Post Listing Update: This YB11 did not get any interest at the BIN of $6,799. Everyone has their own idea of what the perfect modifications to make to their machine are. Some like clip-ons, some like suspension components, and some want a little extra oomph to assert themselves in traffic. Then there is Bimota, a company dedicated to taking engines …
Street Fighter – 1988 Yamaha TZR250
Post Sale Update: This TZR sold for $3,500 after 24 bids on eBay. In the seller’s words, this represents a “cross between the 80’s/90’s 2 stroke street sportbike and the more modern FZ 07/09…raw, loud, upright and brilliantly bright in classic Yamaha colors.” It’s being offered with no reserve – what do you think about it?
1984 Kawasaki Ninja GPZ900R
Post Listing Update: This Ninja did not meet reserve despite 48 bids up to $3,700 on eBay. Produced from 1984 to 2003, the GPZ900R was the first bike to bear the “Ninja” name. A revolutionary design when it came out, some would argue that it was the predecessor of what we consider today to be a modern sport bike. It …
Wolfgang Haerter Build – 1972 Laverda SFC Replica
Post Listing Update: This Laverda replica was pulled off of eBay, final sale price unknown. Laverda expert Wolfgang Haerter of Columbia Car & Cycle in British Columbia is a renowned Laverda expert that has built a few SFC replicas over the years. Here’s another one, which features several true SFC parts and hopefully gives you a taste of the riding …
Creme De La Creme in England – 2016 Honda RC213V-S With Race Kit
I always felt like Honda’s road-going RC213V-S got an undeservedly bad wrap. Despite the machine being touted as the best-handling sportbike in existence and boasting top-of-the-line, well, everything, many seemingly honed in on the elite two-wheeler’s surprisingly underwhelming horsepower output. The reality is that the RC213V-S isn’t a road bike that borrows DNA from the company’s race program, it is …
Nick O’Kane Custom – 1992 Suzuki TL1000R Cafe Build
Nick O’Kane eats, sleeps, and breathes motorcycles. By day, the California-based, UK-native serves as Powersports Sales Manager at K&N Filters, but the lion’s share of O’Kane’s nights and weekends are spent building (and riding) some pretty stellar customs. O’Kane’s typical MO consists of using vintage donor machines that are then laced up with modern suspension and electrical components. If you …
Trackmaster Framed – 1970 Triumph Bonneville T120
Trackmaster Frames can trace their roots back to the 1960s, when Triumph Motorcycles approached Ray Hensley and commissioned the famed race tuner and engineer to build a handful of bespoke chassis to be used in competition. Henley’s earliest frames were chromoly steel units with much more race-oriented geometry compared to the stock Bonneville chassis of the era. In the years …
1984 Kawasaki GPz1100 and GPz550
Post Sale Update: The GPz1100 sold for $3,300 after 31 bids on eBay. Post Listing Update: The GPz550 did not meet reserve despite 15 bids up to $2,525 on eBay. In 1984, Kawasaki offered four displacement options of naturally aspirated motors in the GPz lineup in the United States: 550, 750, 900, and 1100. A seller in Gainesville, Georgia is …
Featured in The Matrix Reloaded – 2001 Ducati 996
The 2003 blockbuster The Matrix Reloaded includes an epic stunt sequence that in features a Ducati 996. To commemorate that scene (and to cash in on the franchise’s popularity), Ducati partnered with the film to release a limited run of Matrix Edition 998 bikes. Despite the movie featuring a 996, by the time the second installment of the Matrix trilogy …
1973 Kawasaki H2A 750
The 1970s were a pivotal decade for motorcycle manufacturers in terms of engine and emissions technology. Motorcycles had to be more modern, safer, but still powerful. While Honda was focused on 4-strokes, especially inline four cylinder motors as equipped in the CB750, Kawasaki was splitting their time with 4-strokes like the Z1 and with 2-strokes like the big triples found …
Jack Simmons Restoration – 1973 Norton Commando 850
During the latter half of the 20th century, a number of key individuals in Southern California played highly pivotal roles in influencing motorcycling. One of those individuals was Jack Simmons. Over the decades he was involved in the moto industry, Simmons wore a myriad of different (proverbial) hats, making a name for himself as a racer, motorcycle dealer, machinist, and …
Nicky Hayden’s RC211V Tribute – 2007 Honda CBR1000RR Build
If you follow motorcycle racing, chances are by now you’ve been made aware of the fact that long-time Repsol Honda pilot Dani Pedrosa will be hanging up his leathers for good at the end of the 2018 season. In 2005, the pint-sized Spaniard won the 250cc World Championship title, and the following year he stepped up to the premier class, …
9 Miles – 2000 Buell X1 Lightning Millennium
Post Sale Update: This X1 sold for the BIN of $4,495. Presumably named after its year of release, the Buell X1 Lightning Millennium was a limited production run (800 bikes) that was all about silver aesthetics. 400 were sold in the US, 375 were sold in Europe, and I have no idea where the other 25 went. A typical example …
1992 Suzuki GSX-R1100
The 70’s saw Japanese manufacturers starting to win more and more market share thanks to powerful, reliable, and cheap motorcycles. Honda and Kawasaki set new sport bike standards with the CB750 Four and the Z1. In 1982, it was Suzuki’s turn to release a bombshell with the Suzuki Katana. In 1985 the brand did it again with the GSX-R750, and …
1998 Suzuki TL1000R
Produced from 1998-2003, this TL1000R was Suzuki’s V-Twin superbike, the fully-faired (and racier) brother of the TL1000S. This model was briefly used in Suzuki’s World and American Superbike Championship campaigns before they switched to the lighter 750 Gixxer.