It might be more likely to see a herd of unicorns than to spot this epic Yamaha on a racetrack, but it did run at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this summer. Offered by RSBFS friends over at Iconic Motorbikes, this ’96 team bike was owned by Kenny Roberts Sr. until a few years ago…
Laypeople often love cars and motorcycles with gratuitous stylistic frippery: air vents leading to nowhere, extraneous “engine beautification” panels to cover up the oily bits and wiring, unnecessary surface details to break up large panels. They don’t really understand the function of all those parts, or aerodynamic styling, so if it looks right, it is…
God only knows how many hours have been spent by RZ500 owners around the world trying to turn their rides into an all conquering YZR500. Looks wise, some have come pretty close. Mechanically, well YZR unobtanium isn’t usually found on Ebay. Apparently this time it is. A mere 75,000 GBP can make you the owner…
Welcome back to our latest sales report, where savvy buyers and sellers keep an eye on market values. We blogged a record 60 bikes in June and readers purchased 14 bikes in total. Lowest sale price: $2900 Highest sale price: $19800 Congratulations to June’s buyers and sellers! dc Let’s get it started with this 1996…
For the most part we tend to stay away from builds but when somebody gets it right, well I’m all in. Yes, builds can be fickle and temperamental but it looks and sounds like this seller did it correctly. So what do we have here exactly? The time has come to sell my beautiful YZR…
We’re doing Cyber Week a little differently this year by looking for uber rare parts and memorabilia. For day 2 we continue with our obsession with works parts! -dc Is it the real deal? Hell, I don’t know but if it is, what a nice way to finish off a GP replica project. The seller…
Unobtainium Parts Bin: 1995 Yamaha YZR500 Frame And Swing Arm Are we at a “10” with the cool factor on this? I’m not sure what the hell you do with it since I haven’t seen a lot of YZR500 engines on Craigslist or Ebay. I think it would be a crime to drop a…
Race Replica Nirvana: 1991 YZR500 Replica (RZ500)….And it’s Legal! Update 11.11.2011: Back on eBay but with new pictures and a lower purchase price. eBay indicates the last auction went in the $27k range. Thanks to everyone who emailed that this one was back online. Links updated but new pictures can be found with the auction.…