Every week, Dino (Dean Segovis) of “Hack A Week” picks a project and documents his work on his website and on YouTube. Over 34 episodes, he turned a non-running $500 Sabre into a cafe racer.
6 into 6 – 1979 Honda CBX
View Post1986 Suzuki GSXR 750 Limited Edition
The Suzuki GSXR 750 Limited Edition was an absolute legend in the world of 80’s sportsbikes – a bike that deserved the 50% increase in MSRP over the regular GSXR 750. The dry clutch upgrade was a $2,000 option in itself!
1978 Kawasaki Rickman CR900
Post Listing Update: This Rickman was relisted at a lower price of $22,000, but that wasn’t enough of a discount for anyone to hit “Buy It Now.” The last time this Kawasaki Rickman was up for sale, I thought it was too expensive to feature. I still think it’s too expensive, but I figured you should at least see it!
175 Miles – 1979 Honda Express II
The second generation of the Honda Express, the NA50 was sold between ’79 and ’81. It shared the 49cc two stroke and automatic transmission of every other Express model, but featured a slightly bigger gas tank and a more comfortable seat and handle bars.
Stock or Custom – 197x Yamaha XS650
The Yamaha XS650 is a well-known classic medium displacement standard. Produced between 1968-1985 (though the US stopped getting them in 1983), they weren’t a game changer but I’m sure plenty of you readers used to have one. Here are two version that present a dilemma – to go with stock or with a mild custom?
2015 Yamaha YZF-R1M
The Yamaha R1M is the closest thing to a race rep that Yamaha has put out in many years – and only 500 are being sold this year. For a hefty markup, here’s your chance to grab one.
1967 Honda CL77
Stored since 1988, this CL77 was recently discovered and is claimed to be an unmolested survivor. It’s been given a replacement front tire and tank badges, and it’s missing a chain guard, otherwise it’s original and complete.
1975 Yamaha RD350B
Here’s a one-owner RD350 in impressively original shape. God bless two strokes.
Sport or Tour – 1979/82 Honda CBX
Readers familiar with the Honda CBX will know that in 1981, Honda took their incredible 6-cylinder sportbike and turned it into a sport tourer. Today I’ve got a seller who’s unloading an example of both from his collection – so I want to know which bike you’d prefer!
Cheap Rare Tourer – 1983 Honda CB1000C Custom
Produced for just one year, the Honda CB1000C Custom was notable for the TRAC anti-dive system and dual-range transmission (a sub-transmission that let you choose high or low for any given gear, even if people only really used it to act as a sixth gear/overdrive).
Needs Some Work – 1959 Yamaguchi Auto-Pet
Post Sale Update: This Yamaguchi sold for $1,250 after 2 bids on eBay. Yamaguchi used to crank out a whole bunch of 2-wheelers based around a 49cc engine, though eventually they went out of business and Hodaka took over. Here’s one of their tiny bikes – an Auto-Pet.
5,234 Miles – 1986 Suzuki GSX-R 1100
Here’s a first year example of Suzuki’s legendary superbike with just under 5,300 miles that’s being offered with no reserve.
1975 Kawasaki S3
Post-Sale Update: After 20 bids on eBay, this S3 sold for $4,350. After Kawi had firmly established the ‘widowmaker’ reputation of the H1 and H2, one might have expected that the smaller displacement variants (S1-S3) would also be similarly hairy. But the S3 was designed to be a better street bike, with slightly lower peak power (42 vs the 45 …
1978 Yamaha SR500
Every time I see one of the “new” Yamaha SR400s, it makes me long for seat time on the original. If you’re the same way, here’s your chance to snap up the 550th SR500 ever built.