In this santized world, there?s a lot to be said for a big, bruising 1980s superbike. And they don?t get much ballsier than Honda?s CB900F. Although it was designed for Europe, the air-cooled straight four was a smash hit in the USA with journalists and owners alike.
Every now and then, a CB900F will pop up in the EXIF inbox and make it onto the site. But we doubt if many can match the speed of this German-built racer.

The story of ‘Banzai-Bolle’ is entwined with the ?Built not Bought‘ race. Never heard of it" Neither had we. It?s a three-day event that happens once a year at the Spreewaldring circuit, an hour south of Berlin, and it sounds totally bananas.
Photographer Sven Wedemeyer is a fan. According to our man-on-the-ground in Europe, it brings “classics, customs, weirdos and vintage racers together. There’s everything from pre-war TT winners to sidecars, two strokers, and classic superbikes.?
That sounds like our kind of gig. Especially when the start line is graced by machinery like this.
To be precise, it?s a 1983 SC09 ‘Bol d’Or’ model, it?s a two-time winner in the Classic Superbikes class, and it epitomizes the chaotic spirit of the event. It’s fielded by the oddball ‘Banzai’ team, consisting of racer Sascha Bellon and mechanics René Freudenberg and Torsten Friebel.

The trio have been racing ‘Banzai-Bolle’ for four years now?but it took a few rebuilds to reach podium form....