Large displacement “superbikes” of the 80s and 90s generally fell into two categories: big-bore sportbikes like the Honda’s CBR1000F or the Yamaha FZR1000 that were on the heavy side, with good wind-protection and somewhat more comfortable ergonomics than you’d likely find on a literbike of today. They were road-oriented grand touring machines, and generally got…
UPDATE: Sold to a collector in NY. Congratulations to the buyer and seller! Today’s Featured Listing is a beautiful 1998 Honda CBR900RR brought to us by RSBFS reader Jesse. He is on the second owner of this iconic machine and has offered a lot of info about his ownership with the bike. Famously developed by…
1994 Honda CBR900RR for sale on eBay Now legendary Honda engineer Tadao Baba once had a vision: open class displacement and horsepower in a middleweight motorcycle format. The journey was arduous and fraught with failure, but the assembled team persisted. The result was the 900RR, which – aside from being the most popular motorcycle model…
Update 4.23.2023: Sold on Iconic for $10,700. Congratulations to buyer and seller! -dc Ducati faithful hang on the works of designer Massimo Tamburini and the engineering of Fabio Taglioni and his protege Massimo Bordi. But fans of Honda have another hero from another continent – but with the same ideology. That legend is Tadao Baba,…
2002 Honda CBR954RR Fireblade Follow the auction on BaT here When it rains it pours but don’t say I didn’t warn you. I did say we will be revisiting this chapter more and more often. While we would love to see all of the sub 1k Fireblades come up for sale more often, it seems…
No new FireBlades are coming off the assembly line, so maybe a restoration of a classic sportbike could push someone’s particular button. This SoCal example looks reasonable all around – not too many miles, fairly clean, not overdone, and substantially original. 1994 Honda CBR900RR for sale on eBay Designer Tadao Baba slipped the Blade in…
Thought I might’ve covered this 90’s gem back in 2020 – here – but beside the requisite purple and the same garage background, this Fireblade is quite a bit nicer, and pretty spendy to boot. 1995 Honda CBR900RR for sale on eBay Just the RSBFS contributors have written so much about the CBR900RR over the…
Wrapping up Honda’s FireBlade legacy was left to the CBR954RR, with the engine closest to the full liter and the lowest weight of the series. Here’s a Colorado example that looks carefully tended, despite the gravelly background. 2002 Honda CBR954RR for sale on eBay The 2002 ‘Blade might look a little chunky with its twin…