Motorcycles

Our shop in downtown San Francisco is overflowing with great new inventory constantly updated with hot new and used bikes. When you come to visit us, you can even preview the bikes we just got that have not made it to our website yet. Whether you're searching for sportbike or a cruiser or something in-between, we stock every style. Our experienced sales staff is very knowledgeable and they are all riders too. Please come by: We'd love to show you around. To make your search as simple as possible, we have categorized the bikes for you into the following groups:

Standard and Naked Motorcycles

Standards are versatile, general purpose street motorcycles, ideal for commuting. They are recognized primarily by their upright riding position, partway between the reclining posture of the cruisers and the forward leaning sport bikes. Foot pegs are below the rider and handlebars are high enough to not force the rider to reach far forward, placing the shoulders above the hips in a natural position.

Standards are often recommended to beginning motorcyclists due to their flexibility, affordability, mid power engines and are the preferred choice of people who like to commute on a motorcycle. Standard is also sometimes used as a synonym for "naked bike", a term that became popular in the 1990s in response to the proliferation of fully faired sport bikes. To see our current "naked bike" inventory, click HERE

Sport Bikes

Sport bikes emphasize speed, acceleration, braking, and cornering on paved roads. This typically comes at the expense of comfort and fuel economy in comparison to less specialized motorcycles. Sport bikes have comparatively high performance engines resting inside a lightweight frame. Inline-four engines dominate the sport bike category.

The braking systems combine higher performance brake pads and multi-piston calipers that clamp onto oversized vented rotors. Sport bike suspension systems offer flexible adjustments and advanced materials for increased stability and durability. Most sport bikes have fairings, often completely enclosing the engine. The windscreens effectively deflect the air at very high speeds, or reduce drag. Sport bikes have high foot pegs that position the legs closer to the body to improve ground clearance when cornering. The long reach "clip on" handlebars position the body and center of gravity forward, above the fuel tank. The rider leans forward into the wind, the force of which comfortably supports the rider's weight at speeds near 100 mph.

Retro Bikes

The nostalgia for vintage motorcycles like the Triumph Bonneville, Norton or old "Universal Japanese Motorcycle", or UJM, as the American Cycle magazine dubbed the Japanese versions of these types of motorcycles, has led to a growing market of modern retro motorcycle manufacturing. We usually carry the Triumph Bonneville or the Triumph T100. Smaller retro "cafe racer" style bikes in our inventory also include Yamaha's SR400 or  the SYM Wolf Classic.

Nostalgia for the UJM led the Japanese manufacturers to introduce “retro” bikes, which were a modern take on the UJM. The market for “retro UJM”s has proved sufficiently robust for Honda to announce that a new aircooled UJM, The Honda CB1100 will be introduced in 2013. We can't wait to have one of these in our showroom.

Cruisers

Popular among veteran riders for casual and distance riding, cruisers were modeled after the classic American bikes built during the middle of the twentieth century.

Longer wheel-bases, softer suspensions and wider tires make for a comfortable ride while the lower seat height combined with a lower center of gravity put novice riders at ease.

Touring & Sports Touring Bikes

Sport touring motorcycles combine attributes of sport bikes and touring motorcycles. The rider posture is upright, providing for long-distance comfort. Accommodation for a passenger is superior to a sport bike as well, along with luggage capacity. They are lighter than "pure" touring bikes and often having racier engines, suspensions and brakes. Sport tourers corner better and are more at home being aggressively ridden on curvy canyon roads.

The distinction between touring and sport touring is not always clear as some manufacturers will list the same bike in either category in different markets. The Honda ST1300 Pan-European, for example, is listed by Honda as a sport touring motorcycle in the USA and Australia, but as a touring motorcycle in Europe. Although any motorcycle can be equipped and used for touring, touring motorcycles are specifically designed to excel at covering long distances. They have large-displacement engines, fairings and screens that offer good weather and wind protection, large-capacity fuel tanks for long ranges between fill-ups, and a relaxed, upright seating position. Passenger accommodation is excellent and expansive luggage space is the norm for this class.

Dual Sport bikes

One step closer to pure off roading is the dual sport motorcycle. Need to get through creeks or washes on your way home? Then dual sport is for you! Have you ever wondered what 's beyond the unpaved roads to the left and right of you? This is where the distinction between touring and dual sport is made.

You might also just like the way dual sport bikes look. In this case you can have us install street tires for your dual sport bike and just use it for your commuting purposes.

pre owned Inventory