Over the last 15 years, the seller of this GS has tried to turn it “into one of the best and most unique street biased PD’s in terms of performance and aesthetics.” It’s definitely unique – I can’t say I’ve ever seen Buco saddlebags on a GS before.
Rare Fairing – 1971 Moto Guzzi Ambassador Project
I normally wouldn’t be terribly excited to feature an Ambo project, but the fairing on this bike is unlike anything I’ve ever seen. The seller can’t identify it beyond saying it’s a “very rare fairing that was made for early Guzzi’s.” Do any of you know who made this fairing that looks like it contains rocket launchers?
Ending Soon – RK Concepts Bearing
View PostFully Restored – 1960 BMW R60/2
Here’s a first-year example of the 30 horsepower R60/2 that’s been fully restored by some noted experts in the world of classic BMWs. For more information on the slash 2, check out this page on Jeff Dean’s BMW-focused web site.
Picture Intermission – “Cool Girls Riding Their Motorbikes”
One last trip back to Flashbak, a website that collects all kinds of media from the past “with one aim – to make the past come alive.” This time it’s for a great collection of vintage photos of women with their motorcycles – like the featured photo above of a stuntwoman (Doris Smith, aka Marjorie Dare) conquering a Wall of …
3 Wheeled Adventurer – 2004 Suzuki DL650 with Dauntless Sidecar
The Suzuki DL650 (also known as the V-Strom 650, or even the Wee-Strom because it’s the smaller of the two models) was introduced in 2004, taking a modified V-Twin engine from the SV650 and surrounding it in an adventure-touring package. This first year example adds some versatility (at the expense of width) with a Dauntless M72D sidecar rig.
February 2016 Result Highlights
View Post1962 Valmobile Suitcase Scooter
Post-Listing Update: This Valmobile did not meet reserve with bidding up to $2,225. Weighing just 75 pounds, the Valmobile was marketed as a ‘foldaway motor scooter and golf car.’ The front assembly folds into the the body, and a pull handle allows you to drag the box by hand as it rolls on the rear wheel!
Ending Soon – 2 1980s Moto Guzzis
A dealer in Henrietta, Texas has two cool red Guzzis from an estate sale – a CX100 and a Le Mans Mk 4!
Text Intermission – The First Cross-Country Motorcycle Trip
Sarah Laskow of Atlas Obscura just shared the great story of George Wyman, a motorcyclist who rode from San Francisco to New York over fifty days in 1903. It was grueling – he had to pedal the last 150 miles because the engine quit, but he made it! And here’s what most people don’t know – he was the first …
Gift Intermission – Nicetrails
Alright, this is a little bit different, but I think it could become a cool gift idea if you’ve got some cool GPS tracks laying around from your last off-road ride…
AMA Race Bike – 2008 Buell 1125R
In honor of EBR’s announcement that they’re somehow back again, even if no one ever seems to buy their new bikes, here’s an ex-AMA Buell racer that was ridden by Shawn Higbee for Richie Morris Racing.
Impressively Original – 1936 Harley-Davidson EL Knucklehead
Post-Listing Update: This Knucklehead did not meet reserve with bidding up to $70,100 after 53 bids on eBay. This lovely EL is being offered by the third owner, who says it hasn’t been ‘changed’ since 1965, when the original owner repainted it. In 1989, the bike was put away by the second owner and the third owner has just brought …
Cafe’d Interceptor — 1984 Honda VF500 Custom
Customs built on early Honda CB’s and CX’s are pretty common these days, and justifiably so. With their classic proportions and interesting engines, they fall easily to the artist’s eye. But can one work with a “modern” perimeter chassis and complex V-4 power plant? Apparently yes, as Illinois-based Craig Rodsmith of Rodsmith Customs shows us with this VF500 Interceptor cafe …
Video Intermission – 70s AMF/Harley-Davidson Ad
I love me some vintage motorcycle ads, so here’s one from the AMF/Harley days advertising their SS250 street bike. The idea was that it looks so close to the 1,000cc Harley that it has to be just as powerful/good/name an adjective.”Until you been on a Harley-Davidson, you haven’t been on a motorcycle.”