Ready for riding, here's a bike to make you yearn for spring: a slick 1984 Kawasaki GPz550, complete with period aftermarket fairing panels and in lovely condition.

According to the auction, the bike shows a little more thank 37,000 miles, but it looks like it had caring owners throughout its life. The current owner has put about 1,000 miles on the bike, and it's recently received a tune-up which included cleaning and synching of the carburetors, new fork seals and dust boots, cleaning and flushing of the brake system, new spark plugs and spark plug wires, new tires and more.

The seat looks as though it is starting to come apart at the front, and it's bound to have a few nicks and scratches that the pictures aren't showing due to the mileage, but well kept GPZ's of any size are getting harder and harder to find, and this is one we'd love to have in our garage.

For more info on the Kawasaki GPz550, visit our feature story on the model here. 

To visit the auction for this Kawasaki GPz550, go here. 

Winter is here and the first big snow has already fallen in many parts of the U.S., and while that may keep many of us off the road, imagine the fun you could have with an old scrambler!

While we can't entirely recommend riding your motorcycle in the snow, we've done it, and with the right bike (and the right empty field) it can actually be quite a lot of fun, assuming speed is kept to a minimum and you remain as vertical as possible. The truth of the matter is this old Matchless probably just got rolled outside into the light for this photo, but the snow on the tires led us to (younger) memories of donuts in the white stuff.

A 1961 Matchless G2CS Competition Scrambler, this is a rare bird indeed. According to the auction, this bike has no headlight, no instruments, no taillight and no sidecovers, and that's the way it came from the factory. It does have the original air cleaner and the correct seat. It has been the recipient of a recent tune-up, starts easily and runs like a champ.

For more information about this model,  check out the Wikipedia page here.  

To visit the auction for this Matchless Scrambler, go here.  

Though there are often great deals to be found on eBay, it's certainly not the only place we look for bikes. One of our favorite classified postings is located on the Moto Guzzi National Owners Club website, and that's where we found this week's bike, a used but loved 1986 Moto Guzzi SP II.

Posted on December 3, the SP II features a new Dyna electronic ignition, and it's just had a valve adjustment and carburetor rebuild. The seat was also just recovered, and the owner states that it has no mechanical issues. It features a shortened windshield, Harper's bar backs, a Telefix fork brace and more.

For more info and to visit the listing for this Guzzi, go here. 

Here in the Midwest we've gotten our first real snowstorm of the year, and the weather already has us wishing for warm spring days and curvy roads. While that ride may be just a dream for now, this custom Triumph Bonneville T140 seems like it would make the perfect dance partner.

According to the auction, this 1978 Bonneville T140V has been rebuilt in the cafe style. The 750 engine has been rebuilt from the sludge-trap up, and while it still has standard journal and cylinder bores, it uses new rings, valves, guides, amal carbs, a Boyer ignition, a new regulator and more. It features a Corbin Gunfighter seat, stainless spokes, a powdercoated frame, Brembo front and rear brake calipers and master cylinders, and a host of other upgrades.

The bike looks like good, clean fun to us. Buy it now and you'll have all winter to get it ready for that warm spring ride.

To visit the auction for this 1978 Triumph Bonneville, go here. 

It's not often that you can buy a great old bike that's been featured in Motorcycle Classics. But if you remember Cherry O, the 1973 Moto Guzzi we featured in the September/October 2009 issue, then you'll be interested to know it's for sale right now on eBay.

Cherry O won our "People's Choice" award at the 2008 Barber Vintage Festival bike show, and went on to be featured in the magazine this fall. It started as a stock and well documented 1973 V7 Sport, one of just 300 imported into the U.S. Built by friend of the magazine Rick Manning and a group of friends/co-conspirators, Cherry O is an unusual take on a classic theme.

To read more about this gorgeous Guzzi V7, see our story here. 

To visit the auction, go here.