Motorcycles
Every motorcycle Rare Machines has written up: works Grand Prix machines, homologation specials and numbered limited editions. Live picks come first, then sold and ended dossiers with the public result where one exists. Each carries a rarity score on our published 0–100 scale.
Each machine is offered by the auction house or dealer named on its page. We do not take bids or handle sales; we write the history and link you there.
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Motorcycle
1976
Ducati
750SS
The bevel 750SS is the factory café that followed Paul Smart’s Imola idea into production. This square-case example is genuinely scarce, with a concours trail — not another modern Ducati in race paint.
Rarity 78/October 1, 2026
Motorcycle
1930
Brough Superior
SS100 Alpine Grand Sports
One of twenty-one JAP SS100s for 1930, Alpine Grand Sports with Bentley & Draper springing and a Works Record Card. A documented Brough, not another pretty replica.
Rarity 87/September 24, 2026
Motorcycle
1978
Yamaha
OW31 Ex-Johnny Cecotto
Yamaha never sold the OW31 to privateers. This one is from Cecotto’s 1978 Formula 750 World Championship works fleet — continuous ownership, unrestored, with Imola wins on the frame it still carries.
Rarity 93/September 17, 2026
Motorcycle
1966
Honda
RC173 Ex-Mike Hailwood
Honda built this 350 four for Mike Hailwood. He took the 1966 title on it. Public coverage says it is the only RC173 left — not another pretty race replica.
Rarity 95/September 9, 2026
Motorcycle
2000
Honda
SP-1 Ex-Joey Dunlop Vimto
Road SP-1s are too common to count as rare. This one is the Vimto factory bike tied to Joey Dunlop’s 2000 TT F1 — real race provenance, not just another VTR1000 SP-1.
Rarity 86/September 9, 2026
Motorcycle
2020
Aprilia
RS-GP 20 Ex-Aleix Espargaró
Factory RS-GP iron from the 2020 grid, sold by Aleix Espargaró with the kit still attached. Genuine MotoGP hardware — not another street Aprilia in race paint.
Rarity 88/September 9, 2026
Volume superbikes teach you how loud a four-cylinder can be. The F4CC was built to teach something else: what happens when a marque boss puts his initials on a hundred-unit run and empties the racing closet to do it.
Rarity 77/September 9, 2026
Serie Oro is how MV still opens a serious chapter — five hundred numbered Superveloce 1000s, carbon everywhere, early plate #004. That is motorcycle scarcity with a factory contract, not another pretty naked.
Rarity 72/September 9, 2026