Post Listing Update: This DT50 was pulled off of eBay, final sale price unknown. This bike always makes me think of Thomas the Tank Engine, with its baby blue paint scheme and the “little engine that could” possibilities.
1995 BMW R100GSPD Classic
Post Sale Update – this GSPD sold for $7,751.51 after 8 bids on eBay. 1995 was the last year of the airhead GSPD (Paris Dakar), and BMW named it the Classic. Approximately 70 black examples were brought over that year before BMW debuted the oilhead R1100GS. The last time I featured one for sale, a reader/contributor picked it up and …
Restored and Street Legal – 1984 Yamaha IT490
Post Sale Update: This Yamaha sold for $3,050 after 22 bids on eBay. 5-1-2018 Update: Almost exactly two years to the day, this plated IT490 is back up for sale, but this time it’s on eBay. It doesn’t look like anything significant has been changed, so find this blue Yammy for sale in Longwood, Florida with bidding up to $2,750 …
JDM Import with No Reserve – 2002/4 Suzuki VanVan
Post Sale Update: This VanVan sold for $1,125 after 34 bids on eBay. Suzuki’s competitor to Yamaha’s TW200, the VanVan seems to be one of those bikes that’s much more fun in the real world than it is on paper. The seller seems a bit confused about this bike (he/she alternates between 2002/2004 as the year of production and also …
Well Farkled – 2007 BMW G650 Xchallenge
According to the seller, this BMW is ready for a “round the world adventure ride” for those of you that think of a R1200GS is just too big for true adventuring.
2009 Buell Ulysses XB12XT
From the seller of yesterday’s MZ Silver Star comes this Buell XB12XT, also known as the Ulysses. What a great name for a ADV bike!
Ending Soon – 1970 Rickman Metisse Street Scrambler
Post Listing Update: This streetable Rickman did not meet reserve despite 11 bids up to $3,506. I’ve featured a couple of street-legal Rickman Metisses before, and I can’t get enough of them. Here’s another example that was set up to pound the pavement over 25 years ago, starting with an original Mark IV frame (#1280) and a BSA B44 motor. …
VeloStar – BSA/Velo Custom Street Scrambler
Post Listing Update: This custom BSA/Velo did not meet reserve despite 22 bids up to $7,000. This build combines three excellent ideas: a BSA Gold Star frame, Velocette 500 motor, and Husky suspension.
Ending Soon with No Reserve – 1992 Yamaha TDM850
Post Sale Update: This TDM sold for $1,325 after 4 bids on eBay. I’m making this post quick because it ends in 30 minutes. But it’s a TDM850, which is awesome, and bidding is only up to $1,259 with no reserve. It runs, it has a Corbin seat and Yoshimura pipe, and it has 32,000 miles on it. Someone snap …
Ending Soon – 1983 Husqvarna 500 XC
Post Sale Update: This Husky sold for $4,100 after 37 bids on eBay. In 1983, Husqvarna introduced a new 500cc motor for their Open Class bikes, and they promptly won the 1983 Baja 1000 in 14:48:10 with the US team of Dan Smith and Dan Ashcraft. While there were obviously plenty of modifications to the race bike, the production motorcycle …
First Ride – 2018 BMW G310GS
View PostFirst Year Scrambler – 1968 Honda CL350
Post Sale Update: This CL sold for $5,300 after 36 bids on eBay in Glendale, Arizona. When Honda released the CL350 in 1968, they stressed their success with the following quote in promotional brochures: “During 1967 Honda won twice as many world championships as any other make, and Honda has continued its winning ways both in motorcycles and on the …
NIB Lighting Kit – 1974 Suzuki RL250 Exacta
Thought it was typically in the shadow of Yamaha’s TY250, the Suzuki Exacta RL250 was still a solid trials bike that’s now quite suitable for vintage competition. They’re relatively rare in the US as they were only imported in 1974 and 1975, and this example further stands out as it has a lighting kit that’s still new in the box.
Ending Soon with No Reserve – 1968 BSA Firebird Scrambler
Post Sale Update: This BSA sold for $5,668 after 26 bids on eBay. Some Beezer fans consider the Firebird Scrambler to be the best bike that BSA made, which might make sense considering it was the last new design they created before they went out of business in 1973. It wasn’t as popular as the Gold Star but by this …
2002 MZ Baghira 660
The Baghira was a dual-sport with Acerbis bodywork, WP suspension, and a Yamaha drivetrain – and those components came together to form a rare and competent mid-sized dual sport.