Post Listing Update: This Galletto did not meet reserve despite 25 bids up to $4,550. Carlo Guzzi was one of Moto Guzzi’s three co-founders back in 1921, and he was the brainchild behind a scooter/motorcycle hybrid called the Galletto (cockerel in Italian). Over approximately 15 years of production, 75,000 units were sold.
1972 Honda CL350 Cafe Racer
This CL350 has been turned into a cafe racer by the last two owners and it looks like a nice runabout with a good blend of style and fun.
Santa Barbara – 1964 Yamaha YA6
The YA6 was best known for being Yamaha’s first production bike with automatic oil injection – you may remember the feature by the name of “Autolube.” The oil injection was immensely popular and was offered throughout Yamaha’s lineup for decades. The YA6 was much less successful, making them a rare find nowadays. This survivor has remained in good shape and …
Ex-Red Bull Rookies Cup – Metrakit 125 GP Racer
For the last decade, the Red Bull Rookies Cup has been allowing up-and-coming riders to prove themselves on professional-quality machines at world-class motorsport circuits. The league has clearly accomplished what it set out to do, as Johann Zarco was the champion of its inaugural season, followed by JD Beach. Other riders like Jake Gagne, Lorenzo Savadori and the late Luis …
Boosted Motoren Werke – 1986 BMW K100RS Turbo
The BMW K100RS was a pleasant sport tourer in its day, and the flying brick platform is having a bit of a renaissance as a platform for custom builds right now. Some people saw fit to modify the bike when it was new, including RB Racing when they built approximately 200 kits to turbocharge the K100 motor. Here’s serial #3, …
Four Confederate Motorcycles
Confederate Motorcycles have had an interesting history since first kicking off in ’91. Founded by Matthew Chambers, who was a trial lawyer by trade before starting the exotic American manufacturer. Confederate bounced around, calling some half a dozen locations its factory/HQ, including Louisiana, California, Alabama, once having their facilities destroyed in hurricane Katrina. Despite being founded in 1991, Confederate’s first …
Matching Numbers – 1972 Triumph TR6R
The early 1970’s saw an innovative period of motorcycle development. It was an era of evolution, with engineers building on previously proven models and increasingly refining each manufacturer’s respective two-wheeled offerings. Triumph’s TR6 shares its lineage with the majority of its vertical-twin powered machines, tracing back to the ’38 500cc cast iron Speed Twin. After things calmed down a bit …
Rebirth – 2017 Brough Superior SS100 in England
In 2013, the legendary Brough Superior name was brought back to life by Mark Upham and he’s recently released a new SS100 for a select few to enjoy. Typically, each bike is built to order but this is a demo bike that you can snag immediately.
Rebuilt Ex-Racer – 1965 Ducati Mark 3 250
When the seller of this Ducati acquired this bike 44 years ago, he got it as “an ex-racer in several boxes.” Fast forward to last year, and he decided to give it a refresh. In his words, it’s not a 100 point bike, rather it’s “a nice example of one of Ducati’s most beloved and sought-after supersport bevel singles.” Whatever …
Gulf Livery – 2002 Ducati 748 Custom
One of my favorite racing liveries of all time is the powder blue and marigold orange of Gulf Oil. Yet for varying reasons, I’ve usually been underwhelmed when custom bikes wear the iconic colors. This striking 748 custom is an exception to the rule, as I think it looks great.
RC31 Racer – 1988 Honda Hawk GT
Post Listing Update: This Hawk got no interest at the opening ask of $4,200. It was relisted with a similar fate at $3,700. Offered by the second owner, this race bike only gets ridden two or three times a year so the seller wants it to go to someone else who will enjoy it more frequently. The Honda Hawk GT …
Rare in the US – 1955 Express Werke Radex 175S
Express Werke AG (AG = Aktiengesellschaft: a type of German corporation that’s owned by shareholders and is often publicly traded) had a 75 year history of producing bicycles, mopeds and small-displacement motorcycles, starting all the way back in 1884. Express Werke utilized engines produced by ILO and Sachs to power its lightweight scoots for a good deal of its time …
1 of 1,470 – 1980 Harley-Davidson FXB Sturgis
The FXB Sturgis is probably best known as a limited production model built to honor the legendary annual rally, but it may actually be notable for another reason – the “B” in FXB. That denoted the use of a belt drive, as this was Harley’s first application of the technology. The other letters of FX tell you that this was …
18,500 RPM Redline – 1993 Yamaha FZR250R
Post Sale Update: After 10 bids on eBay, this little Fizzer sold for $2,800. Officially sold only in Japan, Yamaha’s FZR250R was a little screamer that offered joy to riders that preferred momentum and high entry speeds to face-melting acceleration. The horsepower figure wasn’t bad (45 hp) though the torque was underwhelming (18 lb-ft), but both of those numbers pale …
Blast From The (Not-So) Distant Past – 2004 Triumph Daytona 600
In the early 2000’s, when Triumph was being referred to as an “upstart moco”, the iconic revived British manufacturer surprised the world by entering the wildly competitive and state-of-the-art supersport 600 market. Japan was dominating in this class and with sales booming the technological arms race was at full steam, so it was seemingly a questionable – or bold, depending …