The 1993 Yamaha GTS1000 was a breakthrough for motorcycle suspension technology, when a major manufacturer, using the RADD (Rationally Advanced Design Development) front suspension designed by James Parker, did away with the front forks and replaced them with a single sided swingarm. It was a leap into the future, the end of forks, the advance […]
The Classic Ninja That Started the Speed Wars, the 1988 Kawasaki ZX10
In 1988, Kawasaki unleashed an amazing motorcycle, the Ninja 1000 or ZX10. The motorcycle press flat ran out of words to describe this thing, everyone was sure it was the ne plus ultra of super bikes. Who could imagine any factory topping what this bike could do right off the showroom floor, of course, as […]
This Kawasaki KZ830 Turbo is Just Like You Would Build It
Ezio Covelli has a nice little business building custom motorcycles. Like any builder, he’s always trying to hit that sweet spot, the right combination of modifications, color, stance and performance and then bringing it all together in one bike and it looks like he did it with this one. What started out as a very […]
The Honda GB500 You’re Waiting For is Here
You’ll see a Honda GB500 TT come up for sale now and then, sometimes they’ve been “improved” by their owner and other times they’ve just been abused, but this one hits all the right buttons. It’s in beautiful condition all around and mileage at just over 8300 is relatively low. There’s no corrosion or pitting […]
2000 Kawasaki W650 – How Japan Might Have Built a Triumph
The Japanese motorcycle companies went through a period when their designers focused their attention on the older British classics, like the Triumph Bonneville, and figured they had a better idea or interpretation of the concept. The Honda GB500 was their way of doing an English cafe racer and the Kawasaki W650 you see here recreates […]
1968 Suzuki Raider 305 Completely Restored
Back in ancient times when two strokes roamed the highways, there was an assortment to choose from in the showrooms of most every manufacturer. The 1968 Suzuki Raider 305 is a good example and this one in particular is about as nice as they come. It had a nut and bolt restoration, anything worn was […]
1973 Honda CB750 K3 Unrestored and Low Miles
There are a lot of Honda CB750s around which makes sense because Honda sold so many of them. What makes these earlier models so special is they represent the bike that changed everything. You can look at motorcycles as before the CB750 and after, it was an overnight sensation and all of the other manufacturers […]
1989 Honda GB500 – the British Cafe Racer From Japan
Unappreciated when new, the Honda GB500 is one of those motorcycles that everyone at the time let slip away. They showed up in Honda showrooms as the Japanese interpretation of what the classic British cafe racer should have been and they built a beauty. Unfortunately, it showed up as the big displacement horsepower wars were […]
1973 Honda CB350F is an Affordable Collectible
It’s easy to get the idea that any collector motorcycle will be too expensive for most of us, but even if you can’t buy a ’36 Knucklehead EL, there are still tens of thousands of wonderful bikes worth considering that are available now and will return your investment if you decide to sell sometime down […]
1965 Honda CB450-K0 Black Bomber is Easy Entry to Collectible Motorcycles
When the British motorcycle industry collapsed, they had only themselves to blame, warning signs had been coming for a while, like this 1965 CB450 Black Bomber. It had a reliable electrical system, imagine that! Electric start and overhead cams in this hi revving, oil tight twin just added to the list of indications that bigger […]