OK – I know that I owe you some updates on my “racing a CB160” story but the short version is that it went…not as well as my Kramer racing went. With that said, I’m switching things up for this year’s AHRMA season and going with a bigger bike that I can actually fit on: a BMW R75/5. I’ll explain …
Drixton Framed in Europe – 197x Honda CB350
Over at Iconic, we’re about to do some business with Oliver Lomas (the son of Jim Lomas, of JL Exhausts fame) to help distribute JollyMoto exhausts and during my reserach I found that they’ve also got some cool bikes for sale. Here’s a great example – a Drixton-framed Honda CB350!
AHRMA Racer – 1973 BMW R75/5
Post Sale Update: It’s a long and semi-complicated story, but…this bike is now in my garage. I plan on racing it in Sportsman 750 in the 2025 AHRMA season! My buddy Don is selling a BMW R75/5 that has a lot of promise as a Formula 750 race bike in AHRMA – please buy it so that I have another …
Pikes Peak Racer – 2015 KTM 1290 Super Duke R
Post Sale Update: this KTM sold for $9,999 (including the buyer’s fee) after 26 bids on Iconic Motorbike Auctions. Raced by my buddy Rennie Scaysbrook as part of Team Cycle News at the 2015 running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, this Super Duke R was sold to a private party in 2019 through our auction site (Iconic) but …
Race Bike in France – Nico Bakker Barracuda
Nico Bakker made a name for himself starting back in the 70s by taking Japanese engines and enveloping them in better frames and suspensions. His focus was usually on race bikes, those in recent times he’s also built some road bikes. In the late 90s, Bakker built the Barracuda as a race bike, and he instantly started winning in the …
1970 Benelli Tornado 650
“THE GOOD THINGS in life don’t come cheap these days,” wrote Cycle World in 1972. “The Benelli 650, a pushrod Twin with electric starting and five-speed gearbox, will cost you more than $2,000 by the time it gets here from Italy.”
No Reserve – 2022 Vyrus 986 M2
In addition to the badass 50cc Vyrus from yesterday, the same seller has a “full-size” one that I think is worth sharing.
Supermono Replica – 2000 Tigcraft/Rotax Racer
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 …
My Old Track Bike – 2019 Kawasaki Ninja 400
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 …
80s Racer – 1984 Yamaha RZ350
Per the seller, “this is the RZ350 that Larry Trow raced with NOCAM Racing at Portland International Raceway in the late 80’s.”
1988 Yamaha TZ250 With Honda XR600 Motor
Thanks to the motor from a Honda XR600, this Yamaha TZ250 is ready to compete in AHRMA Soudns of Singles 1…the same class I raced in with my Kramer. Nudge, nudge.
No Reserve – Team Cycle World/Attack Performance 1993 Yamaha YZF750SP
Before the new-fangled internet changed everything, motorcycle magazines had some serious budgets that allowed for fascinating stories and for expensive projects – like racing. Over at Iconic we’ve got a relic from the good old days. We’ve had it for over five years and it’s time for it to find a new custodian so we’re offering it up with no …
2021 Krämer HKR Evo2-690S
A couple of days ago, I shared a Bimota Tesi 3D Final Edition that’s for sale – here’s another model for sale that’s dear to my heart as it’s in my personal garage: a Kramer 690!
Race Report – The Honda Grom Prix, Part 2
The teams were set, practice was done, the bikes were ready, and the air horn had sounded: it was time for the three-hour endurance race that Honda was calling the Grom Prix! Time for you to guess how I finished…and then you can read on to see how accurate you were!