Yamaha

Reader Ride. A Serious XS 650 Hartail Custom.

Trentsent in some pics of a new custom build.  He writes:

Hey Steve.  Big fan of MPOTD here.  We just finished the bike attached.  We call it The FREEDOM OR DEATH Machine.  It was built by jeff of saint motorbikes with a lot of help from folks from coast to coast.
You can read a bit about the build on bikerMetric and if you have any questions, feel free to email any time.

Thanks, Man!

I like it!

Another Excellent Virago Cafe Racer.

An earlier post of another Virago Cafe Racer is either the first or second most viewed post I have on the site according to the statistics so I figured that folks might enjoy this one as well.

Reader Ride. Very Nice DT175 Restoration.

 Mike Stratton Sends in this beauty of a restoration. I especially appreciate the “before and after” style of the pics. Very nice resto. When I was a younger (and lighter) lad I seriously lusted after one of these.

Mike writes:
Hey I stumbled across your site and really liked it! Thanks for your work on it! Here is my 1978 DT175E That I restored. Hopefully you will like it enough to put the pics on your site! (Bragging rights for me to my friends!) Anyway Thanks again.

My pleasure Mike. Brag away!

Yamaha and Triumph. A Serious Set of Street Trackers from RIding Into History.

And not to mention those sick custom billet track-stands!! I mean Damm!

Reader Ride. SR500 Fighter.

Zaine Engelbrecht sends in this nearly complete SR500 fighter.

He Writes:

I am not finished yet battling my ass of with the back brakes.( modification without ruining the original)
The swingarm pivot i cut just before the bearings each side so its 80mm, The nice thing is all the SR parts just bolt back on, no mods to my original frame.
The triple clamps just need different bearings and it bolts right on. The handles is of an Chinese import Hunter as its the only 41mm raised ones i could find.
I cut the brake disk spacer at the back by 4.5mm to line up the chain, will show you on photos how close the 180 back wheel is to the right side swingarm, the wheel is now only 4.5mm off centre.
Front discs is standard R6 and brakes like an accident!!!!!
Rear sprocket is machined alloy!!!!!! R 700 later! (40 teeth)
I will start the monoshock conversion tonight, and will send as many photos as possible,
7 weeks and not finished yet!!!
BIKE IS FOR SALE AFTER THE MONOSHOCK CONVERSION 😦

Best regards
Zaine Engelbrecht

Reader Ride. Nice XT500.

My buddy Butch sent me some pics of his stable including this nice thumper.  I’d love to find one in this shape to park next to my DR650.