Hard to find for sale and always desirable, the Indian inline four cylinder is often the highlight of any American motorcycle collection. This 1939 model is fully restored and has only 5700 miles on the restoration. For 1939, the Indian four had a rigid rear suspension with trailing-link forks and quarter-elliptic leaf spring up front. It's equipped with a 6 volt … [Read more...]
Unrestored 1969 Honda CB750 K0 Sandcast in Very Good Condition
The very first Honda CB750s with the sandcast engine cases are the ones everyone wants, but they're getting a lot harder to find. This one is unrestored, with only necessary cosmetic work as needed. It was repainted in the original blue and the tank is a NOS replacement. The NOS tank emblems come from noted sandcast restorer Vic World, the seat was reupholstered with an … [Read more...]
Was the 1993 Yamaha GTS1000 Too Innovative or Just Too Expensive?
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 everyone was waiting for, … except … [Read more...]
Finish Your Collection With This 1951 Vincent Black Shadow
The Vincent Black Shadow is legendary and today, you'll pay a premium price for almost any example that comes up for sale, but many seem to forget, when new, these bikes were ridden hard and raced hard and responsible for speed records that stood for many years. Now, every one is carefully examined and traced back to the day it came from the factory, the keepers of the Vincent … [Read more...]
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 time went on, they did, but the reaction at the time was simply shock and … [Read more...]