Now, here’s something you don’t see every day. How appropriate on #ThrowbackThursday that someone bought a 1992 Yamaha FZR600RD Vance & Hines Special Edition with less than a mile on the odometer. And, the selling price? An eye-watering $18,000!
That’s nearly three times what the bike cost at Yamaha dealers in 1992. As the sticker on top of the fuel tank indicates, this one is unit #518 out of a production run of 600 that sold only in the United States and only in 1992.
In 1991 and 1992, the FZR600R, which debuted in 1989, sported a decidedly more aerodynamic look when the bike adopted a slant-nose upper fairing with a single, flush-mounted headlight instead of the dual headlights that both preceded and proceeded those two years. The 1992 FZR600RD was also unique in two other ways. One of the color options in 1992 was a striking red, white, and black livery that paid homage to Yamaha’s global corporate colors at the time. And then, there was this limited-edition 1992 Vance & Hines FZR600RD, which commemorated Thomas Stevens’ 1991 AMA Superbike Championship aboard a Vance & Hines Yamaha FZR750RR OW01 that wore the same magenta, yellow, and black livery as this bike. The FZR600R had a very successful production run, remaining a best seller in Yamaha’s sportbike lineup through the 1999 model year.
To check out the bike on Bring a Trailer, go here.
