It’s always cool when we can guarantee that a bike on the auction site is going to find a new home because it’s being offered with no reserve – but it’s not everyday that one of those no reserve bikes is a basically-new Italian classic. When it was released in 2008, this was the fastest production motorcycle in the world, …
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.
Restored – 1978 Kawasaki Z1-R
Wayne Moulton has had quite a career in the motorcycling industry, including roles as President for Triumph Motorcycles America and Vetter Fairings, as well as Vice President of Kawasaki. He was known for a philosophy that “a popular motorcycle can have four different variations – a standard, a limited, a cafe racer and a touring bike.” He’s also known as …
Two Digit Sandcast in Australia – 1969 Honda CB750
As you probably know, the first 7,414 CB750s were built from sandcast molds before Soichiro Honda switched to a more expensive metal mold because there was clearly enough demand to justify the investment. As you also probably know, these “sandcast” bikes are now trading for crazy money. Here’s #28, and the seller states that it has all the unique features …
TreMoto Leaning Trike – 2008 Ducati Hypermotard
Built between 2013-2015 to enable a rider who lost a leg to keep riding, this Hypermotard was converted by TreMoto into a trike with 42 degrees of lean angle. However, (just like a First Ride Review – 2019 Yamaha Niken GT), this does not stand up by itself and the owner never got comfortable with it so it needs a …
Video Review – The Long Way Up Episodes 1-3
View PostRestored – 1984 KTM 495 MX
9-7-20 Update: 5 months later, this MX is back up for sale with an unmet starting bid of $5,750 here on eBay. Available as the MX or MXC (motocross or cross-country off-roader), the KTM 495 was an absurdly fast Open class dirt bike – Rod Bush apparently took a re-geared example up to 123.75 miles per hour on El Mirage …
Video Intermission – Sammy Miller restores a 1937 New Imperial
Over the last four months, Sammy Miller has been documenting the restoration of a ’37 New Imperial on his YouTube channel. He just released the final episode this week, which is perfect for those of you that like to binge everything at once!
1 Owner Ending Soon – 1981 Honda XL185S
I’m a sucker for 1-owner bikes, and this XL175-successor fits the bill.
1986 Honda NS400R
In 1983, Freddie Spencer became the world’s youngest 500cc World Champion, and he did it on a Honda V3. Honda responded by releasing a 250cc production bike to commemorate the win, but it took them until 1985 to build something closer to the actual size of Freddie’s champion. That was the NS400R, and even though it gave up 100cc and …
Red/White/Blue Honda x 2 – CB1100F and CBR900RR
A seller in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida has a couple of classic Hondas that are both rocking the HRC red/white/blue livery.
1983 Harley-Davidson XR1000
The XR750 is one of Harley-Davidson’s most iconic motorcycles – though it was never intended to be street legal. But what if Harley took a XR motor and shoved it in a Sportster frame? Willie G himself had a similar thought, and the XR1000 was born. It would pair the new-for-82 XLX chassis with a motor that retained the Sportster …
Restored and Ending Soon – 1972 Norton Commando
Post Listing Update: This Commando did not meet reserve despite 3 bids up to $10,200 on eBay. Per the seller, this “is a fully restored 1972 Norton Commando 750 with over $20k of restoration work by NYC Norton.”
1984 Harley-Davidson Sidecar Racer
Post Listing Update: This Harley-Davidson sidecar racer did not get any action at the BIN of $14,500 on eBay. Built by Bob Bakker of Bakker Racing, this custom-frame sidecar features a 1,000cc Harley-Davidson V-Twin – and the requisite black/orange paint job, of course.
In Canada – 1983 Honda NS250F
Honda did not officially sell the NS250R in the United States, though a few have been imported through the gray market over the years. What you almost never see is the naked variant, the NS250F. Here’s one in British Columbia if you feel like bring it across the border yourself.