2-stroke

Just got back from spending the morning at Riding Into History in St Augustine Florida. Stay Tuned for some great shots!

More to come. LOTS more..

My 100 dollar paint job! (or tooting my own horn.. lol)

Just got the clearcoat on my long neglected Kawasaki H1. She’s been a faithful bike but I’ve never dressed her out the way she’s deserved. It’s a pretty non-traditional color scheme for the 75 H1. I avoided the blue/teal and went for silver instead. I’ve got all of about 100 dollars in this one including the decals (about $50). Duplicolor lacquer metalspec silver paint (about $10) and a true 2 part clearcoat that comes in a spraycan (about $20 and It’s about as fuel resistant as anything that comes from a gun. Requires a respirator etc.). What you can’t add up is all the stripping and sanding and priming and prepwork that goes into it But if I can do this believe me ANYONE can. The last bike I painted similar to this is still holding up well after 3 years so I’m optimistic that it’ll hold up to general abuse. She’s a rider and not a showbike but I’m pretty happy with it.

The King and Ago ride again. Dueling Video’s

Giacomo “Ago” Agostini and “King” Kenny Roberts on-board video’s from a recent IMOLA event. The sound alone gives me wood.. lol..

Bike night 2 Stroke Special…

Damm that’s nice… I wonder if that is a real Jamie James special.

From the “things you don’t see every day” department. A Kawasaki 2-stroke reverse trike.

Aimee Kurt sent these in from a recent bike night… All I can do is scratch my head and say wow..

Update: Video added! Reader Ride. Nicely Modded Jawa RT350 From the UK

Terence Hines writes in:

Hi , Thought you may like to see a few photo’s of the Jawa r.t. i built a couple of year’s back . This bike started out as a standard Jawa T.S. 350 from 1990 , But i was after something a bit more retro looking , At the same time it had to be Jawa , There are many changes to this bike ,some major ,some minor but detailed . The front end has been lowered by 40mm and the rear end raised by the same amount . With a one off hand made rear light unit and number plate bracket mounted on a Honda mudguard . Seat rail’s modified and a one off seat base made up . Rear fender strut’s made from tapered tube . And the internals of the original speedo tacho sprayed black and mounted on a one off mount together with home made l.e.d. warning lamps made from S/S 8mm button head bolts . The list goes on and on . But these are a few of the changes I’ve made to get the type of style i wanted . Hope you like . Terry P.S. You can see my vid’s of this bike and my latest project at http://www.youtube.com/user/terence20001?feature=mhum

Reader Ride. Very Rare and Very Original Bultaco Streaker!

Blackhorse Motorsports sent in this stunner!

Bought a few bikes and this was the gem of the group. It appears this bike was never ridden!perhaps those miles are just from being pushed around the collection.

A Metro Racing Sponsored Beauty! And a Yamaha too..

Sorry Don… probably too late to help out but here you go!

Donzilla of Metro Racing sent me this pic of a very cool Yamaha two stroke twin but in all the hubub I must have missed it.  If you’re even remotely interested in period correct gear be sure and check him out at  www.metroracing.com.
You know you want some new head……gear for the new year.  Metro’s got the all new Bell Custom 500’s that are not only a great retro helmet, they are DOT approved and not a budget buster at $99.00 for White, Black or Satin Black and $119.00 for Orange metal flake and Silver metal flake. Hit up www.metroracing.com and get one on  the way.

Thanks,Don Miller  Metro Racing

Like I’ve said I can be had! A cool pic for a quick ad! 🙂

Reader Ride. Beautiful Bultaco Restoration.

Jesus Buisan of Spain writes in:

After many months standing in the garage, today I started my Bultaco Sherpa T, and I felt like Steve McQueen in “On Any Sunday”, it was fun again feel the pull of the small two-stroke.
Greetings from Zaragoza, Spain.
Jesus

That is an excellent build! Thank you for the photo’s. I’d love to own a nice Bultaco someday. They are growing on me a lot!