Post Sale Update: This RC51 sold for $12,901 after 19 bids on eBay in Bethel, Connecticut. Honda built the RC51 to compete in World Superbike, and the bike earned titles in 2000 and 2002. The latter year, the RC51 also won the AMA Superbike championship with Nicky Hayden, and Honda responded in 2004 by producing a “Nicky Hayden Edition.” The …
Picture Intermission – Silver Shotgun at the Petersen Museum
View Post1,000 KM in Costa Rica With Elephant Moto – Day 5
January 3rd, 2019 – Brasilito, Costa Rica to Liberia, Costa Rica: ~60 miles
1966 Triumph Tiger T100 Chopper
Post Listing Update: This custom Triumph did not meet reserve despite 29 bids up to $9,500 on eBay in Palmdale, California. 1-14-2020 Update: “Sangria” is back up for sale. Bidding is up to $7,100 and the reserve not yet met with over a week left to go. Find it for sale here on eBay. Post Listing Update: This custom Triumph …
1917 Eveready Autoped
Post Sale Update: This Eveready sold for the opening bid of $9,500 on eBay in Maggie Valley, North Carolina. Wheels Through Time is continuing their sale of exhibit bikes, and this one’s my favorite so far! Meet the Eveready Autoped, the first mass-produced motorized scooter in the US.
1,000 KM in Costa Rica With Elephant Moto – Day 4
January 2nd, 2019 – Brasilito, Costa Rica to Brasilito, Costa Rica: 0 trip miles
Ending Soon – 2000 Honda XR650R Supermoto Custom
Post Sale Update: This XR sold for $8,650 on Iconic Motorbike Auctions in San Diego, California. I’m a sucker for dirtbikes that have been converted to supermotos for street usage, and this outrageous XR650R (which happens to be street-legal and plated in California) is checking off all of my boxes.
Restored – 1982 Honda Motocompo
Post Listing Update: This ‘compo did not meet reserve despite 30 bids up to $3,950 on eBay in Long Beach, California. One of the true cult classics of scooters, the Motocompo was designed to fit into the trunks of Honda’s subcompact cars of the time. To minimize dimensions of the scoot when it needs to be stored, the handlebars and …
GPz750 Turbo Engine – 1978 Kawasaki KZ650
Post Listing Update: This custom KZ was pulled off of eBay, final sale price unknown. The seller of this calls it “not your Grandpa’s old KZ650” – because it now has the heart from a GPz750 Turbo!
November 2019 Result Highlights
Oops…I never gave you a recap of November! Let’s rectify that…
Austrian Army – 1985 KTM 250 Krad
Another day, another bike I had never heard of before! I’ve seen this referred to as the 250 Krad or the 250 GL Krad – whatever you call it, it’s cool! A translated German Wikipedia page suggests that it was used by the Austrian and Norwegian armed forces and had optional skis for snow/ice riding. The air-cooled 245cc 2-stroke single …
Restored – 1975 Hercules 250 Enduro
Packing 7 speeds in the transmission, the Hercules 250 was an interesting German competitor to the upmarket enduros of the day coming from KTM and Husqvarna.
Dealer Special – 1963 Honda Trail 55 C105T
Post Sale Update: This Honda sold for $3,200 after 29 bids on eBay in Vacaville, California. Well, file this one under “bikes that I didn’t know about”. Apparently, Honda offered a “Dealer Special” of the Trail 55/C105T that was all chromed out, similar to the “Christmas Special” chromed Z50. The seller describes this bike as “often talked about but rarely …
191 Miles – 1997 Ducati 916 SPS #79
Post Sale Update: sold for $25,145 on Iconic Motorbike Auctions in Santa Monica, California. Arguably the most desirable version of Ducati’s legendary 916 is the ’97 SPS – and we’ve got one that’s met reserve and is about to sell!
Video Intermission – Petrolicious – Honda CBX1000 Super Sport: Sixy Beast
I met Matthias Beier a couple of years ago in the motorcycle industry as he is the Marketing Coordinator for Shoei Helmets – you may remember the X-14 I enjoyed so much that I had a custom livery created for it by Velocity Tape? Early in 2019, we were discussing a CBX that was in his family, and then I …