbikes were ultra-competitive in the late 1990’s and Honda got only two or three years out of each re-design of their…
Update 11.2.2021: Last see in August of 2020 from the same seller, this one is back on eBay with a buy-it-now of $7,150. -dc For a while in the 1990’s, sponsorship from Marlboro led Yamaha down a red-liveried path, and the torn paper graphics on this 1996 YZF-750R makes reference without saying it too loud. …
Though big red dominated, Yamaha’s FZ750R / OU45 regularly appeared as the best of the rest in mid-eighties AMA Superbike. Here’s a collector which has somehow escaped the suburban Dallas heat, and dodged a lifetime’s worth of garage elves. 1985 Yamaha FZ-750 for sale on eBay Yamaha had reportedly toyed with as many as seven…
Even in the midst of a riding rejuvenation, plans and priorities can change. Here’s a 1986 GSX-R that’s getting quite close to bike night, just needing a new owner’s shove over the goal line. 1986 Suzuki GSX-R750R for sale on eBay For its U.S. debut, the GSX-R got a 25mm longer swingarm, calming the handling…
