Post Listing Update: This Speedway was pulled off of eBay, final sale price unknown. In the world of minibikes, the Speedway Silver Shadow may be the most collectible of them all. I’ve featured one in the past that did not meet reserve despite bidding up to $7,500.
Land Speed Racer – 1965 Honda S65
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Well, I’m back from my two week jaunt around some of the Western US (I’ve started chronicling it on the site and more will come soon, I promise), and while I was on the road I kept feeling bad that I wasn’t able to share more cool bikes each day with you. I’d like to make that happen, so let’s …
Guess That Bike – Texas Sign Edition
View PostClassic Rider — 1989 Honda GB500
Post Sale Update: This GB500 sold for $4,729 after 44 bids on eBay. The 1989-90 GB500 is a favorite here on Bike-urious. It’s a modern classic with undeniable credentials: style, reliability, collectibilty, ride-ability, it’s retro and has the simplicity of an old-school thumper — it’s all there. At the time, manufacturers were throwing lots of ideas into the marketplace, with …
Bolger Framed – 1975 OSSA Phantom
As reader Beale D said when he submitted this find, “the price is insane but check out that rear suspension!”
1964 Pointer Comet
I’ve only had the pleasure of featuring one other Pointer in the past – the 90cc Super Lassie. Here’s the 155cc top of the line model, the Comet. Pointer was the American name of the Japanese company Shin Meiwa, a Japanese aircraft manufacturer that decided to get into the motorcycle game. They produced bikes between 1946 and 1964, meaning this …
June 2016 Result Highlights
View Post1991 Bimota YB10 Dieci
Bimota’s 10th model with a Yamaha engine, the appropriately-named Dieci was built between 1991 and 1994 with just 224 examples leaving the factory. An even smaller portion were equipped with a passenger seat and pegs. Bimota scooped up the engine from a FZR1000 and then tweaked it to yield nearly 150 horsepower.
1996 Triumph Daytona Super III
Post Sale Update: This Super III sold off of eBay…to a Bike-urious reader! Last time I featured one of these it went quickly and a few readers mentioned they wanted another crack at one. Well, here’s your chance – this one’s a bit more expensive as it’s being offered by a dealer but it’s got lower miles and seems to …
80cc Scrambler – 1972 Yamaha G7S
Post Sale Update – After being relisted, this G7S sold for $1,685 on eBay. I think this little scrambler is absolutely beautiful, though I’ve struggled to find good information on it. The simple story is that it’s an evolution of Yamaha’s popular FS1 with a 80cc engine and a scrambler pipe. This example (VIN: G5-335441) has 7,093 miles and no …
Auction Preview – Mike Harper Collection
View PostFactory Sponsored – 1981 Maico 490 Flat Tracker
Post Listing Update: Despite 26 bids on eBay, this Maico flat tracker did not meet reserve with bidding up to $5,049.99. In the early 80s, Jerry Greer wanted to find out if he could compete at the highest levels of American flat track racing with a 2 stroke engine. According to the seller of this bike, Jerry was impressed by …
The First Turbo – 1979 Kawasaki Z1R-TC
Post Listing Update: This Z1R got no interest at the opening bid of $20,000. The Kawasaki Z1R-TC was the first ‘production’ turbocharged motorcycle, and was an absolute game-changer.
124 Miles – 1967 Honda S65 Sport
Back in the 1960s, when the “nicest people” were buzzing about town on droves of Honda step-through 50s and the sporty S90, back in the corner of the showroom sat a fun little city bike known as the S65. Sharing styling cues from the super-successful S90, this little sibling featured a chrome-paneled fuel tank, shiny upswept exhaust, two-tone seat and …