Despite Honda’s RC110’s lack of success during competition, it nonetheless went on to become a highly prized machine. Honda also released a slightly lesser-known toned-down production version of the little racer – the CR110 – that was available to the public. Different sources make different claims but ultimately I’m confident saying around 210-230 CR’s were sold globally. Though I imagine …
Sandcast K0 – 1969 Honda CB750
Post Listing Update: Despite 54 bids up to $22,000, this CB750 did not meet reserve. Claimed to be in “museum quality”, this sandcast CB750 was acquired by the seller 20 years ago from the Newman-Haas chief, who was the second owner. As you probably know, the first 7,414 CB750s were built from sandcast molds before Soichiro Honda switched to a …
Jeff Weier Resto – 1972 Suzuki TS400 Apache
Post Listing Update: 3 bids on eBay up to $5,385 weren’t enough to meet reserve. Built between 1972 and 1979, the TS400 was the largest of Suzuki’s two-stroke off-road family. Suzuki had a wide range of “T” bikes – TM was for motocross, TC, was for trail, TF was for farm, and TS was the enduro. The 400 produced 34 …
Hailwood Replica – 1979 Honda CB750 Custom
Mike Hailwood replicas are simply the business. It doesn’t matter what make the legend rode that’s being replicated, MH replicas are just plain valuable and desirable in the motorcycle world and this beautiful CB750 Mike Hailwood replica is no exception. Though this example does a great job of looking the part of the iconic RC166, sporting Hailwood’s machine’s period correct …
Newly Built AHRMA Road Racer – 1972 Honda CB350
With the Honda CB’s making such a dramatic resurgence in recent years, there’s arguably never been a better time to get involved in vintage racing aboard old CB’s. The abundance of parts and experts available both online and IRL have made racing these now-hip classic Japanese sport bikes easier than ever with overhead costs being pretty minimal, at least in …
Rare in the US – 1991 Honda XRV750 Africa Twin
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last couple of years, you know that Honda has brought back the Africa Twin with a lot of fanfare. The new bike has been well received, but the reason the name has so much value is because previous generations (like the XRV750 featured here) were excellent bikes. It’s even more interesting …
1976 Honda CB400F Super Sport
Post Sale Update: This CB400F sold for $4,550 after a hefty 91 bids on eBay. I’ve always thought the CB400F was a pleasant mid-sized bike, and the fantastic waterfall headers make it stand out. I’ve featured several over the years and the sale prices manage to surprise me almost every time. There’s over a week left in the bidding for …
1982 Honda CB900F Super Sport
Post Listing Update: This CB900F did not meet reserve despite 9 bids up to $4,050. In the late 70s, Honda offered both a CB750F and a CB900F, but per their marketing department the US only got the 750 and Europe only got the 900. Both markets were upset about this because humans always think the grass is greener on the …
Street Tracker Custom – 1979 Yamaha XS650 Special II
Starting with a “rust bucket”, the seller converted a XS650 Special II into this street-legal tracker and I think it looks great. The seller did an impressive amount of work himself – he apparently did everything except powdercoating the frame and fabricating the custom exhaust. How do you think it ended up?
Three Mid-’60’s Honda CL77 Scrambler 305’s
The Honda CL77 (aka the Scrambler 305) was the more off-road oriented version of the popular C77 Dream. While these machines never really fell out of popularity, the recent spike in all things Scrambler has undoubtedly made the CL77 a more coveted find. The Scrambler 305 is considered a fantastic little runner with its 305.4cc parallel Twin power plant that …
Ending Soon – 1969 Kawasaki H1 Mach III
Post Sale Update: After 68 bids on eBay, this Mach III sold for $15,191! The H1 Mach III was easily the fastest 500cc bike around when it debuted, and it quickly garnered a reputation for being unbeatable in a straight line and unmanageable otherwise. 50 years of stories may have led to some exaggeration here and there, and not everyone …
1986 Honda CR500 Street Tracker
Thornton Hundred Motorcycles is made up of just one kid in the U.K. in his early twenties who has some impressive building chops to say the least. Jody Millhouse (who is Thornton Hundred) has a father who is also an established player in the building world so it’s not too surprising to see the apple hasn’t fallen too far from …
New Sportbike King – 1998 Yamaha R1
Post Listing Update: This R1 did not get any interest at the opening bid of $5,000. The 1990s had three defining sportbikes – Honda’s CBR900RR started the revolution by being 76 pounds lighter than its lightest competition. Soon after, Ducati released the 916. It was technically competent with fuel injection and even an adjustable steering head angle, but it’s best …
825 Miles – 1989 Yamaha FZR400 Genesis
Thanks to low miles and a pristine set of OEM bodywork (race replica panels are currently installed), this show-winning FZR400 looks excellent.
New In Box – 2004 Honda CB50R Dream
The micro-displacement CB50R is a rare little racer. According to the seller of this example that has never been uncrated from its original box, only 440 units of these early 2000’s CB’s were produced, (other sources confirm this) making these surprisingly rare for how relatively new they are. These stripped down racers are extremely lightweight are at the bottom end …