So, you go to the nearest Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki dealership, I’ll bet you that right now there’s probably a Shadow 600, a full dress tourer, 19 dirt bikes, a scooter or two, and a quad mule for sale.

Try a different seller: Red Label Mot

What makes them stand out is the absolutely exhaustive descriptions and history of every bike they sell. Here’s a snippet from an Aprilia Futura they currently have:

“This bike has never tipped over, crashed or been damaged in any way. Unless you count the scuffs on the saddlebags as “damage”, which I will cover later. Always parked indoors and very well taken care of, this is a clean Aprilia sport-tourer.”

The seem to specialize in exotic, high quality, even vintage cycles. They may command a premium price, but you get what you pay for. Didn’t know that Laverdas still made motorcycles? Just recently, they’re selling a Laverda Ghost Strike.

Enjoy browsing their inventory. They’re located on Capitol Hill in Seattle if you want a closer look at that “I’ve never seen that bike before” bike.

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From the auction: “1984 Honda V65 Sabre. Great condition. Bike has under 15,000 miles. New tires,Battery, Fork seals,Resent tune up, High pressure oil mod installed at 9500 miles. Cams and valves in exellent Condition. Only normal ware for 25 years old. You would be hard pressed to find a cleaner low milage Sabre around. Buyer responsable for pickup and delivery.payment to be collected before delivery”

Love a mid 80’s V65 Sabre. Put a windscreen on it and you have a motorcycle for the rest of your life.

**UPDATE** The auction for this lovely V65 Sabre has ended, and it fetched a damn respectable $2,600! I myself entered a few bids on it – suffice it to say, there were others willing to pay a bit more for it than I was, and I congratulate the seller and auction winner.  My loss.

Any more Honda V65 Sabres for sale anywhere else? If there are, they’re right below:

Welcome to Seattle-Motorcycles.com if you’re a new reader, and for the folks who are returning for the upcoming Spring season, welcome back my friends!

I’ve put a new skin on Seattle-Motorcycles.com – I liked the previous look, but the theme and container didn’t allow for a cool new feature, the Featured Content Gallery at the top of the main page.

I’m also going to purge some older posts. As you may know, what I do here is look through Craigslist and eBay Seattle-area motorcycle listings and highlight street cycles that are affordable and decent. There are probably 12 dirtbikes for every street bike listing on Craigslist, and while dirt riding is a great sport, street motorcycles are a bit more practical (and popular, especially in today’s economic climate.)

Being the internet nerd that I am, I like to look at statistics. As of today, the top 10 most searched terms that result in traffic to this humble site since January 1, 2009 are:

1. triumph bobber for sale
2. honda bobber
3. suzuki bandit 400
4. bobbers for sale
5. triumph bobber
6. bank repo motorcycles
7. yamaha vision
8. rat bikes for sale
9. 1986 yamaha fazer
10. repo motorcycles

It’s an interesting list. I’m glad that my favorite motorcycle of all time, the do-it-all 1986 Yamaha Fazer is in the top 10. The Suzuki Bandit 400 is a very rare bike here in the States (much more popular in Europe). And I have an entire page devoted to finding repo motorcycles. I’m not a huge fan of riding bobber motorcycles, I’ll admit, but bobbers are some interesting cycles to look at and admire for their uniqueness and art. Finally, the interest in rat bikes completely baffles me.

I’ll use this list and keep an eye out for them in particular in my travels. I have some tools I can use to fetch such motorcycles and post them here.

So have a look around, subscribe to my RSS feed so you’ll receive updates immediately.

And thanks for visiting!  If this site got zero traffic, I’d have quit it a while ago – and kept the neat motorcycle sale finds to myself.