Most riders are familiar with Honda’s CB175 and CL175 – but bringing up the CD175 results in blank stares. Sold as a touring version of the 175 triplets, the CD was by all accounts a competent if slightly boring standard. With all that said, this is by far the nicest example I’ve ever seen, thanks to an impressive restoration job.
1 of 150 – 2007 Ducati 999S Team USA Replica
Ducati has a habit of adding cosmetic packages to their “R” bikes (typically the top of the line) and making race reps out of them – like the Xerox, Bayliss, or Fila replicas. When they decided to commemorate their participation in AMA Superbike, they weirdly decided to use the 999S instead of the R as the base of the Team …
1991 Buell RS 1200/5 Westwind
View PostGuess That Bike – Animated TV Show Edition
Somehow, this makes my third reference to the TV show Archer in the last week – but that’s just because it’s my favorite TV show at the moment. The animators behind Archer have been celebrated for their attention to detail when it comes to automobiles, so I thought I’d see if their motorcycle animation skills were up to snuff, too. …
Little Racer – 2009 Honda RS125 GP
Post Listing Update: This RS125R was pulled off of eBay, final sale price unknown. Honda sold the RS125 for decades, and from the beginning it was an excellent privateer race bike from the factory. Looking to learn how to race while dealing with a two-stroke powerband? Look no further.
Custom Honda GL650 Cafe Racer
Kevin Murphy is a retired master mechanic who has been working on Honda GL/CX bikes for years – I featured one of his previous builds almost exactly a year ago.
Rocket Performance – 2016 Yamaha YZ250F
Post-Listing Update: This Yammie MX bike got no interest at the BIN of $15,000. Rocket Exhaust builds parts to help privateers compete with with the big boys in Motocross and Supercross. Don Leib is the president of Rocket, and he built this bike for his son to compete with – until the son was signed to a pro team. Now …
Audio Intermission – The Cycle Industry in 1921
Here’s a cool trip back in time: an audio recording of “The Cycle Industry: Its origin, history, and latest developments” by Walter Ferdinando Grew, originally published in 1921!
Portuguese Scooter – 1973 Casal Carina S170
Here’s something I’ve never encountered before: the Portuguese company of Veiculos Casal. They made mopeds, small motorcycles, and scooters – here’s one of the last, a Carina S170.
1953 Göricke Gö 100 S
Based out of Bielefeld, Germany, Göricke was founded as a bicycle manufacturer in 1874. They started producing motorcycles in 1903 and were acquired by Panther in 1964. Between those years they produced a variety of motorcycles, including this Gö 100 S, which is powered by a Sachs motor.
1984 KTM 495 MX
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 Dry Lake with an ’81.
Bike-urious does the Baja 1000 – Part 7
It wasn’t a race, but we finally got to tackle our first long ride – Los Angeles to Barstow to Vegas.
Imported Benly – 1956 Honda JC56 125cc
The 250cc Honda Benly was one of the three initial U.S. offerings by Honda and helped establish the company’s toehold in this country. But back home smaller displacement tiddlers were the manufacturer’s bread-and-butter, meaning basic, reliable, utilitarian transport. But that didn’t mean they couldn’t be without style, and the Benly line were among the best-looking.
Video Intermission – Allen Millyard’s V-Twin Hondas
Allen Millyard has built all kinds of cool things in the past, like a motorcycle powered by the V-10 engine from a Dodge Viper, a V-12 made up of two Kawasaki KZ1300 powerplants, or the Flying Millyard, a bike with a 5,000cc V-Twin using two cylinders from a Pratt and Whitney 1340 radial engine. But my favorite contraption out of …
Needs Some Work – 1968 Yamaha YA6
The YA6 was the first Yamaha to feature “Autolube” oil injection, which led to a Safety & Engineering award from Auto & Motor Sport magazine. The Autolube concept was incredibly successful and was a mainstay of Yamaha’s line for years. The YA6? Not so much, it’s a rare find nowadays.