About Our Selections
Looking back, if you were to pick out three motorcycles that were in production when you first started riding, it's a safe bet that two of those three have been discontinued. Some of these models were destined for discontinuation as they were simply overshadowed by newer, better bikes, but there are many models that seemed to get the axe too soon, released to the annals of history and fond memories from the production line.
While we were compiling this list, the first pass was to look back at the past decade alone, to see which models we felt tugged at our memories and made us go "Yeah, I wish there was a modern version of that!" However, as some of our contributors have been riding for 10, 15, and over 20 years, the conversation quite organically turned to what models of any era we wish we could bring back as a modern bike. As a group, we were able to agree upon many bikes that are as old as from the 1980s, and as recent as 2021, so we think that this list has a fair representation of motorcycles.
Do note, however, that with a topic so vast and wide, our opinions may vary wildly from yours, and that's perfectly fine. Everyone remembers different things for different reasons, and these are just our selections, and not a be-all, end-all list.
Pre-2000 Discontinued Motorcycles
The latter half of the 20th century saw motorcycles evolve in leaps and bounds, from universal Japanese standards to road rocket sport bikes, and many of the most classic cruisers came from this era as well
1987 to 1990 Honda RC30 (VFR750R)
One of Honda's first ever homologation supersport models, limited to just 3,000.
Why We Picked It:
When you think about the history of sportbikes, it is quite a shock to realize that the modern interpretation of what that means only really started appearing in the mid-1980s. Before that, sport models were generally standard bikes with bigger engines for more power, with little consideration for aerodynamic fairings, a front cowl, and the like.
In the late 1980s, Honda was entering the World Superbike Championship, and formed the now legendary Honda Racing Corporation. They developed a superb supersport bike, the RC24 R, that would go on to challenge for victories throughout the mid-1980s, but as part of the regulations for the race versions of bikes starting in 1987, 3,000 road going homologation models needed to be made. Thus was born the first ever Honda homologation special edition, the VFR750R, much better known as the RC30.
It was a masterpiece of engineering, with a 748cc 90 degree, liquid cooled, dual overhead cam V4 that absolutely howled as it climbed through the rev range to its 12,500 RPM redline. No expense was spared for any of the running gear, either, as it had a single-sided swingarm by ELF from France, had Showa suspension front and back, dual 300mm front disc brakes with quick-release pads for changes during endurance races, a castellated-nut-and-cotter-pin quick change rear axle for racing pit stops... it was literally a race bike for the road.
It was released in 1987 in Japan, then in Europe in 1988, and finally in the USA in 1990. At the time, it commanded a $15,000 price, which is about $34,000 in 2023, but with all the road-racer specials from companies like Ducati, Kawasaki, and the like these days, a V4 powered Honda supersport would not go amiss
Specifications:
Price: 1990: $15,000
Engine: 748cc 90-degree V4
Power: 118 HP
Torque: 51 lbs-ft
Transmission: 6 Speed Manual
Curb Weight: 488 lbs
Remembered For:
Being Honda's first ever homologation special of a modern supersport, and for having one of the best sounding engines of the late 1980s
Highlights:
Only 3,000 made, of which only about 500 came to North America
Had the latest and greatest material and engineering concepts of the time applied to it, making it a lightweight road rocket, even at 488 lbs wet
The HRC RC30 race bike had several famous victories, including the first two World Superbike Championship titles for rider and manufacturer with Fred Merkel in 1988 and 1989
A favorite race bike of the legendary Joey Dunlop for racing around the Isle of Man TT through the early years of the 1990s
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1994 to 1998 Ducati 916
Perhaps the most beautiful superbike ever made, even to this day, a piece of two wheeled art that also went warp 9 when opened up
Why We Picked It:
There is just something about Italians, in that they have an innate understanding of style. Long, flowing lines that form organic curves. Proportions and angles that are just right. A balance of vibrant, deep racing red contrasted with little touches of pure white. Even the way they bend metal to form exhaust pipes is an act of sculpture. One bike, however, had all of those things above, and more, in perfect harmony, the Ducati 916.
The story of how the bike came to be is far too complex to relay here in a few paragraphs, but it consists of typical Italian stubbornness regarding design, a pair of brilliant engineers at the Cagiva Research Center that found a way to increase the power and displacement of the Ducati 888 engine, and some ingenuity in trellis frame design. The result was a 916cc 90 degree V-twin, the Desmodromic, putting out 114 HP, 67 lbs-ft of torque, and draped in a frame and body that made jaws scrape the floor.
The single-sided swingarm was masterfully machined, with the twin exhaust pipes from the engine flowing up under the frame and ending tucked tight and high under the rear of the bike. The main frame spar, from the handlebars to the top of the engine, was tastefully left exposed, with one of the most beautiful faring designs of all time covering the engine and front of the bike. The tank was long and low, the seat angled forward, the pegs high and back in a racing position. Anyone that saw it, or more rarely had a chance to ride it, fell in love with the Ducati 916.
The model was discontinued in 1998, and while Ducati's of the modern era are still quite nice to look at, there was just that something about the 916, in a simply but elegant Italian way, that makes us wish a modern version of it existed.
Specifications:
Price: $14,599
Engine: 916cc Desmodromic V-Twin
Power: 114 HP
Torque: 67 lbs-ft
Transmission: 6 Speed Manual
Curb Weight: 429 lbs
Remembered For:
Being the single most beautiful sportbike/superbike of the 1990s. Many other manufacturers had stunning designs, but none matched the piece of rolling art that came from Ducati for four short years
Highlights:
One of the first Ducati bikes to use a unified steel trellis frame, which was part of the reason the main spar was left tastefully exposed
Racing developments, such as the high and tucked exhausts and the single sided swingarm, came from Ducati's racing research and design
The very famous red fairings and white splash behind the seat was, and still is, a master stroke of artistic choice. No need for fancy graphics or lots of logos, just a small Ducati badge near the forks, and let the body do the talking.
Favorite bike design of Ayrton Senna, F1 driver, who approved of a Senna Special Edition just a few weeks before his death
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1988 to 1993 Yamaha TDR250 Ultimate Dual
A bike that was way ahead of its time, yet also hilariously bonkers in only the way Yamaha can pull off
Why We Picked It:
Yamaha has a knack for making bonkers bikes. They made the VMAX, a cruiser designed to be the fastest accelerating cruiser of all time. They made the Niken, a three wheeler pretending to be a two wheeler. They made the TDR250 Ultimate Dual, a dual sport bike at a time when no one even knew what a dual sport was.
Taking the 249cc two stroke parallel twin engine from the TZR250 sportbike, Yamaha crafted a bike that wasn't a road bike, wasn't a trail bike, had hints of being an ADV, but really wasn't an ADV at all. The closest thing it could equate to in modern terms is a supermoto, but was made way before supermotos became a thing,
What it was was hilarious. It had a sportbike engine that revved to 10k RPM like a lunatic, in a narrow and tall frame designed for the narrow roads of Japan and Europe. It was made even narrower by having the exhausts come up and under the rear seat. That engine was also low and forward, instead of at the center of mass, so it was very happy to flick side to side and be an agile little bike.
It sold... poorly. No one knew what to do with it. If you wanted a road bike, you bought a road bike. If you wanted an ADV, you bought a Honda or a BMW ADV. If you wanted a dirt or trail bike, you bought one of those. What the TDR250 did, which was bonkers at the time, was bring all three of those riding styles together. An off-road capable, on-road sport touring ADV.
Now, we know that two-strokes are pretty much banned from any and every road in the world unless it's a bike that's registered as a classic, but what we wouldn't give to have a proper, smelly, oil-burning two stroke dual sport/ADV again!
Specifications:
Price: About $3,500 in 1988 ($8,900 in 2023)
Engine: 249cc two-stroke parallel twin
Power: 46 HP
Torque: 26 lbs-ft
Transmission: 6 Speed Manual
Curb Weight: 315 to 320 lbs
Remembered For:
Being a dual sport ADV off-road street bike before dual sports really existed, and way before BMW combined all those things into the R1150 GS Adventure.
Being absolute, utterly bonkers, and earning its charm through its insanity
Highlights:
249cc two-stroke from a sportbike, mounted in a bike that was ten years ahead of its time.
Sold poorly when new, but is now a sought after collectors item because of its special charm
Ridiculously agile and flickable, designed to either cut through traffic or, if there was a dirt road nearby, simply go around it.
Mostly sold in Europe and the UK, although some made it over to North America
Would accelerate hard, but only to a certain point before the gearing and engine power were not enough to keep pushing, usually around 60 to 70 MPH
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2000-2010 Discontinued Motorcycles
The turn of the century, and of the millennium, brought with it a veritable ton of new technology and advanced engineering discoveries that made our favorite two-wheeled steeds more powerful, more efficient, and more reliable.
2002 to 2006 Harley-Davidson VRSCA V-Rod
The engine was co-designed with Porsche, the bike was unbelievably powerful and fast, and it is one of the all-time greats from Milwaukee
Why We Picked It:
While the V-Rod as a model lasted from 2002 all the way to 2017, it is the very first iteration, the VRSCA, that is often the most fondly thought of and remembered. It was a muscle cruiser that truly defined the term, as not only was it styled to look mean and dangerous, it had an engine that was designed in collaboration with Porsche.
Working from the base of an Evolution V-twin, Porsche managed to bring the displacement down from 80 ci to 69 ci, made it twin cam, and somehow, someway, made it produce an astounding 115 HP and 84 lbs-ft of torque. When it was slotted into the frame of the V-Rod, a bike designed around the massive power output, the result was almost literally a drag bike from the factory.
The main reason that the VRSCA V-Rod is remembered, however, is that it had a literally flat torque curve. From idle all the way up to its 9,000 RPM redline, no matter where you were in that range, in whatever gear, with twisting your right wrist you were instantly catapulted down the road.
Other features of the V-Rod was that it was primarily water cooled, with the water pump being driven off an intermediate shaft between the cylinders, as well as it having automatically adjusting hydraulic tensioners for the chains driving the four camshafts. That last feature was a direct result of the cooperation with Porsche, as that technology was developed for the Porsche Boxter's flat four engine.
While later models upped the displacement and power, when the VRSCA V-Rod hit the streets in 2002, no one knew what hit them. It dominated drag racing meets, it could break the speed limit in first gear, and it went like a bat out of hell.
Specifications:
Price: 2005 MSRP $16,449 ($25,338 in 2023)
Engine: 69 ci (1,131cc) V-twin
Power: 115 HP
Torque: 84 lbs-ft
Transmission: 5 Speed Manual
Curb Weight: 595 lbs
Remembered For:
Being the most powerful motorcycle from Harley-Davidson at the time, an absolutely dominant muscle bike that is still legendary for its enormous torque, high-revving V-twin, and deadly good looks
Highlights:
Revolution V-Twin engine designed in collaboration with Porsche, which both upped reliability and massively increased power output
Well known for its massive exhaust pipes and snarling sound at idle, which rises to a roaring wail near redline
Almost immediately was bought by many drag bike teams to be converted into championship winning race bikes, as the engine was massively over-engineered in the best way
The bike that started the "big engine big power" design style that continues to this day
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2000 to 2004 MV Agusta F4 750
A bike that rivals the Ducati 916 as the most beautiful thing on two wheels ever put into production
Why We Picked It:
MV Agusta is to the the motorcycle world what companies like Ferrari and Lamborghini are to the car world, meaning that their bikes are things that almost any rider would love to swing a leg over, but they are so expensive and rare that it is more of a pipe dream than a possible reality. While the F4 was produced until 2018 with a 1,000cc engine, it was the original 5 years of production, the F4 750s, that are the ones missed far more.
The biggest claim to fame about the 749cc inline four that sat at the heart of the bike is that it was derived from a 1992 Ferrari F1 engine, with Ferrari engineers helping at the beginning. Because of this, the MV Agusta F4 is the only bike in recent memory that featured hemispherical cylinder heads and a radial valve layout. As one can imagine, being derived from an F1 engine, the bike sounded insanely good.
The very first bikes, the F4 750 Serie Oro (Gold Series) was extremely limited. No expense was spared, and exotic materials were used, with the fairings, seat cover, front guard, air box, even the fuel tank being made of carbon fiber. Specially produced Showa forks for the bike had fast detach axle clamps, and the brakes were custom made by Nissin, with six-piston front calipers and four-piston rears. The production edition, the F4 750S, kept the forks and brakes, but the fairings were made of ABS and the single sided swingarm was made of cast aluminum instead of magnesium.
Still considered one of the most beautiful sportbikes ever made, the MV Agusta F4, in its original 750cc form, is something we would love to see make a comeback.
Specifications:
Price: 1999 750S MSRP: $18,895 ($34,120 in 2023)
Engine: 749cc inline four
Power: 126 HP
Torque: 57 lbs-ft
Transmission: 6 Speed Manual
Curb Weight: Oro: 398 lbs; 750S: 477 lbs
Remembered For:
Being ridiculously expensive at launch, with the Serie Oro listing at $37,000 in 1999, or $66,810 in 2023. The mass produced 750S was half that price, but was still obnoxiously expensive, making it an exclusive and rare bike.
Highlights:
749cc engine developed from a Ferrari F1 engine, with Ferrari engineers helping out
The Serie Oro was one of the most exclusive bikes released for the 2000 model year, with only 300 made.
A no-expenses-spared bike, with parts coming from huge names like Showa and Nissin
Perhaps one of the most glorious exhaust notes to come from the back of an Italian bike, it sounds like a miniature Ferrari supercar on its way to the 12,700 RPM redline.
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2000 to 2006 Honda RC51
A race bike with mirrors and a license plate holder, and a favorite of many superbike enthusiasts. Also known as the VTR1000 and RVT1000R
Why We Picked It:
Honda has had a lot of success in MotoGP, and the Honda Racing Team (HRC) is one of the best in the paddock. However, Honda also races in the World Superbike Championship (World SBK), a series where the bikes must have a homologation road model and be mostly based on that road model. That requirement is why the Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP was released, and why the Honda RC51, one of the few sportbikes Honda released with a V-twin, was made for 6 years in the early part of the century.
What makes things even better is that entire reason that Honda went with a V2 instead of an inline-four was to refute the claim by Ducati that they were the only ones able to extract maximum performance from a 90 degree V-twin. From 999cc's, Honda pulled 133 HP and 71.4 lbs ft of torque for the road going version, and in its maiden year of 2000, the Castrol Honda team won the World SBK title with rider Colin Edwards.
The homologation special road bike was almost entirely a race bike, except for a few internal bits of the engine, the addition of mirrors and a license plate holder, and tuning the engine to run on 91 octane pump gas. The frame, fairings, handlebars, even the swingarm were the same as on the race bike. It was rather heavy, at 480 lbs wet (460 for the race version), but it would still go 265 KPH (164 MPH) down the front straight of any race track.
Honda stopped factory support of World SBK in 2003, but some teams kept buying and racing the RC51, and as such the homologation specials still needed to roll out. The plug was pulled in 2006, and Honda has not released a V-twin powered superbike since... and we think it's time they did!
Specifications:
Price: 2006 MSRP: $11,999 ($17,905 in 2023)
Engine: 999cc V-twin
Power: 133 HP
Torque: 71.4 lbs-ft
Transmission: 6 Speed Manual
Curb Weight: 480 lbs
Remembered For:
Being the last superbike released by Honda as a homologation special to be powered by a racing V-twin
Being the least expensive of the homologation specials at a downright affordable $11,999
Highlights:
Shared the frame, swingarm, suspension tree, all of it with the World SBK superbike.
Due to winning the World SBK title in 2002, a sought after and rare Nicky Hayden edition was released in 2004, which used a brushed aluminum frame and swingarm, came with special fairings, a sticker kit, and white number rondels for owners to put their own race numbers in
Beat Ducati at their own game, running a V-twin in a superbike.
The last homologation special from Honda until the 2022 CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP
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2022 Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP specs, features, & pics
BMW R1150 GS & R1150 GS Adventure
Perhaps the most famous ADV of the 2000s, and while a modern version exists with the R1250 GS, the original is sometimes better!
Why We Picked It:
Okay, we admit it, this one was discontinued and almost immediately replaced by the BMW R1250 GS, but we just had to put it on here because of two very specific riders and one epic adventure. We are, of course, talking about Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman and Long Way Round.
While they used the R1150 GS Adventure model, the "normal" R1150 GS was a much beloved touring bike in both the UK and continental Europe. It was immensely comfortable, could chug along in fine style all day long, and was easily able to carry two-up, with full pannier lockers. In fact, when it was reviewed in 2000, it was voted the best sport touring bike by Cycle World Magazine, and won tons of "touring bike of the year" awards.
The R1150 GS was known for its near invincibility. It could be bashed, crashed, bent, bruised, almost everything except tossed off the side of a cliff, and with a hammer, some curse words, and maybe a few spares here and there, would just keep going. This gained it a ton of fame, as the R1150 GS was used for two Guiness world records, for the fastest circumnavigation of the Earth in 2002, and the fastest traversal of the Pan American Highway, from Quellon, Chile to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska in 2003.
Seeing as BMW were the ones that started the whole adventure touring motorcycle hobby, we guess it's only fitting that one of their best bikes of all time is the legend it is. As we said, you can get a modern version in the RS1250 GS, but in this case, the original is still the king.
Specifications:
Price: 2004 MSRP: $14,995 ($23,880 in 2023)
Engine: 1,130cc flat-twin
Power: 85 HP
Torque: 75 lbs-ft
Transmission: 6 Speed Manual
Curb Weight: 505 lbs
Remembered For:
Being nearly invincible as the GS Adventure model, and one of the best sport tourers in the road-going GS model
Several records and famous trips, including Long Way Round
Highlights:
Reliable, dependable power from the flat-twin, an engine that BMW has been making in one form or another for nearly a century at the time
One of, if not the best ADV bikes of the 2000s
A favorite of many ADV riders even today, as the longevity of the bikes is shining through with them simply continuing to run flawlessly with regular maintenance
Long Way Round. Enough said.
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2010 To Present
These are discontinued bikes of the recent past, fondly remembered for what they were, what was special about them, and for many of us, what inspired us to learn to ride in the first place!
2009 to 2020 Yamaha VMAX
One of the first power cruisers able to breach 150 MPH, and just kept getting more powerful as the years went on
Why We Picked It:
A sportbike, supersport, or superbike crossing the 150 MPH barrier is one of those "well, duh" type of things. A cruiser that is not a dedicated drag bike, on the other hand, is something that you would not expect to be able to go faster than 150 MPH, but that is exactly what the Yamaha VMAX was designed and built to do.
The VMAX also has the distinctions of being one of the very few cruisers to be powered by a 1,679cc V4, and a very high tech one at that. Using Yamaha Chip Controlled Intake (YCC-I) and Yamaha Chip Controlled Throttle (YCC-T), it was a fully ride-by-wire system from the outset, constantly adjusting the intake plenum lengths to optimize torque and power delivery. It also had access to a ton of cold air through its 2x2 snorkels, one set on either side of the fuel tank, each snorkel dedicated to a single cylinder. This meant that you could twist on some power in any gear, at any revs, and the bike just responded.
The VMAX's biggest claim to fame is its acceleration, as it will embarrass several supercars and superbikes by absolutely catapulting to 60 MPH in 2.5 seconds, and will keep going on to rev limited 155 MPH at the top end. With a sixth gear, it could probably hit 175 to 180 MPH, but alas, it only came with five. That is faster than even the insane Triumph Rocket 3 R.
It also had one of the best cruiser names, as in physics, Vmax is the maximum potential velocity of an object. It is still possible to get a VMAX through the used market in very good condition, just be prepared to hold on for dear life when you twist the wrist!
Specifications:
Price: $17,999
Engine: 1,679cc V4
Power: 200 HP
Torque: 123 lbs-ft
Transmission: 5 Speed Manual
Curb Weight: 683 lbs
Remembered For:
Being the most insane power cruiser to pretty much ever be made
Being able to break 60 MPH in first gear, the tallest gear on the bike, because it put down so much power
Highlights:
200 HP 1,679cc V4 that revs to 9,500... in a cruiser
The fastest accelerating bike outside of a bespoke race or drag bike, will out accelerate most supercars, and is on par with some hypercars
Despite its reputation for speed, can also be ridden as a cruiser, as it is very comfortable and handles particularly well with its mid-mount controls and easy to reach handlebars.
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1999 to 2020 Yamaha YZF-R6
Alongside the Suzuki GSX-R600R, the supersport that brought race-bike level fun to a road-legal sportbike
Why We Picked It:
It is a debate that is as old as the millennium: If you want a supersport bike, do you go with the Suzuki GSX-R600R, or the Yamaha YZF-R6? Many chose the R6, and with good reason. Throughout much of the mid 2000s and 2010s, a young Italian rider by the name of Valentino Rossi was dominating in MotoGP, and Yamaha seized on that marketing opportunity by bringing a lot of the development and tech of the YZR-M1 to the YZF-R1 and YZF-R6.
Part of that tech was the ever increasing redline, starting at 15,000 RPM in 1999, and ending with the 2020 R6 needle able to spin around to 17,500 (although it would go to 18,000 before it hit the limiter, because of how fast the engine revved). Another part was that it was one of the first supersports to implement ride-by-wire, where the onboard computer would figure out the optimal air-fuel mix for the best power depending on amount of wrist and a bunch of sensors updating it hundreds of times a second.
Probably the biggest reason that it was the bike of choice was that it had, and still has, simply the largest third-party aftermarket catalogue in existence. You can find everything from fork seals to engine turbo kits, hundreds of exhausts, even race grade parts to turn an R6 from a street rocket to a track monster. The best part? All of the parts were, and are, immensely affordable, so seeing a fully stock YZF-R6 these days is rarity.
This is one bike that already has a replacement, the R7, but could not continue on into the 2020s as it was unable to meet emissions targets and, sadly, will not be ressurrected.
Specifications:
Price: $12,199
Engine: 599cc inline four
Power: 117 HP
Torque: 55 to 60 lbs-ft depending on year
Transmission: 6 Speed Manual
Curb Weight: 419 lbs
Remembered For:
Being the ultimate gateway bike to 600cc supersports.
Being insanely affordable and having the largest third-party aftermarket of almost any bike
Having race bike derived tech and some parts during Yamaha's dominant years in MotoGP
Highlights:
Could be ridden calmly and safely on the streets, but was designed from the word go to be a track day superstar
Brought a lot of racing tech advancements to the road, including ride-by-wire, dual zone ABS, and a refined chassis in its later years that made it one of the best cornering bikes out there.
17,500 RPM redline is still one of the highest of any bike that was street legal, past or present.
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2010 to 2012 Husqvarna Nuda 900 S
Way ahead of its time when it was released, it was overlooked by many. Now, it is a modern classic that many riders want
Why We Picked It:
Husqvarna Motorcycles had an interesting time between 2007 and 2013, when they were owned by BMW Motorrad. Multiple models of bikes were designed, announced, not made, reworked, then announced again and then made. The Nuda was one of those bikes, originally designed as a pure supermoto of one of Husqvarna's motocross models, before it was decided to make this a very special supermoto.
Most supermotos are narrow, uncomfortable things that are designed solely to be fast, fun street versions of successful dirt and trail bikes. The Nuda 900, on the other hand, was designed to be its own supermoto that did things just a little bit differently than everyone else, something that is still a trait of Husqvarna today. It borrowed the engine from a BMW F800 GS, bumping the displacement up to 900cc and increasing power to 105 HP and 73 lbs-ft of torque, and then had a lightweight bike built around it. What set it apart, however, was that the bike had a plush BMW saddle, a functional wind deflector, and a more relaxed peg position.
In a nod to practicality, it also had frame mount points at the rear for hard or soft saddlebags. Other features were that it had excellent brakes borrowed from BMW's touring bikes, and because of BMW's exacting manufacturing standards, the bikes were very well made. The only issue was that BMW was effectively competing against themselves, as a F800 GS was almost everything the Nuda was, but it was "a BMW" so it was seen as more premium.
As a result, the excellent Nuda 900 S, and the racier, sportier Nuda 900 R did not sell as well as expected. They were quietly discontinued in 2012, and Husqvarna was sold to KTM in 2013. Nowadays, the Nuda models are highly sought after because even a decade later, they are some of the most comfortable, realistically useable supermotos of recent memory.
Specifications:
Price: $13.995 ($15,995 for the 900 R)
Engine: 898cc parallel twin
Power: 105
Torque: 73.7 lbs-ft
Transmission: 6 Speed Manual
Curb Weight: 384 lbs
Remembered For:
Being designed from the first line drawn to be a comfortable, real-world useable supermoto with a Swedish touch of being that little bit different.
Highlights:
Very capable in almost every situation, be it commuting, city riding, even highway runs between cities
Well loved because of it's amazingly comfortable saddle, standard riding position, and instantly responsive, very smooth engine
Even a decade after the last model left the production line, looks as sharp and aesthetically pleasing as many 2023 models.
Very moddable, with some owners pulling 120+ HP with minor tuning and an aftermarket exhaust
Despite all the tech on board and the big engine, still a very lightweight bike at 384 lbs fully wet carrying a brick tied to the back seat.