Motorcycle Investor mag Subscribe to our free email news What's happening News August 2022 Time machine:
Kawasaki ZRX1100R, Aug 29 It's year 2000 and this year-old ZRX
is on the market at Au$11,490
(US$7900, GB£6700). What's it worth now? See our Time Machine
mini-feature. Auction watch -
big money for Honda Dream, Aug 27 We've noticed USA auction site Bring a
Trailer has been producing some close to unbelievable
results in recent months, like this once-humble 1966 Honda
Dream Touring (aka a CA77). The 305cc twin admittedly underwent a big
restoration, so the vendor is more likely to be recovering
costs than making any real money on the thing. Nevertheless, it sold for a
remarkable Au$32,500 (US$22,500, GB£19,200). Had it been Robert Pirsig's (he of Zen and
the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance fame)
Super Hawk of the same year, we could well understand
the premium. However it seems this Dream Touring
had no particular claim to fame, though it is a
beautiful resto job. Tiger tales -
the movie, Aug 25
It was a ridiculous idea...send two giant
1200 Triumph Tiger adventure tourers out to compete in the
historic South Australia 24-hour trial, better suited to
lightweight singles than full-sized shaft-drive triples. Well-known TT racer Cam Donald and
long-term (and expert) riding mate Donald 'Donnie'
Owen tackled the event. See the movie version –
well worth grabbing a glass of your favourite tipple
and watching. How much for the
Harley? Aug 25 If you had to nominate some of the motorcycle darlings of the auction world at the moment, a green frame Ducati 750SS might well be at the top of your list. Plus maybe a Brough Superior SS100. Close behind, however, you need to list these – the now not-so-humble early EL Knucklehead series.
See the National Motorcycle Museum (USA) Knucklehead page. Ducati
Supermono, Aug 24 Loaded with
clever design features, the Ducati Supermono promised
much, but sadly never made it into full production. See the story. MV Agusta bible,
Aug 23 Ian Falloon's MV Agusta bible is soon due for launch. Find it here. And find a
piece on the revered 750 S here. BMW R100GS in a
box, Aug 21 If there's one thing that drives the
auction market into a frenzy, it's a desirable unused
motorcycle in a box – that is, its original shipping
crate. Bring a Trailer has a 1995 R100GS
Classic on the market at the moment, in black, in its
box. Bidding is at
an awe inspiring Au$40,700 (US$28,000,
GB£23,600) with a week to go. Any predictions on what
it will sell for? See the story
on our R100GS Paris-Dakar. Flashback:
One great Ride, Aug 21 Does one fantastic trip spell the end of a relationship?
See the story
here. Superbusa, Aug
20
UK tuning house TTS Performance is about to launch a limited run of generation 3 supercharged Suzuki Hayabusas, after developing kits across all three generations of the model. The power claim for a bike in street trim is 370 horses, or nearing double the already prodigious figure of a gen 3 stocker. See the story on our own gen1 hotted-up Hayabusa (with more modest ambitions), named Hannibal. Early Gixxer, Aug 19 It's not every day you trip over a clean 1988 Suzuki GSX-R1100J. This one has popped up on Brad's Vintage Cycle Sales for Au$13,850 (US$9500, GB£8100). See our Suzuki GSX-R1100 profile. Super quarter,
Aug 19 A seriously quick and sharp
quarter-litre two-stroke, Kawasaki's KR-1S was a
favourite for some, though running survivors seem to
be very thin on the ground. See the
backgrounder at Motorcycle Specs. Big stroker, Aug
18 It's 1967 and
Suzuki has its pioneering 500 in the market...see the
period Cycle World magazine test, here. Super tourer
fix, Aug 14 It took some eye-watering resources,
but our ailing BMW K1200LT is up and running again.
And, despite the repairs, we reckon it stacks up as a
good thing. See the story. Helmet fail, Aug
14 One of these helmets looked like a bargain, and failed. More here. Heavy metal, Aug
13 At last! Some decent weather in Melbourne
so we could get the heavy cruisers out for a gallop. In the pic: 2009 Indian Chief
Vintage and 2001 Honda
Valkyrie Interstate. See the bikes
that have lived in the shed. AMCN Norton V4
review, Aug 13 Norton's long-promised V4SV is nearing
release after being re-engineered by the company's current
owners – TVS Motors who, by the way, are far more
financially stable than their predecessors. In the UK, the machine looks like it will
cost a breath-taking Au$77,000 (US$55,000, GB£45,000) and
so far there's no word on local distribution. In the meantime, Australian Motor
Cycle News has published a review. See it here. Bandit country,
Aug 12
Suzuki's Bandit 1200 street
bike was a legendary series and for a long time (from
model year 1996) just about the best bang for your buck
on two wheels. Are there any good early ones
still getting around? See the Suzuki Cycles timeline for this series.
There is
still some potentially good buying in the used market, such as this
low-mile 2003 offering at $6000.
Old school Moto Guzzi 850, Aug 12 Random ad for the day – 1976 Moto Guzzi T3 from the east coast of the USA. See the specs and backgrounder here. Shannons auction
results, Aug 10 This week's Shannons Winter classics
auction showed some mixed results, though motorcycles
generally did pretty well. See the story here. Honda XL350, Aug
9
Wheelie style,
Aug 8 1978 French Yamaha XS1100 ad. Rare bikes: MV
Agusta F4 Veltro, Aug 6 Built as a tribute to an air force
squadron, this series is incredibly rare. See the story here. That Seventies
Show, Aug 6 Flashback: When the shed gets
overtaken by a weird and wonderful era...see it here. Dual Hailwoods,
August 3 A tough decision for the would-be
Ducati Hailwood 900 replica owner: Two variants
currently on offer via a Shannons auction in
Australia. Both are listed as 1981 models. The first (above)
claims the lower mileage and longer-term ownership
that includes an older restoration. It has an estimate of
Au$28-34,000 (US$19-24,000, GB£16-19,000). The second
(above) has been kept functional and lists some
rebuild work and presents as the more original of the
two. It carries an estimate of Au$25-35,000
(US$17-24,000, GB£14-20,000) and is on at no reserve. Bevel-drive MHRs were built from 1979
through to 1986, by which time they had been through
many updates and had become the Mille. We'd be taking a closer look at them
before making a decision. See the
auction cattledog here. Ecco BMW, August
2 This rather special 1954 R68 BMW is on the market,
carrying an Ecco Engineering-branded fuel tank and an
engine said to be modified to R69S spec with twin-plug
heads. As a later model in the R68 series, it's also
carrying the full-width brakes. Standard, they were supposed to be good for 170km/h
(105mph). You'd expect this example to be substantially
quicker. Price? Au$65,000
(US$45,000, GB£37,000). See an Ecco
profile at Shannons; More airheads: See the R65 that graced our shed;
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