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Jun 4, 2013 · The 1967 BSA Royal Star 650 has a special place in the heart of the Piano Man, Billy Joel — it was the first motorcycle he ever had.As time went on and Joel’s career blossomed, the love for motorcycles only grew.In fact, Joel even has his own motorcycle shop.But when the opportunity came to purchase another BSA Royal Star 650 and relive his youth, Joel didn’t want just anyone to restore it.
Jul 7, 2022 · Two-Wheeled Investing Positives. The Benefits Of Classic Motorcycle Investment. There are dozens of both positive and negative factors surrounding the ownership of classic motorcycles from an investment standpoint, though we’ll be starting here with the upsides.
- Start Shopping with Some Logical Ground Rules
- Early Yamaha Rd350
- 1981 Suzuki GSX1100S Katana
- 1987 Moto Guzzi Lemans 1000
- 2000 Honda VTR1000 SP-1
- 1998 Ducati 996
- Maico 490
- MV Agusta F4 750
- 1999 Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa
- 2002 Buell Firebolt Xb9r
There are no rules in investing in motorbikes. If there were, it would be easy. But we reckon there are some basics that have enough logic to be considered worthwhile.
While most of the world was going ga-ga over Japan’s four-cylinder superbikes in the early 1970s, Yamaha’s RD350 proved you could do a lot with a little. The diminutive twin-cylinder two-stroke embarrassed many a big bike, not only around the corners but even down the straight. The RD line included the wonderful RD400 Daytona and evolved into marve...
Designed by a German for a Japanese company to conquer the world, the Katana arrived to a market that loved the futuristic styling and gave Suzuki a huge image boost. (Also consider: Katana 750.)
Original LeMans 850s are now commanding big prices, but the later 1000cc MkV can still be found around the $10k mark. (Also consider: LeMans MkII, MkIII, MkIV). More reading here.
For our money, the SP variants of Honda’s VTR1000 are among the most collectible sports bikes to ever come out of Japan. The SP1 was created because Honda wanted a bike to beat Ducati in the world superbike series and, in typical Honda fashion, the bike did precisely that with Colin Edwards behind the bars. The SP1 was perfect on the track but a bi...
Spawned from the ground-breaking 916, the 996 has now slipped in value to the point where you can pick one up around $10,000. We have. And you should too. Well-heeled collectors will prefer the 916 of course, but they’ll pay more. For the rest of us, the 996 is a bargain. (Also consider: any late L-twin Ducati sports bike, but especially the 916, 9...
We weren’t going to include dirt bikes in this line-up, but we simply couldn’t ignore this one. If Elvis Presley were a dirt bike, he would be a Maico 490. It’s simply The King. Maico made the best motocross bikes in the world through the 1970s and into the 1980s, and the 490 in its various guises was the pinnacle of the company’s success. Not long...
More than a decade after the original MV Agusta empire collapsed, Italian brothers Claudio and Gianfranco Castiglioni (of Cagiva fame) were collecting the remnants of Italy’s once-great marques. They bought the rights to the MV Agusta name in 1991. Their first bikes under the reincarnated MV Agusta badge came in 1997 – a small range of fast, light,...
In 1999, the world was given it’s first 300kmh+ production motorcycle. The first Suzuki Hayabusa sparked a global panic about the speed-and-horsepower race getting out of hand, to the point that politicians started talking openly about banning the sale of hyper-fast bikes. Manufacturers responded by implementing an unwritten agreement to put speed ...
Almost as tragic as the story of Maico is the story of Buell. Erik Buell was an engineer who worked for Harley-Davidson and dreamed of making a Harley sports bike. Not a chopper pretending to be a sportsbike, like the H-D Sportster, but an actual sports bike that you could take to the hills and whup your mates or even take to the race track and win...
Feb 9, 2024 · The all-new BSA Gold Star was on display at AIMExpo, as the company tried to entice dealers to carry the retro-styled machine.
Sep 22, 2023 · Read about a classic BSA A10 restoration, being built in partnership with the National Motorcycle Museum and BSA themselves, here with MCN.
Feb 10, 2022 · The seller has this fully-restored 1967 BSA Spitfire Mark III posted here on Hemmings. They’re asking $13,000 or best offer and it’s located in Montrose, Colorado. BSA has also been making motorcycles as long as Ford Motor Company has been the Ford Motor Company which is just another way of showing how incredibly long this company has been ...
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THE BIKE SPECIALISTS, TRADING STANDARDS AWARD WINNERS 2023. Bike ID: #9401 We are proud to offer a rare opportunity to own one of these absolutely stunning, fully restored BSA A75R Hurricane Replicas.
