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  2 days ago

  Two-Stroke Terror: Johnny Cecotto’s 1978 Factory Yamaha 0W31

  Bike EXIF -   by Dean Larson  

  Formula 750 started out as a noble concept to put big-bore street bikes on the grid. Fans wanted to see Triumph and Kawasaki triples slugging it out with Honda fours on Sunday. Yamaha saw the rulebook, read between the lines and dropped a bomb on the paddock. They rolled out the two-stroke TZ750 …

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  Neo-Retro Tracker: Yamaha MT-25 “Rusa”

  bikebound.com

  The Yamaha MT-25 is a 250cc liquid-cooled parallel-twin naked bike — a close sibling of the 320cc MT-03. Both of these lightweight twins offer the …

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  5 days ago

  Rare Project – 1956 Cabton FXN 500

  bike-urious.com - Abhi

  Cabton was a Japanese motorcycle company that built bikes between 1934 and 1960 – per Bonhams, it was “Japan’s largest motorcycle manufacture and …

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  4 days ago

  The Kawasaki Z1 Cost $1,900 In 1973, One Has Already Sold For $50,000

  hotcars.com - John Hubbell Rosene

  The early 1970s were a turning point for Japanese motorcycles. Honda had already changed expectations for what a large street bike could be, and the …

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  JDM Model – 1970 Honda CB750

  bike-urious.com - Abhi

  I’ve featured plenty of CB750s over the years, but we have one on the auction site right now that caught my interest because it is a Japanese …

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  4 days ago

  Eight Cruisers That Out-Muscle Harley's Low Rider S And What You Surrender To Own Them

  hotcars.com - Luke Zietsman

  At $18,999, the latest Harley-Davidson Low Rider S actually offers a reasonable amount of value. While this is a lot of money for a motorcycle, you …