Reader Submittal

Update: Reader Submittal. Old school Hybrid.

Update:  should have seen this coming…  for those of you e-mailng and commenting for more info…

The bike is for sale on EBAY UK Here: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/YAMAHA-XT500-SUPERMOTO-PHASE-4-MAGAZINE-FEATURE-BIKE-/110613754451?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item19c117f253

What a fantastic bike!  Thanks to Cal from the UK for sending me these.  I’ve seen a few like these over the years and this is the best by far! I love it when an old iconic bike gets modernized without the spirit of the original being overwhelmed by the new components.  It’s a delicate dance and flawlessly executed here.

Reader Ride. Ducati Pantah 500.

Greg Writes in:
Ian Fallon wrote for the Ducati Museum –
Introduced as a 500 in 1979, the Pantah engine was designed and built by engineers Fabio Taglioni and Gian Luigi Mengoli. It formed the basis of the Ducati production/racing program for years to come. So advanced was the design that it was still in production throughout the 1980s … Pantah used a toothed belt camshaft drive instead of the earlier bevel-gears. Other important technical developments were the racing-inspired 60° included valve angle and the forged one-piece crankshaft. These features improved the bike’s reliability and made the design more suitable for competition.

I have owned this bike for three years and love it.  The camshafts on this motor makes it feel like it free revs and it wants to go past its 10,000rpm redline.  The suspension and frame work very well and will keep up with any of my friends larger displacement bikes in the twisties.  It is an easy bike to push  and control and I believe one of the more beautiful.  If you get a chance to ride one you will not be disappointed.  This was the first belt drive Ducati and the basis of every Ducati motor since.
Thanks for a great site.
Greg Rathe

Reader Ride. Nice Boardtracker.

The boardtrack racer theme has REALLY become popular lately.  Here’s another nice one along with a video  with a link back the the owners Blog. Great stuff!

http://player.vimeo.com/video/15121830
Board track replica-fly over from Tobias Björklund on Vimeo.

Reader Ride. Excellent Buell Fighter.

Thank you Marco!

UPDATE: WOW! Reader Ride. An outstanding Gilera from Norway. Small but fierce!

UPDATE:  In my ignorance about this brand I failed to realize just exactly how special a build this machine really is.  For a more complete story about the building of this bike see this thread here: http://50iniepoca.forumfree.it/?t=44399445
Really fantastic stuff Morton.  thanks for the link!

Morten of Norway Writes in:

Hi and RESPECT ! for your great blog !
I have been surfing up and down your amazing site, and it has given me a lot of ideas for my next build.
A really wonerfull mix of bikes and details, keep up the good work and ride safe. Thank you 🙂
………and a pic of my last build, 1978 Gilera Edizione Speciale. 80cc 6 speed Polini/Gilera engine.
top speed: 121 km/h / 75 mp/h @13400 rpm
Med vennlig hilsen – Regards Morten

This is an extraordinary build.  Thanks Very Much for sending it in!

Update: Reader Ride. Another cross-over post from the 2 stroke board.

I know I’ve been cross posting from the other blog quite a bit lately but the 2-stroke pics I’ve been getting are just amazing!  Morgan Price sends in this amazing build…. Kawasaki / GSXR based radical 2-stroke fighter in progress.

For those of you interested in the building of this bike here is a link to the build thread I just stumbled across.  It’s even more impressive than I thought.

 http://kawaportal.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2655&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

The finished product from Cafe Racer 74!

Wow!  Be sure to pay his blog a visit and follow the build!  A truly excellent bike!  http://caferacer74.blogspot.com/

Reader Ride! A Perfect Pantah!

One sweet Ducati Pantah!

Reader Trevor Perry writes in:
Love your blog.

Here are some photos of my 1981 Ducati 600SL Pantah taken by my friend Richard Glover http://www.richardglover.com/  I have plenty of others if these aren’t suitable.

I’ve owned it since 1988 but it was off the road for over a decade until I restored it 2 years ago. Now it back on the road and I’m having fun.
Regards

What a gorgeous ride! These are outstanding Trevor! Thanks!

LOL UPDATE: Reader Ride. The Lilac Alley Speed Shop Honda Hardtail SL125! Very Trick Budget build.

UPDATE… Helping to provide a public service here at MPOTD:
From the comments: 
Anonymous said…

I love the bike but my bedroom overlooks Lilac Alley and would love it more if you didn’t race up and down the alley late at night and let it idle in the alley.sorry to be a pain but my bike sets off car alarms as well but I try and do that on other peoples streets…

Dan Noyola sends in this wicked little custom build. Did some hunting and found his blog!  Go HERE  for his blog build pics!  Now don’t be shy about sending me links to yor blogs and slideshows fand such!  I love these kinds of builds. This once again proves that imagination and creativity are more important than money. What a cool bike.

Dan Writes:
It was put together in a couple of weeks for a few hundred dollars for the Dirtbag Challenge.
My ladyfriend still rides it regularly.

Dirtbag Challenge sounds like a blast. Thanks again!