I’ve featured several Rickmans here on Bike-urious over the years and while I’ve seen Honda engines utilized in their street bikes, I had never seen one used in the off-roader Metisse…until now!
No Reserve – 1965 Ducati 250 Race Bike
Over on the auction site we’ve got a beautiful Ducati 250 race bike – is it too pretty to race?
1968 Harley-Davidson XLR
In Harley’s long history, one of their rarer creations is the XLR 883 – a bike built to compete in AMA Grand National TTs after the race organization lowered max displacement from 1,300 cc to 900 cc.
Factory Special – 2023 Husqvarna FR450 Rally
Just like their sister brand KTM, Husqvarna offers a production replica of their 450 Rally bikes that privateers can purchase for their own racing (or adventures). They are very similar bikes though the Husky does seems to be a bit harder to find.
Two Stroke Turbo – 1990 Yamaha RZ350 Land Speed Project
If you’re looking for an intriguing winter project, there’s a Canadian-spec RZ350 in Utah with a turbocharger on it that needs some TLC…
Super Hooligan Racer – 2025 Harley-Davidson Pan America
Built to compete in this year’s Super Hooligan National Championship, this Harley-Davidson Pan America was part of the winning efforts by James “Hogspoli” Rispoli with the Kyle Wyman Racing (KWR) Team. KWR is selling two bikes from their fleet, both of which are identically modified with a MotoAmerica-spec engine/airbox and are ready to race, if you are so inclined.
AK-1 Racer – 1991 Kawasaki EX500 With Custom Frame
Last month I shared an interesting RD400 build from Julian Farnham – he unfortunately passed away so his widow is selling his collection. This fascinating creation is what Julian called the AK-1, a $4,750 chassis kit that enabled buyers to utilize the EX500 motor with a seriously upgraded frame and modern components.
Needs An Engine – 1969 Streamliner
Built by Bob Braverman (Editor for Cycle Guide, pioneer of slot car racing, and all-around motorcycling legend), this Streamliner was created for a magazine project (presumably for Cycle Guide as he didn’t start Cycle Rider until 1973). I don’t know what you’d do with this nowadays but it’s cool and I hope someone finds a good use for it!
In England – 1983 CCW-Armstrong Rotax 250 GP
We’ve covered some of the fascinating early 80s Armstrong GP bikes before – our former contributor Tim Huber once explained that Armstrong was the first firm to bring carbon fiber frames/swingarms to the GP grid in 1984 with bikes like this. This was one of the privateer race machines and it’s one of two bikes bought by Svend Andersson to …
Endurance Racer Mule – 2001 Victory V92SC Sport Cruiser
According to the seller, this bike was built by “Victory Engineering as a test mule which was also used in two 5 hour endurance races in Brainerd, Minnesota.” I was quite surprised to hear this and called a friend who worked for Polaris (Victory’s parent company) at the time – he confirmed that this is legit and that the seller …
80 Year-Old Racer – 1946 Harley-Davidson WR
The WR is an interesting bike in Harley’s storied history. Designed specifically for Class C competition, it featured a 738cc V-twin with several upgrades. Sold as a stripper-spec racing machine, it did not have lights or brakes, and was sold to assist privateer efforts to avoid putting money into a factory team. It was incredibly successful – by 1948, it …
SoS Racer – 1994 Yamaha TZ250 with Raptor 660 Engine
The seller of this bike makes quite a claim: “Beat Kramer’s for 1/4 the price!” That obviously caught my attention as a Kramer owner, and while I don’t know how accurate his statement is, I will say that this is an impressive hybrid which combines two famous Yamahas – a TZ250 frame with a Raptor ATZ 660 engine (which has …
Andy Sidlow Framer in the UK – BMW R100 Racer
Andy Sidlow of the UK has made a name for himself with a frame building shop in the UK thanks to units like you see with this interesting BMW listing. If you’re looking for a classic BMW racer (like the one I just bought that I’m about to share with you), this seems very fascinating!
A Trio of Yamaha Roadracers
Here’s an interesting package of Yamaha factory road race bikes – a 1967 TD1-C, 1972 TR3, and a 1974 TA125!
Cheapest I’ve Seen – 2015 Krämer HKR EVO2
You guys know that I love my Kramer and I’m frequently looking for excuses to get more people on them – turns out Dustin Wheelen over at RevZilla is selling his and it’s the first time I’ve seen one with an asking price under $10k…