If you look, you’ll realise that it’s finally happened: people have realised that 20-year-old sportsbikes are modern classics… And especially when they look this good… Back in 1996 work began on the YZF-R1, at the same time as work was…
We at CB-Net still remember the arrival of the Honda CB600F Hornet. Let’s just say it felt a tad underwhelming at the time… but oh what an impact it eventually made. This was Honda’s response to the successful Suzuki GS600…
The next in our series where Classic-Motorbikes.net looks back at the machines enjoyed by those of us now in our 50s. What made them memorable and why we loathed or lusted after them? Fear of dropping your pride and joy…
The next in our series where Classic-Motorbikes.net looks back at the machines enjoyed by those of us now in our 50s. What made them memorable and why we loathed or lusted after them? Yamaha XT500 Although the XT500 was first…
A new series where Classic-Motorbikes.net looks back at the machines enjoyed by those of us now in our 50s. What made them memorable and why we loathed or lusted after them? Yamaha RD Air-cooled Two things you may not know…
It’s a ‘Marmite bike’, love it or hate it and opinions do vary but when I first spied its ugly nose cone protruding from a crate I felt the Sachs appeal; like the B805 being different isn’t always a bad…
Production of the single cam CB750 ended in 1978 with the last of the K and F series machines being coded ‘78’ and offered for sale in the us and Canada.
The last word in motorcycling exotica in its day, the Honda NR750 (RC40) boasts a specification that makes even the current crop of Moto GP bikes seem technologically conservative.
It was made only in that year and supposedly only 20 were made at all.
‘Many enthusiasts would argue that the DOHC 250 Morini, which reached a peak in 1963 when the might of Honda only just managed to vanquish the lone Italian single with Tarquinio Provini in the saddle, was the most outstanding design of its type ever conceived.
