Post Listing Update: this Darmah did not meet reserve despite 39 bids up to $11,050 on eBay in Wainscott, New York. Stuart Parr has a hell of a motorcycle collection – several years ago he even had an exhibit for the public to enjoy some of his machines. Coming out of that collection today is a 900 SD Darmah that …
New Auction Bike with No Reserve – 1970 Honda Z50 Mini Trail Project
Post Sale Update: This Z50 sold for $2,750 on Iconic Motorbike Auctions. No Reserve auctions are always fun because we’re guaranteed to have a winner. Will it be you this time?
Contest Intermission – RevZilla/MotoQuest Adventure
Two years ago, Spurgeon from RevZilla and I took a couple of BMW boxer adventure bikes from Los Angeles to Cabo for MotoQuest. If you read that story (Part 1, Part 2) and wanted to do it yourself, you may just be in luck! RevZilla and MotoQuest are partnering up to give you and a friend a week long trip …
Pikes Peak Racer – 2008 Yamaha YZ450 Super Single
Built by Tom Kendall of Speed Lab Garage, this YZ450 competed in the Lightweight category at Pikes Peak this year and has raced multiple seasons of AFM.
Nice Price – 2002 Aprilia Futura
MCN called the Futura “desperately underestimated, sadly short lived and now a potential bargain“. Here’s one you can snag for less than $2,000 – anyone fancy an end-of-season fly and ride?
New In Crate In Canada – 2007 Honda CR250R
10-28-2019 Update: When this bike was last offered for sale 13 months ago, the seller said he’d keep it for five years before selling it again. Looks like that isn’t the case…so you can find this CR for sale with a BIN of approximately $15,308 here on eBay. Post Listing Update: This Honda did not meet reserve despite 20 bids …
No Reserve – 1973 Triumph Hurricane X-75 Project
Post Sale Update: This Hurricane project sold for $16,600 after 69 bids on eBay in Tampa, Florida. Considered by some to be the world’s first “factory custom”, the Triumph Hurricane was the brainchild of Craig Vetter (well known as a motorcycle designer and manufacturer of custom motorcycle fairings) and Don Brown (General Manager of BSA). Brown wanted a better looking …
New Auction Bike – 2001 Honda RC51 Jurassic Park For Charity
Post Sale Update: This RC51 sold for $7,169 on IMA in Marina del Rey, California. This one’s a big one for us – Honda has chosen to partner with Iconic Motorbike Auctions Powered by Bike-urious to auction off two motorcycles in support of Ride for Kids and the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation. Did you see my photos from Ride for …
Out of Office – Passporting Around
It’s been a while since Nathan and I have taken a weekend off to goof around with a bike and try to get some fun photos and video. That changes today!
New Auction Bike – 1974 Yamaha RD200
Post Sale Update: This RD200 sold for $2,251 on Iconic Motorbike Auctions. It’s simple, it’s cheap, and it’s about to meet reserve – today on the auction site we’ve got a Yamaha RD200!
New Auction Bike – 2002 Mondial Piega
Post Sale Update: This Piega sold for $20,437 on Iconic Motorbike Auctions in Marina del Rey, California. It’s been a little while since I’ve hit you with something from the new auction site, but there’s a few awesome ones that I want to alert you to this week. First we’ve got one of my favorite sportbikes of all time – …
Restored in 2011 – 1974 BMW R90S
Post Listing Update: This R90S did not meet reserve despite 43 bids up to $12,799 on eBay in Scottsdale, Arizona. The R90S is one of BMW’s most famous bikes, and it was an instant game-changer when it was released in 1974. With oversight from Hans Muth, this bike was built to show the world that the German firm could make …
1971 Honda CB750
Post Sale Update: This CB750 sold for $6,300 after 52 bids on eBay in Santa Cruz, California. I’ve featured several of Sam Ujeni’s bikes over the years as his work is very impressive – you may remember his restored CB750 that won Best in Show at this year’s Quail Motorcycle Gathering. Today’s bike isn’t pristine, but it would make an …
145 Miles – 1982 Suzuki GS550M Katana
Post Sale Update: This Katana sold for $2,746 after 24 bids on eBay in Matthews, North Carolina. Arguably a restyle of the GS550, the middleweight Katana had many of the styling cues of its bigger brothers, except the most important one! The headlight was a solitary circle sticking out into the wind, instead of a square in the distinctive angular …
1964 Aermacchi Sprint 350 Road Racer
Post Sale Update: This Aermacchi road racer sold for $4,550 after 30 bids on eBay in Santa Rosa, California. Built by Paul Brodie, this Aermacchi Sprint is said to be a “true turnkey racer” with a history of “many top finishes in the Northwest.” The seller “acquired the bike many years ago”, raced it for one season, and then put …