A post relating to a motorcycle barn find
The Yamaha SZR660 was never a big sales success for Yamaha. Whist the idea of a big single cylinder engine in a lightweight good handling chassis makes a lot of sense, the quirky styling probably put a lot of buyers off. MZ also had a similar approach with the Scorpion Read more…
The Suzuki RG500 is a fairly common sight on most auction websites these days, whilst browsing ebay I could see around 10 examples for sale ranging from almost mint original bikes to rough projects. This particular auction listing raised my interest because it was for two Suzuki RG500 motorcycles, one Read more…
This week’s awesome barn find is the interesting 1989 Norton Commander. Whilst some manufacturers dabbled with production motorcycles using the wankel rotary engine, for example the Suzuki RE5, these were short lived due to poor sales when compared with their more conventional line up of motorcycles. Norton started developing their Read more…
Every once in a while you come across a barn find project bike for sale which results in you thinking about the original idea. This mash-up of Honda CB1000, CBR1000, Suzuki Katana GSX750SE and MV Auguta F4 left me scratching my head for a while. I think I can see Read more…
This Yamaha RD500 LC barn find is truly unusual due to the life it has lead being disassembled and reassembled! This example was actually imported to the UK as a pre-production model for Yamaha dealerships and service technicians to examine and be trained on, prior to the release of the Read more…