Post Listing Update: This BMW did not meet reserve despite 30 bids up to $13,600 on eBay in Chicago, Illinois. 1968 was one of the two years that BMW offered a telescopic fork variant of their /2 for the US market with the R50, R60, and R69. The models were referred to as the R50US, R60US, and R69US. Here’s one …
Rare Project – 1957 Triumph TWN Cornet
Post Sale Update: This Triumph sold for $2,550 after 14 bids on eBay in Pickerington, Ohio. OK, this is going to need a little bit of an explanation, because most people think Triumph is an English motorcycle company. They’d be right, but they might not realize that the company was started as a bicycle manufacturer by a German named Siegfried …
1967 Norton Atlas 750
Post Listing Update: This Atlas did not meet reserve with 45 bids up to $8,211 on eBay in Sarasota, Florida. Named after the ICBM, the Norton Atlas was released in 1962, earning a so-so reputation before being replaced by the classic Commando. Built to appeal to American aesthetic preferences, it was initially only produced for export. The Atlas produced 55 …
4-into-4 Exhaust – 2018 Kawasaki Z900RS
The new Kawasaki Z900RS was built as a visual tribute to the Z1, but one of the things it lacked due to cost and weight was a 4-into-4 exhaust like the original bike. The original owner of this machine sourced a set of pipes from Japan for approximately $2,400 – how do you think it looks?
380 Miles – 2020 Harley-Davidson LiveWire
Brand new, a LiveWire will set you back $29,799. But MotoCorsa in Portland, Oregon’s got one with just 377 miles that they want $22,499 for. So if you’ve been curious about Harley’s electric motorcycle (maybe you want to emulate Long Way Up?) but thought the $30k price tag was a bit too much to swallow, here’s your change to give …
No Reserve In Belgium – 1958 Norton ES2
Post Sale Update: sold for $9,250 after 32 bids on eBay in Peer, Belgium. The ES2 was introduced in 1927 and was originally sold as a sports bike, though by the time production stopped in 1964, it wasn’t particularly competitive in the world of fast motorcycles. Still, an almost 40 year long production run is damned impressive, and this is …
Ex-Police – 1976 MZ TS250
Post Sale Update: originally sold for $2,750 after 12 bids on eBay but the sale fell through. Was relisted a couple of times and then sold for a BIN of $2,500. The seller notes that this former East German Police MZ is missing a saddlebag – to my untrained eye it appears that it might also need some decals and …
1977 Kawasaki KZ1000
Post Sale Update: sold for $5,555 after 34 bids on eBay in Moscow, Pennsylvania. The obvious evolution of the KZ900, the Kawasaki KZ1000 was another straight line brute that got a heavier crankshaft along with the displacement bump. You could get the bike with chain or shaft drive, but either form could top 130 miles per hour. They were very …
Never Ridden – 196x Wards Riverside (Benelli) 125
Back in the 60’s some of the major US department stores sold European small-displacement motorcycles in the American market. Montgomery Wards rebadged Benellis and sold them under the Wards-Riverside name. You could buy them in the store, or from their long-gone catalogs. Here’s one that was ordered straight from the catalog, and while it has been started, it’s never been …
Leftover Discount – 2019 Kawasaki W800 Cafe
A brand new 2020 Kawasaki W800 Cafe will set you back $9,199, but a dealer in New Jersey’s got a leftover 2019 model that they’ll sell you for $6,599.
598 Miles – 1975 Yamaha XS650
The XS650 was quite a popular motorcycle – approximately 500,000 were built over a 13 year production run. When released, it was Yamaha’s biggest production bike and it was advanced for the time with unit construction for the engine and transmission, as well as a horizontally-split crankcase. It aped the styling of classic British twins but these Yammies developed a …
NOS Flying Dragon Bodywork – 1973 Honda CB350
Post Listing Update: This Flying Dragon did not meet reserve with 17 bids up to $7,400, however it was relisted with a BIN of $7,500 and then pulled off of eBay, final sale price unknown. Bike-urious reader Bob Kelly has established himself as quite an expert on the Honda’s Flying Dragon bodywork – and he’s offering up a CB350 with …
175 Miles – 2000 Buell Blast
As most of you know, the Buell Blast was designed as an entry-level motorcycle to get people into the H-D family. This one’s barely been used and seems like it would work just fine at its intended design if a new rider wanted something less ubiquitous than a R3 or Ninja 400.
1 Owner – 1986 BMW R65
In 1985, BMW updated the R65 with the frame/suspension from the R80 – the most obvious resulting change was the to switch to a single shock in the rear. Here’s an impressively-preserved example that’ shad just one owner.
1953 Norton Dominator Model 88
Post Listing Update: This GSX-R sold for $4,922 after 8 bids on Iconic Motorbike Auctions in Marina del Rey, California. Built to challenge Triumph’s Speed Twin, the Norton Dominator had several variations over its 15 year run. One of of the most influential ‘Dommies’ was the Model 88.