Some of my favorite customs nowadays are based on the Honda NX650 (known outside of the US as the Dominator). While my absolute favorite Dommie is this beauty by Andrew Greenland, I’m also enjoying this build called “Growler” by Neuga out of Budapest, Hungary.
Unexpected Chopper – Suzuki TL1000 Custom
V-Twin motors are typically the powerplant of choice for choppers…but seeing a ~130 horsepower Suzuki TL motor is unexpected. Combine that with a hardtail frame and knobby tires and you’ve got a bike that’ll get crazy in a hurry.
Asama Racer – 1960 Yamaha YDS1R
4-17-17 Update: A year later, this Yammie is back up for sale. Find it with bidding up to $3,550 and the reserve not yet met here on eBay. Post-Listing Update: This Asama racer did not meet reserve with 27 bids up to $9,679.99. The YDS1R was Yamaha’s first production road racer. It got the name “Asama Racer” because the factory …
MPS Build – Honda CRF450 with CR500 Engine
MPS (Motorsports Products & Services) is the brainchild of George Fanelli, who creates aluminum framed two stroke MX bikes. Want a Kawi KX 500 motor in a modern four stroke frame? A Yamaha 500 two-stroke in a YZ250F frame? MPS has done it before. Here’s one of their Honda builds – a legendary 2001 CR500 motor in a 2007 CRF450 …
End of the Line – 1982 Kawasaki GPz750
In 1982, Kawasaki introduced a middleweight to the GPz family, between the 550 and the 1100 (a couple of years later, the 900 would also be released).
One Year Only – 1990 Honda NS50F
Just for 1990, America got a taste of Honda’s NSF50F two stroke “sport” bike. Despite the diminutive size, it’s a street legal bike with a claimed top speed of 55 miles per hour. It makes me think of a MB5 that got updated with liquid cooling and then painted by a Miami coke dealer. I want one.
Twisted Throttle Threesome
Twisted Throttle is letting go of three of their shop vehicles – a BMW S1000RR, Yamaha Bolt R-Spec, and Honda NC700X. All of them are impressively farkled.
10th Anniversary – 1979 Honda CB750 Limited Edition
The name makes it pretty obvious, but 10 years after Honda released the instant-classic CB750, they commemorated the anniversary with a limited edition sold alongside the base CB750K. The differences were solely cosmetic – mag wheels, different badging/side covers, and a new coat of paint.
1979 Yamaha XS1100 Special
By 1981 I was riding almost exclusively in the dirt. My love of long distance touring hadn’t raised it’s head yet, but my need for speed was well established. I had sold my Z1000 and bought a snowmobile in 1980, when I got a great deal on a 1980 XS1100 Special. The guy said the bike scared him to death …
Rare in the US – 1983 Honda CX650ED Eurosport
Post Listing Update: This Eurosport was pulled off of eBay, final sale price unknown. Introduced in 1983, the Honda CX650ED (also called the Eurosport) was never officially sold in the US. Now you can enjoy 80s styling without the joy of boost that the CX650T afforded Americans! While the Turbo might be more fun, these are seriously rare in the …
1971 Suzuki T125 Stinger
The Suzuki T series bikes were all two stroke parallel twins that had some serious impact on the way Americans looked at motorcycles. Two stroke twins were not unknown in the motorcycle universe in the late ‘60s, but Suzuki brought power, speed and flair to the market with their Ts. Most famous is probably the T20 (known in America as …
One Owner – 1983 Honda CB1100F
It was heavy, but it was fast. In fact, when Cycle World tested the CB1100F (an evolution of the CB900F) in January of 1983, they called it the fastest stock bike they had ever tested as it was able to hit over 140 miles per hour.
Japan Domestic Market – 1986 Suzuki GSX-R 750 Limited Edition
OK, I promise after this I’ll take a break from featuring early GSX-Rs – feels like I’m sharing one a day right now. But I have to feature this one because I don’t know if it there’s a more special variant of the early Gixxers in the US. This here is a JDM version of the instant-classic Limited Edition of …
1989 Honda GB500
Post Listing Update: This GB500 did not meet reserve with 31 bids up to $4,292. Every so often Honda brings a bike to market just because they can. The GB500 TT seems to be one of these. Originally offered in the Japanese market Honda brought the bike to America for 1989 and ‘90. It had the look of a classic …
1962 Honda CA77 Dream
Some bikes are pretty recognizable, and even more are very easy to date to a decade. The Honda CA72 and CA77 are pretty easy. There can be no doubt they belong to the 1960s and the Dreams have a pretty easily recognized profile. The CA (American) series was the first ‘large displacement’ twins that Honda mass exported starting in 1961. …