1982 Yamaha XJ650 Turbo Miles: 22,250 Clean California Title Listed Price: $6,500 1982 Yamaha XJ650 Turbo for Sale at $6,500 on Craigslist in Northridge, CA In the 1980s and early 1990s, Japan’s booming economy and fascination with innovative solutions to motoring problems led to a number of very interesting, but ultimately dead-end technologies. Anti-dive suspension,…
1978 Kawasaki Z1R TC Miles: 2,491 Clean Title $45,000 OBO West Palm Beach, FL 1978 Kawasaki Z1R TC for sale on Ebay Seller This absolutely stunning and extremely rare verified Z1R TC-2 runs and rides perfectly and is one of the finest examples of a period correct restoration TC-2 anywhere. This Z1R TC is mechanically sound, sorted, maintainedand…
1978 Kawasaki Z1R-TC Black Molly Turbo Miles: 2,200 Clean Title VIN: KZT00D005615 $49,000 OBO Also listed with Mecum 1978 Kawasaki Z1R-TC Black Molly Turbo for sale on ebay This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated, hopefully. From Bob: Coming out of my very personal collection is my museum quality all original…
A Rare One The Z1R TC was a limited-production model, with only 500 units ever produced over a 2 year period. The first batch had this ice blue color and the second batch was the Black Molly. The “TC” in Z1R TC stands for “Turbocharged,” and it was one of the early production motorcycles to…
The whole concept of “there is no substitution for cubic inches” was challenged resolutely in the 1980s by the advent of forced induction. Essentially boosting the output by shoving more air/fuel into the motor than it could breathe on its own, forced induction was not a new idea – but it was very new for…
Ah, the Turbo wars of the early 1980s. The best of the bad old days, when manufactures jumped on the technology bandwagon in the search for 1,000cc HP from a midsized motor. All four of the major Japanese brands offered a Turbo bike for at least 1 or two years, and perhaps the most rare…
Hey Buck Rogers: your bike is ready. At least it was back in 1983, in the form of the Suzuki XN85. What is the XN85? It is 85 horsepower (at the crank, at least) of 650cc fuel injected and turbocharged goodness, and is arguably the very rarest of the factory boosted bikes on offer. It…
With the introduction of the Kawasaki 750 Turbo (also known as the ZX750E, and branded as GPz), hired gun Jay Gleason ripped off a 10.7 second quarter mile that proclaimed the Turbo not only the fastest production motorcycle in Kawasaki’s arsenal, but the fastest production motorcycle in the world, by any manufacturer, full stop. Puns…