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1969 Ducati Mk3 350 Racer

In Italy, Race by AbhiLeave a Comment

From a seller that only features incredible bikes at incredible prices comes this beautiful Ducati Mk3 350 that’s been turned into a racer with a high compression piston, 36mm Dell’orto carb, Ceriani forks, Borrani rims, and Oldani brakes, which are quite expensive.

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1973 Moto Guzzi V7 Sport Racer

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Here’s a lovely Moto Guzzi V7 Sport that’s been turned into a racebike that hit 160 miles per hour in the process of placing 2nd at “the 1997 Daytona classic series.” Modifications include a 980cc engine from Scola Racing, Keihin CR carbs, 38mm Marzocchi magnesium forks, a straight cut gearbox, and more!

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1972 BSA B50 Racer

In England, Race by AbhiLeave a Comment

The BSA B50 featured a 34 horsepower, 499cc four-stroke single that was actually the last large unit-construction engine that BSA sold. Multiple versions of the bike were offered – a ‘street scrambler’, MX variant, trail version, you name it. But here’s a B50 that’s been turned into a ‘vintage cafe racer’ with an engine worked over by E&V Engineering, Works …

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Ex-Yoshimura Suzuki AMA Race Bike – 2009 Suzuki GSX-R 1000

In Japan, Race by Abhi2 Comments

This bike began life as an AMA racer for Team Makita/Yoshimura, and was then sold off to multiple privateer racers. Most recently it competed in AFM Novice over three race weekends. Now it can be yours, and it has a tremendous amount of upgrades for the money. Highlights of the modifications include Ohlins fork cartridges, TTX shock, steering damper, and …

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The California Hot Rod – 1974 Ducati 750SS

In Italy, Race by Abhi5 Comments

Post Listing Update: The California Hot Rod was pulled off of eBay, final sale price unknown. 2-8 Update: Bidding got up to $250,000 but did not meet reserve, so the seller has relisted it with an opening bid of $250,000 here on eBay. It’s finally happened – I get to feature a bike with a serious asking price of 7 …

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2006 Metrakit Pre-GP 125

In Race, Small Displacement, Spain by Abhi1 Comment

Looking for a purpose-built race bike for a young racer-to-be? Look no further than the Metrakit Pre-GP 125. Metrakit, a Spanish company that unfortunately went bankrupt (but still has a large presence in Australia), was well known for creating a series of tiny roadracers that were quite dominant in 50-80cc mini GP races across the world. In the mid 2000s, …

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1 of 500 – 1999 Yamaha R7 OW-O2

In Japan, Race by Abhi1 Comment

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 …

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1998 Ducati 996RS Factory Racer

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One of the 24 RS bikes built by Ducati in 1998, this is claimed to be the rarest as it still has a analog dashboard and the 916 frame color. I apologize in advance – I don’t know enough about the RS bikes to verify if that’s true or not. The story is that this bike was sold to Dolomiti …