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Supermono Replica – 2000 Tigcraft/Rotax Racer

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My buddy Al Charles is the former road race director at AHRMA and he’s been selling some of his very cool motorcycle collection over on Iconic. Here’s my favorite so far – a Ducati Supermono tribute built with a custom aluminum Tigcraft frame surrounding a 519cc Rotax engine. Even better is the reason why he bought it: Al used to …

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My Old Track Bike – 2019 Kawasaki Ninja 400

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You guys all know that my track/race bike is a Kramer 690, but the bike that really got me into track riding was a wonderful Ninja 400 that I remember fondly. I sold it last year but the bike is back at Iconic as the owner has to unfortunately but his track aspirations are on hold due to injury and …

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BMW K1200R Power Cup

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6-26-2024 Update: 11 years later (!), it looks like this bike is up for sale again. It actually sold on Bring a Trailer in April for $10,000 and now it’s up at a dealer for roughly 50% more. It currently has 1,280 kilometers (795 miles) and ti’s sold on an off-road title. I have to admit that there’s part of …

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In Australia – 1985 Ducati TT1

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Ducati’s TT1 was a 748cc race bike based on the iconic TT2 (600cc), a bike that won multiple world championships. The TT1 ultimately wouldn’t be as successful as its predecessor, but the 750 was nonetheless a solid racer that would lead to a street-legal variant we know as the F1 750. This example is not one of the original (50-60 …

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1994 Yamaha TZ125 with Yamaha WR250 Engine

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Yamaha’s TZ125 production road racer was offered between 1980 and 2010 – Yoshiaki Kato won the All Japan 125cc Championship on one in 1993. It utilized a 2-stroke 124cc single cylinder engine paired with a 6-speed transmission, but that doesn’t matter in this case as today’s example utilizes the 4-stroke 250 out of a Yamaha WR250X supermoto!