Post Listing Update: This custom Suzuki did not meet reserve despite 38 bids up to $10,200 on eBay in North Salt Lake, Utah. Sparks Motors is the shop behind the Discovery Channel show Diesel Brothers. When the builder/seller of this bike (Sam Turner of Head Turner Customs) was hired there, he decided to create a diesel-powered motorcycle on his personal …
2000 Kawasaki ZRX1100
Post Sale Update: This ZRX sold for $8,250 after 23 bids on eBay in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. I recently featured a ’99 ZRX with just 147 miles that got a lot of attention – especially after it sold for $12,100! So here’s one with less than 4k miles – low enough so that it’s still pristine, but high enough that …
1972 Yankee Z500
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 OSSA engines in their own custom frames. Eventually, they combined two OSSA 250cc …
No Reserve Chappy – 1974 Yamaha LB80
Post Sale Update: This little Yamaha sold for $1,610.58 after 26 bids on eBay. Also known as the “Chappy”, here’s a cute little step-through scooter that was releasedto compete with Honda’s tiny trail bikes – the most common options were the LB50 and this LB80, the latter of which features an oil-injected 82cc engine and a 2-speed, 2-stage transmission.
1 Owner For >90 Years – 1928 Harley-Davidson JD with Sidecar
By 1920, HD was the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer – with dealerships in 67 countries. One of their featured bikes at the time was the 1000cc Harley-Davidson JD, which became the first motorcycle to ever win a race with an average speed of over 100 mph in 1921, on a board track in Fresno, California. Here’s an example that has …
No Reserve – 2008 MV Agusta F4 R 312 With 5 Miles
Post Sale Update: This MV sold for $10,807 after bids on Iconic Motorbike Auctions in Commerce City, Colorado. It’s always cool when we can guarantee that a bike on the auction site is going to find a new home because it’s being offered with no reserve – but it’s not everyday that one of those no reserve bikes is a …
175 Miles – 2000 Buell Blast
As most of you know, the Buell Blast was designed as an entry-level motorcycle to get people into the H-D family. This one’s barely been used and seems like it would work just fine at its intended design if a new rider wanted something less ubiquitous than a R3 or Ninja 400.
Restored – 1978 Kawasaki Z1-R
Post Sale Update: This Z1-R sold for $23,000 after 38 bids on eBay in San Jose, California. Wayne Moulton has had quite a career in the motorcycling industry, including roles as President for Triumph Motorcycles America and Vetter Fairings, as well as Vice President of Kawasaki. He was known for a philosophy that “a popular motorcycle can have four different …
Two Digit Sandcast in Australia – 1969 Honda CB750
As you probably know, the first 7,414 CB750s were built from sandcast molds before Soichiro Honda switched to a more expensive metal mold because there was clearly enough demand to justify the investment. As you also probably know, these “sandcast” bikes are now trading for crazy money. Here’s #28, and the seller states that it has all the unique features …
TreMoto Leaning Trike – 2008 Ducati Hypermotard
Post Sale Update: after being relisted, this Hyper-trike sold for $4,735 after 11 bids on eBay in Jacksonville, Florida. Built between 2013-2015 to enable a rider who lost a leg to keep riding, this Hypermotard was converted by TreMoto into a trike with 42 degrees of lean angle. However, (just like a First Ride Review – 2019 Yamaha Niken GT), …
Restored – 1984 KTM 495 MX
9-7-20 Update: 5 months later, this MX is back up for sale with an unmet starting bid of $5,750 here on eBay. Available as the MX or MXC (motocross or cross-country off-roader), the KTM 495 was an absurdly fast Open class dirt bike – Rod Bush apparently took a re-geared example up to 123.75 miles per hour on El Mirage …
1 Owner Ending Soon – 1981 Honda XL185S
Post Sale Update: This XL sold for $1,475 after 10 bids on eBay in Seattle, Washington. I’m a sucker for 1-owner bikes, and this XL175-successor fits the bill.
1986 Honda NS400R
Post Sale Update: This NS400R sold for $10,600 after 24 bids on eBay in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1983, Freddie Spencer became the world’s youngest 500cc World Champion, and he did it on a Honda V3. Honda responded by releasing a 250cc production bike to commemorate the win, but it took them until 1985 to build something closer to the actual …
Red/White/Blue Honda x 2 – CB1100F and CBR900RR
Post Sale Update: The CB900R sold for $8,550 after 26 bids on eBay, though the high bidder flaked and it was relisted with a BIN of $9,500. The CB1100F sold for $4,727 after 23 bids on eBay. A seller in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida has a couple of classic Hondas that are both rocking the HRC red/white/blue livery.
1983 Harley-Davidson XR1000
Post Listing Update: This XR1000 did not meet reserve with 30 bids up to $12,600 on eBay in Pismo Beach, California. The XR750 is one of Harley-Davidson’s most iconic motorcycles – though it was never intended to be street legal. But what if Harley took a XR motor and shoved it in a Sportster frame? Willie G himself had a …