I used to always let the Thruxton slip under my radar, but as I’ve spent more and more of my time finding bikes for this site, I’ve come to appreciate how this bike looks. Here’s a limited edition twist on the Thruxton, the Ace Special Edition. Just 325 were brought to the US last month, and an extra $700 gets …
Nice Price – 1984 Honda Interceptor
The Honda Interceptor VF750F was the direct result of changes to the AMA Superbike rules. Because race bikes had to be production based, the VF750F was the first replica racebike to come out of Japan. Why is this important to you, the motorcycle aficionado? Because Honda kept the bikes surprisingly similar while still maintaining street legality. And why is it …
Harley-Suzuki Hybrid
Should I call it a Harzuki?
1972 Yankee Z500
Post Sale Update: This Z500 sold for $4,465 after 10 bids on eBay. In the early 70s, John Taylor of Schenectady, New York started building the Yankee Z500, an American dual-sport designed to compete with the best bikes coming out of Europe. Yankee Motor Company started by importing machines from OSSA, the Spanish off-road powerhouse, and then moved to modifying …
2006 BMW R1150GSA Special Edition
For the last year of production, BMW released just 350 Special Editions of the venerable R1150GSA. Of those, only 177 were imported to the US. This example has some excellent upgrades to complement what is my favorite paint scheme BMW offered on this series of the GS.
1970 Honda CB750 K0
Post Sale Update: Per the comments, this bike later sold for $13,500. Post-Listing Update: This CB750 sold for $15,000 but was then relisted and then did not meet reserve at $11,100. Built by the multiple show-winning restorers at Vintage Motorcycle Rescue, this K0 CB750 is an excellent example of an early die cast CB.
Company Killer – 1998 Bimota V-Due
The V-Due is one of the most interesting things that ever came out of Bimota. It came out to tremendous fan-fare as the first two-stroke with fuel injection – yielding a greater power to weight ratio than anything else available on the market. But the fuel injection was awful, and the bikes were incredibly difficult to ride. Combine that with …
Japanese Harley – 1959 Rikuo VLE
Post Listing Update: After being relisted, this Rikuo VLE did not meet reserve at $9,200. During the Great Depression, Harley-Davidson was on the verge of bankruptcy – partially due to the 1921 Safeguarding of Industries act which imposed a 33.3% tariff on American products like Harleys that were threatening UK manufacturers. Because this pretty much shut Harley out of the …
1946 Indian Chief Roadmaster
The Indian Chief had three model lines – the Clubman, the Sportsman, and the top of the line Roadmaster. The Roadmaster (which Polaris has brought back) was the full touring option, which came with extra chrome, a Sport windshield, twin spotlights, saddlebags, and Indian’s “Chum-Me” seat which allowed you to bring “your best friend along, too.”
Highly Original – 1940 Harley-Davidson EL Knucklehead
Here’s an unrestored EL Knuckle that’s in impressive original condition. The paint on the front fender, tank, frame, and forks are original. The rear fender was repainted to match. There are some minor issues but nothing unexpected – the front crash bar and wheel hubs are from a different year, and the muffler is a repro. When the seller originally …
1 of 500 – 1999 Yamaha R7 OW-O2
I think this is beautiful road bike to ever come from Japan, the Yamaha R7, also known as the OWO2. Right from the factory floor, it was a ready to race World Super Bike (WSB) racer with the trimmings (lights/signals/plate) necessary to make it street legal. Prices were incredible – with an MSRP of approximately $32,000, it was twice as …
1958 Mondial Sprint 175
The (FB) Mondial Sprint 175 was one of the few street bikes developed by the niche Italian manufacturer. Specializing in high performance, small displacement bikes, FB Mondial hand built most of their motorcycles, resulting in production numbers between just 1-2 thousand a year.
1987 Yamaha SRX250
For decades, Kawasaki ruled the 250cc ‘sport’bike market – though Honda has recently taken a chunk of the market with their CBR250R. Honda also challenged the little Ninja in the 80s with the VTR250, though it did not have much commercial success. For one year in the States, even Yamaha threw their hat into the ring with the Yamaha SRX250.
1951 Vincent Rapide
The baby brother to the legendary Black Shadow, the Vincent Rapide was sold from 1936-55 in 3 distinct ‘Series’. The final run was the Series C, which commenced in 1949. It offered the Rapide as a base model and the Black Shadow as the higher state of tune. Here’s one of the former in the very rare Chinese Red tinwork.
1972 OSSA MAR
The OSSA MAR (Mick Andrews Replica) was built after OSSA hired the English rider to design and ride a new trials bike – he went on to win two consecutive European Trials Championships and three consecutive Scottish Six Days Trials with it. In 1973, Andrews moved to Yamaha, but OSSA kept producing this bike into the late 70s and it …