Here’s a nice example of Yamaha’s classic SR500. It spent years in a collection and the seller bought it hopes that he could replicate a SR500 from his youth. After he cleaned it up, he decided it was too nice to modify, so now it’s your chance to pick up a well-preserved, original bike.
Picture Intermission – How Not To Transport a Scooter
It’s just one photo, but it tells quite the story. Found on Reddit Los Angeles, this rolling accident shows someone exhibiting an impressive combination of courage and stupidity (I’m not entirely sure what the ratio is in this case) as he/she ‘transports’ a scooter.
Coming Soon – 2017 Moto Guzzi MGX-21 Flying Fortress
Just when you think you might have seen everything comes this. Now available to pre order is a unique Guzzi bagger. It’s interesting, to say the very least. Details, and even photographs are a little hard to come by. We know that it is powered by the 1400cc twin that is currently lodged in the ‘California’. It is listed as …
Big Bad Harley – 1963 Harley-Davidson Topper
Think of it. The wind in your hair, you are rolling down a long desert highway with the massive thunder of a Harley Davidson between your legs. Or not.
Cafe’d or Stock – Pick a Honda S90
Here are two examples of my beloved S90. Both have recent engine rebuilds but the owners had different ideas on cosmetics. They’re within $400 of each other – which one would you have?
Guess That Bike Revealed – Prototype Edition
Congrats to jhelle, who quickly identified that this was the cockpit of the BMW Futuro prototype! Introduced in 1980, the Futuro utilized a turbocharged version of BMW’s iconic boxer twin, wrapped in some outlandish bodywork. It was built via a partnership with Rainer Buchmann, the automobile customizer. Among other things, it featured the first carbon fiber/kevlar full fairing in motorcycling.
Video Intermission – The UNKNOWN Ride
UNKNOWN Industries is a group of 5 riders comprised of Nick Leonetti, Buddy Suttle, Kade Gates, Logan Lackey, and Jeff Palkiewicz, and they do some crazy riding with Harleys. For years they’ve been putting on stunt shows at varying events, but recently they released a video of some impressive riding in Oakland:
Baby Dream – 1964 Honda CA95 Benly
Honda Motor Company’s first large-displacement (a relative term) motorcycles carried the Dream name, and were produced up to 305cc during the 1960s. The Dream 150 was available in the U.S market from 1960-66 and is more correctly referred to the CA95 Benly Touring or colloquially as the “Baby Dream,” a reference to its larger siblings of the time, the 250cc …
1974 Honda CL360 KO
It wasn’t much of a sales success, but Honda’s CL360 got a sixth gear in the transmission, an engine tuned for more torque, and a 30cc bump in displacement as part of an evolution from the CL350. The scrambler brother of the CB, this bike also got the high pipes, different rear fender, and braced handlebars. This example stands out …
2008 Kawasaki Concours C14 with GX Sidecar
Did Leno’s recent sidecar video inspire you to try out three wheels…but you’d rather stay on the street instead of the track? This Kawasaki Concours is probably as fast as you can get in the world of three wheeled street bikes if you want to get yourself and some extra passengers or cargo somewhere quickly!
2 Weeks In The West – Day 4
View Post1998 MZ Mastiff
7-26-16 Nearly a year later, David N has brought it to my attention that this Mastiff is still for sale! How is that possible? Find it for sale here on Craigslist with a $300 discount – now it’s just $2,900 in Mandarin (Jacksonville), Florida. For the money, this might just be one of my favorite posts on Bike-urious in the …
1 of 300 – 2007 MV Agusta F4 1000 Senna
If MV’s F4 1000R wasn’t exotic enough for you already back in 2007, you could splurge (MSRP was $29,995) for one of just 300 bikes built as a tribute the legendary Ayrton Senna. 65 examples were imported into the US – here’s #21 out of 300.
Video Intermission – Sidecar Lawnmower
Last week I shared Jay Leno’s video of Bernard Juchli and Kevin Starr going crazy with sidecars. In the comments, reader Tom Smith pointed out a video of sidecars tackling a corner at the Scarborough Gold Cup in 2014. It’s quick but it’s definitely worth a watch – the above screenshot isn’t even the most aggressive passenger you’ll see!
1953 BMW 51/3 with Sidecar
After WWII Germany was prohibited from making motorcycles until 1948. In 1948 through 1950 BMW produced what were essentially pre war motorcycles. In 1951 they introduced the 51/3, their first entirely new bike after the war.