Post Sale Update: This YM-1 sold for $3,250 after 9 bids on eBay. Described in Yamaha’s marketing materials as a “Cross Country Sport”, the YM-1 was an evolution of the YDS-3 and it was the top of the line Yamaha sportbike of the time. This example was part of a 13 bike collection that “sat dormant in a Texas barn …
February 2018 Result Highlights
Last month we featured some great bikes – but did they sell? And if so, for how much?
2002 Ghezzi-Brian Furia
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View Post1983 Benelli 900 Sei
Post Sale Update: The seller added a BIN of $14,000, and that’s what this Sei sold for! 1-7-2018: Over two years later, the new owner has put about 100 miles on this beautiful Sei and is now offering it up for someone else to be the 5th owner. It has since moved across the country and is now available in …
November 2017 Result Highlights
View PostLittle, Rare, and Italian – 1991 Gilera CX125
The Gilera CX125 is a really unique little avant-garde motorcycle. Obviously its unorthodox front wheel setup is its most predominant feature, but its space-age full bodywork definitely furthers the adventurousness of the design. The small-bore scoot was built by Gilera, an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded more than a century ago that was eventually bought by the Piaggio Group. The Arcore-based …
October 2017 Result Highlights
Last month we featured some great bikes – but did they sell? And if so, for how much?
Question Intermission: What Was The “Most Beautiful Bike of Show” at EICMA?
According to the press release I just got from Ducati, it was the new Panigale V4 as it captured over 16,000 votes, or 61.17% of the show. Yet when you consider everything else that debuted at EICMA, I’m inclined to believe that a large percentage of those voters just selected the Ducati as the hometown favorite. What do you say?
Auction Preview – Larry Klein Estate in Michigan
11-13-17 Update: Readers John G and Jim B note that this is a good time to update this post as the auction is happening this weekend. They’ve finally categorized everything so you can see what’s available. Larry Klein was the owner of GT Motors in Lansing, Michigan, a well-known Moto Guzzi dealership – but he may have been even better …
A Collection of 6 Sportbikes
Someone in Denver, Colorado is letting go of a fine collection of 6 bikes. Normally when someone offers up a set like this the asking prices are all silly. In this case, I think they’re quite reasonable. Which would you want to take home?
1977 Laverda 1000 V6 Prototype
The 1977 Laverda 1000 V6 Prototype is quite possibly the most interesting bike I’ve ever featured on Bike-urious. Despite the concept for the bike stemming from the questionable idea that was to bring an automotive engineer onboard to design a V6 race engine, it’s still a genuinely awesome machine. This bike doesn’t appear to have the same kind of notoriety …
August 2017 Result Highlights
Last month we featured some great bikes – but did they sell? And if so, for how much?
1967 Ducati MK3 250 CRMC Racer
In 1967, Ducati rejoined the single-cylinder roadbike market with the Mark 3 (or MK3) 250 and 350 models, as well as a 450 version by the end of the ’60’s. Ducati would spend almost two-and-a-half decades utilizing single-cylinder engines that used Fabio Taglioni’s non-spring-actuated valve-system. Ducati also offered a factory race kit for the MK3, though I haven’t been able …