In its stock form, Yamaha’s WR250X is fantastic little runner. The WR is powered by a liquid-cooled, four-stroke, 250cc, DOHC single that makes around 26 horses, and with a weight just shy of 300lbs wet, the stock 250 is an extraordinarily nimble machine. So, it’s all the more crazy that one Midwesterner opted to slap a snail onto one.
Boosted Motoren Werke – 1986 BMW K100RS Turbo
The BMW K100RS was a pleasant sport tourer in its day, and the flying brick platform is having a bit of a renaissance as a platform for custom builds right now. Some people saw fit to modify the bike when it was new, including RB Racing when they built approximately 200 kits to turbocharge the K100 motor. Here’s serial #3, …
1982 Honda CX500 Turbo
Post Listing Update: This CX500 Turbo did not meet reserve despite 27 bids up to $6,300. 10-14 Update: This beautifully-photographed CX500 Turbo is back up for sale. Find it in Chicago, Illinois with bidding up to $3,000 and the reserve not yet met here on eBay. Post-Listing Update: This CX500 Turbo did not meet reserve at $8,800. The predecessor to …
2,800 Miles – 1983 Yamaha Seca Turbo
Having spent the first 30 years of its life in a private collection, this bike found its way to the current seller (technically the first owner because the collector never registered it), who is now offering it with some of the nicest photos I’ve seen of a Turbo Seca for sale. You should go to the listing just to enjoy …
Turbo’d – 1977 Rickman Kawasaki
Because when you ride a Rickman Kawasaki, the first thing you think of is “I need more power!”
Video Intermission – Never Say Never Again Bike Chase
View PostCheapest I’ve Seen – 1982 Yamaha Seca 650 Turbo
There isn’t much information on this specific bike, but it’s by far the cheapest Seca Turbo I’ve seen for sale.
Great Price – 1982 Honda CX500 Turbo
You guys seemed to be pleased with the last CX500 Turbo I featured, which was being offered at around $4,500. This one doesn’t look as nice (the original paint has faded a bit), but the asking price is less than half…better hurry! The seller says this bike is all original and that he’s had it since 2006. He doesn’t actually …
1982 Honda CX500 Turbo
This is #2,633 of the 2,833 CX500 Turbos ever made, and it impressively comes with all of the original goodies – the owners manual, air pressure gauge, tool kit, and even the original bike cover. Oh yeah, and it has just 15,925 miles.
One Owner – 1982 Yamaha XJ650 Turbo
The Yamaha XJ650 Turbo was one of the quintessential examples of the 1980s Japanese movement to bring turbochargers to motorcycles. Right after Honda brought out the CX Turbo (an example of which is found here on Bike-urious), Yamaha brought out a turbocharged variant of their 650 Seca. In my opinion, this was the best looking of the 80s turbo bikes, …
8.401 – 2011 BMW S1000RR Turbo
8.401 is the number of seconds that this bike has ate up a quarter mile in the past. Thanks to some serious work including a DaVinci Turbo, PS2000 ECU, and VP100 race fuel, this is one of the fastest S1KR’s you’ll find. With that said, you could turn down the tune and run it on E85 and still have something …
1983 Honda CX650 Turbo
Post-Listing Update: This CX650T did not meet reserve with bidding up to $10,300. In 1982, Honda introduced its first production turbocharged motorcycle, the CX500T. The next year, they bumped up displacement to form the Honda CX650 Turbo. While Kawasaki, and Suzuki also offered turbo’d competition, Yamaha and Honda were the most successful from a commercial standpoint.
1982 Honda CX500 Turbo
Post Listing Update: This CX did not meet reserve despite 11 bids up to $3,356 – it had been relisted after not meeting reserve with 14 bids up to $4,250. The predecessor to the CX650T, the Honda CX500 Turbo was a confusing bike. One of the first of the Japanese turbo bikes, I’m still not sure why Honda wanted to …
1984 Kawasaki 750 Turbo
Built over the ’84 and ’85 model years, the Kawasaki 750 Turbo only had minor changes between years. Most riders consider this to be the best of the factory turbo’d bikes from the big 4 Japanese manufacturers.
1975 BMW R90S Turbo
Quick – what looks like a BMW R100RS but is actually powered by a turbocharged R90S engine that’s been bored out to 1050cc? This bike! This bike has 160,000 miles – unclear how many were with the turbo on, but it’s at least 40,000. The bike has sat for a while, so it starts but runs rough. It’ll need some …
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