Post-Listing Update: This 750 Sport was pulled off of eBay with bidding up to $38,300, final sale price unknown. Alright, today is a Ducati day at Bike-urious. We start with a completely restored Ducati 750 Sport. It’s a one owner bike that sat for 36 years, and was then disassembled down to the frame and restored. The seller goes through …
Picture Intermission – 2014 Greenwich Concours d’Elegance
Jeff Z, creator of the site Moto Bellissima, was lucky enough to get out the Greenwich Concours d’Elegance – A Festival of Speed and Style. Luckily for us motorcycle enthusiasts, he was able to snap several great photos, like these two: (both pictures from Moto Bellissima) Head on over to his blog post to see all of his photos from …
Aerostich T-Shirt Sale
Instead of featuring a bike for sale, this post is all about apparel. Aerostich has taken up plenty of my closet space with motorcycle gear, but they also have a great collection of motorcycle themed t-shirts. Some are funny, some are serious, but all of them are now 20% cheaper than usual. Click here to check out the inventory. My …
190 Miles – 1982 Honda CX500 Turbo
Post Sale Update: This CX TUrbo sold for $8,722 after 43 bids on eBay. 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 use the CX500 as its’ turbo platform. According to Motorcycle Specs, the small cylinders required the …
2014 Quail Motorcycle Gathering Winners
The 6th Annual Quail Motorcycle Gathering was this past weekend, and while I wasn’t able to get out there myself, I thought you guys would want to see some of the results. If you’d like some coverage of the event itself, check out this article from Motorcycle.com. What I think you need to know? The event was hosted by Paul …
Picture Intermission – Immaculate Paintings
As a good friend of mine puts it, “Petrolicious has become the thinking-person’s Jalopnik, and continues to amaze.” After poking around the site (and spending way too much time there), I can’t say I’d disagree – not that I don’t enjoy Jalopnik! Nevertheless, the reason I bring all this up is because Petrolicious just featured some of the most detailed …
Ride to Work Day 2014
No bikes today, sorry – instead I want to use my pokey motorcycle site to help spread the word about Ride to Work Day, one of the best motorcycle related non-profits in the world. Ride to Work is a non-profit that champions the use of motorcycles (and scooters) for transportation. I’m such a big fan of this as I’ve found …
Video Intermission – On Any Sunday, The Next Chapter
As motorcycle enthusiasts, most of you have probably seen (or at least heard of) the classic documentary, On Any Sunday. Well, the ‘sequel’ is coming out this fall, and the teaser trailer was just released a couple of days ago. Check out the trailer here, or head on over to the film’s website for more information. This tip from reader …
Video Intermission – The KTM 1190 Adventure
For all you that think the big trailies are only useful for on fire roads, Chris Birch proves yet again that the most important factor is the rider. There’s a little bit of repetition in this video, but I assure you that it’s worth it – particularly the bit starting at 1:25 (repeated again in slow motion at 1:41):
Picture Intermission – Vintage Harley-Davidson Factory Photos
From reader Mike the Bike comes this excellent link chock full of Harley-Davidson factory photos. You’ll get to see some of their earliest bikes being built, up until the XR750.
Ride to Alaska – For Free! (sort of)
In the world of adventure motorcycle rentals and guided tours, few companies have had success like MotoQuest. I’ve only met a few of their employees, but all of them have been knowledgeable, friendly, and passionate about getting people out and exploring on motorcycles. As you might guess, they offer one-way rentals – but that can lead to inventory problems. So …
Video Intermission – Loading Your Bike On A Truck
Reader Mike the Bike sent over one of the greatest videos I’ve seen in a while, and I felt obligated to share it with you. It’s just 15 seconds – I highly recommend that you check out this video of Jack Field, owner of Flair Action Sports, showing off the coolest possible way of loading his trials bike on a …
Wayne Rainey Tribute – 2006 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R
The Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R was Team Green’s literbike effort, and was very competitive when new. Will Keneflick of RetroSBK used one to build a tribute bike to the legendary Wayne Rainey, and after a tremendous amount of custom work, he ended up with the bike you see in front of you. This specific Ninja (VIN: JKAZXCD1136A00090) has the custom work …
Under $2,000 – 1972 Yamaha CS3
A two-stroke 200cc motorcycle, the Yamaha CS3 was a parallel twin that was also known as the RD200 in other markets. It featured a five-speed transmisison and an oil injection system, which helped the bike perform much better than you might expect a 200cc bike to run. This specific example should run just fine as it has recently received a …
Moto Bellissima’s MotoGiro East Prologue
Reader Jeff Z, creator of the blog Moto Bellissima, has graciously let me know that he’s covering this year’s MotoGiro East. It’s going on right now, and he’s enjoying the show from Chase Truck #1. If photos like these tickle your fancy, head on over to Jeff’s blog and check out his prologue of the MotoGiro. I look forward to …