I’ve featured a few early Gixxers recently, but this one just looks so purposeful as a track bike.
Hack Attack! 1978 CB750A Ending Soon
As if a ‘78 CB750A isn’t rare enough, why not put a Jawa/Velorex sidecar on it? Then just to be sure you have the one and only mount a Hedingham leading link front fork set up on it. If that doesn’t put you in the ‘one of a kind’ category, nothing will.
Street Legal – Honda NSR50 with CRF150R Motor
3-30-17 Update: Frank S. notes that this bike is back up for sale here on Craigslist at the same asking price of $6,000 or best offer. This has to be the greatest “street legal” mini bike I’ve seen in years. The bike is insured, titled, and has a plate, though the motor swap is technically not street legal. In the …
Limited Edition in Canada – 2000 Suzuki GSX-R 600 Alstare
In 1999, Suzuki’s WSBK racers were sponsored by Corona and Alstare – and they featured a very distinctive yellow and purple paint scheme. The year after, Suzuki decided to pay tribute to the paint scheme on their 600cc sportbikes (but only in Europe and Canada). I haven’t been able to find definitive information on exact production numbers, but the changes …
First Ride – 2017 Kawasaki Z900
Ask the average person to draw a motorcycle and you’ll get one of two illustrations – a cruiser or a sport bike. But there’s a lot more to the world of bikes than those two offerings, and the American marketplace is starting to reflect that. In the last 5 years, standard bikes have seen a 255-percent increase in sales, and …
1975 Yamaha RD350
The Yamaha RD350 has a well deserved reputation as fast and nimble. Many consider it the pinnacle of two stroke road warriors. In stock trim you could ride the RD350 to the track and compete. Using readily available Yamaha race bits you could win. Not to mention what you could do to your favorite canyon road. Directly developed from the …
Honda Powered – Board Track Racer Tribute
Post Sale Update: This “Olds” sold for the BIN of $7,000. 3-29-17 Update: A year later, this interesting board tracker is back up for sale. Find it with bidding up to $5,300 and the reserve not yet met here on eBay. Post-Listing Update: Bidding on this interesting custom reached $6,300, but that wasn’t enough to reach reserve. You guys and …
1986 Suzuki GSX-R 750 Limited Edition
3-29-17 Update: Ray K notes that this beautiful Suzuki is back up for sale with another 40 miles on the odometer. Find it still in Oklahoma City with an unmet opening bid of $13,500 here on eBay. Post Listing Update: This Limited Edition Zook did not meet reserve with bidding up to $16,900. If you had to pick one motorcycle …
1975 Honda MR175
Honda had a pretty checkered run with dirt bikes in the early 70s. It seemed their offerings were either very, very good or ‘not so much’. They introduced a legend in 1973 with the CR125M and CR250M Elsinore. The Elsinore changed dirt riding and racing forever.
1961 Rockford Silver Pigeon
In the 1950s and 60s, Rockford Scooter Company of Rockford, Illinois imported several Japanese lines for sale in the US. Bike-urious chronicles the importation of Bridgestone Motorcycles in 1963 right here. As it turns out, Rockford also signed a deal with Mitsubishi to import the ‘Silver Pigeon’ line. Rockford was aggressive in their marketing signing up a large dealer network …
Grey Market Rossi Replica – 2002 Honda CBR600 F4i
Post Listing Update: Despite 27 bids on eBay, this Rossi rep did not sell at $3,100. In 2001, Honda released a limited edition of their CBR600 – it was adorned in a yellow and blue livery that paid tribute to Valentino Rossi for his first year with Honda in the top level of motorcycle racing. I have not been able …
Pacific Coast – 1989 Honda PC800
It has been close to 30 years since the PC 800 was released, it is still a distinctive look. Though completely plastic wrapped bikes are more common now, this was really the first. It didn’t sell particularly well, but there was a definite subset of riders that was attracted to the bike. Under all that plastic was a really straight …
Be a Hero – 2009 Suzuki SFV650 Gladius
Suzuki introduced the Gladius as a replacement for the very successful SV650. While it was an objectively better bike in most ways, the American market did not take kindly to it and it was recently replaced with…the SV650 again. Apparently Suzuki sold at least one Gladius, because someone is trying to sell his and he’s resorted to trying to convince …
1972 Yamaha DT1
Like most earthshaking ideas, the idea behind the 1968 DT1 was simple. Build a sturdy dirt bike with good suspension travel. Give it good power and handling. Add lights to make it street legal and make it half the price of the Husqvarna 250. Everybody loved it. From the press to first time riders and everybody in between. The initial …
1974 Kawasaki Z1
There are some really legendary models in motorcycling history that are able to be identified without regard to make or even year. Bonneville. CB750. H2. There are many others, but there is no doubt that the Z1 fits in that group.