The 1931 Peugeot P108 is not only a beautiful piece, it boasted several innovative features. Prime among them is no separate primary drive and gearbox, but everything tucked into one neat case. The lines and look are very elegant. The P108 is driven by an air cooled 249 cc single side valve motor. Considered a lightweight, the 108 had full …
English Beauty – 1966 Norton Atlas
Every rider of a certain age remembers the noise from the Norton single. That was a distinctive wail that you never, ever forget. The king of the road for Norton in 1966 was the Atlas. A 750 (745cc) parallel twin this bike was a very large specimen from an English manufacturer in ‘66. Good suspension and an extraordinary frame made …
1949 Fabrique Nationale de Herstal M13
FN is certainly well known for it’s guns and ammunition manufacturing, but it also made high quality motorcycles from 1901 to 1967. FN didn’t just make motorcycles, they raced them right from the start with notable success at Isle of Mann and European Motocross championships.
$1,200 – 1976 Honda CB200T
In 1973, Honda introduced the CB200T, and it was very popular as cheap transportation. Here’s an example that’s survived for nearly 4 decades in a Halloween paint scheme.
1949 Universal B50
Once in a while I see a motorcycle that is so beautiful it just stops me cold. I went to find out more about this one and the only page I could find is in French.
Pre-Import – 1956 Honda Dream 250 Project
Honda Motor Company’s invasion of America began in 1959 in a small storefront in west Los Angeles and featured three models; the step-through 50, the diminutive Benly and their “big bike” offering, the ME250 Dream. When the two larger bikes proved to have, uh, less than stellar reliability, the little Super Cub carried the company forward. Nonetheless, the 250 Dream …
Guess That Bike Revealed – 1988 Norton Classic Rotary
Congratulations to Laurence Wynn, who was the first to identify yesterday’s “Guess That Bike”: a Norton Classic. It was a rare bike – Norton’s first rotary-powered bike made available to the public (they had first offered a prototype to the police), but I’m glad to be able to feature one for sale right now. It became an instant collectible thanks …
Restored Beauty – 1967 Ducati 250 Monza
View Post294 Miles – 1975 Hercules Wankel 2000
In the early 70s, Suzuki made headlines for bringing a rotary-powered bike to market, but DKW did it first. Outside of the UK, it was sold as the Hercules Wankel 2000 (W2000), and while the engine was unconventional, everything else was as you’d expect. Bike magazine called it “an outstanding machine in its own right”, even ignoring the novel powerplant. …
Wookiee Approved – 1954 Jawa Perak
Warning: My girlfriend is a giant Star Wars fan (she took me to see the new one this weekend), and she was delighted to learn that there used to be a motorcycle manufacturer called Jawa. She then started ripping off Star Wars/Motorcycling wordplay off so fast I couldn’t keep up…so I just wrote up some basics and had her edit …
Stayed in the Family – 1977 Yamaha XS650
The Yamaha XS650 is a well-known classic medium displacement standard. Produced between 1968-1985 (though the US stopped getting them in 1983), they weren’t a game changer but they were reliable and common enough that maybe YOU were riding one back in the day…are you feeling nostalgic?
Sandcast Beauty – 1969 Honda CB750 K0
In hindsight, the Honda CB750 was a tremendous sales success, but when Soichiro Honda introduced the bike, he utilized cheap/rough sandcast molds for the engine before it was clear that there would be enough demand to justify buying expensive metal molds. The first 7,414 bikes are known as sandcast CB750s for that reason, and they’re worth quite a bit more.
In Belgium – 1967 MZ Trophy ES250/2
Nicknamed the TV Lamp due to the headlight (or the Iron Pig due to the generally ugly looks), the MZ Trophy ES was a quick seller in East Germany due to a lack of competition and a focus on practicality. 1967 brought the ES 250/2, which is what you see in front of you. Cheaper than the 250cc competition, these …
Four 100c Ducati Barn Finds
Someone is offering 4 small Ducatis – all are 100cc, and three may be Mountaineers.
Rare Project – 1965 OSSA 175 Sport
This bike is going to need a lot of work, but examples of the OSSA 175 Sport do not come around very often. This bike is going to sell as bidding is low and there’s no reserve – let’s see who’s up for a rare Spanish project!