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Over on the auction site we’ve got one of the nicest examples of Yamaha’s tariff-beating sportbike that I’ve seen in a while – the FZ700!
We actually just sold Nick Ienatsch’s FZ750 last week but this example is the de-stroked version (697cc) that was offered for just one year to get around the 49.4% tariff that the feds put on imported bikes over 700cc. For more on the Tariff Busters...

Let’s take a look at another rare Suzuki – this time a 250cc sportbike that was never officially sold in the US!
You can buy a new “GSX250R” at your local Suzuki dealership but it’s a shadow of what the model used to be – the new one is a parallel twin that makes about 25 horsepower (Suzuki doesn’t even share the output on their site, but they’ll tell you it gets...

When Suzuki initially marketed the “S” variant of the GS450, they did so as a “cafe racer” even though the only real difference between the S and the standard was the addition of a headlight cowl. Regardless, it’s a fun mid-sized classic and this example...

I have never heard of Paventa minibikes before but the company was supposedly working with Massimo Tamburini to build a small run of minibikes inspired by his legendary F4 design. Per a 2019 Artcurial auction, this is “apparently the only one of its...