Reader Ride. A sweet TX500 Cafe.

I was a little slow getting this one out.  I had an e-mail flurry a while back that I’m still sorting through.  No way would I miss this beauty though..

Tyler Hammond wrote in:

Hello again,
I was excited to see my Norton on your blog….actually more like
honored to be amung other cool bikes……then I realized I have built
other cool bikes over the years. So i have transfered some pics from
an old computer to forward to you.

This is a 1974 Yamaha TX500 twin. It never really sold well, but its
claim to fame was it was one of the first Yamahas with DOHC. I built
this bike originally about 12 years ago (in Yellow) then revamped it
about 8 years ago, before the customization it was in stock format and
my daily driver. Its still basically a stock bike. with the exception
of the exhaust pipes I made myself (sportster mufflers) . The Tail
light is a 1959 caddy. I added another disc brake to the original
setup with little fuss…I did convert the master cylinder to handle
the Dual brakes. The Seat was also a custom Job i did myself by
cutting up the stock seat pan and some fiberglass. The bike did get
the complete frame up rebuild including powdercoating the frame. I
sold this bike about a year ago after nearly 20 years of ownership. Of
course Having a Norton Commando in the Garage makes it pretty easy to
forget about this old girl.

Tyler

Reader Ride. 1961 Triumph TR6

Ken Phipps Writes in:
Here is mine. Wish I still had it. How many times have you heard that?

Plenty. I’ve said it a few time for sure. Ken can you give us a little history on the race wins and such?

 

Beautiful Guzzi from an all Italian e-mail.

I received an e-mail with a lot of info all in Italian that had this photo attached. Now I admit that I can be bought and a photo like this just about does it. When I clicked on the photo it took me to this website (again all in Italian) called http://www.passionemotoexpo.it/ .  It’s such a nicely produced website that I wish I spoke the language.  Really nice stuff (and no there were no viruses or anything it’s all legit).  Check em out.  Here is the Babelfish translated link if you’re interested.  Anyway sweet Guzzi!

A 1955 BMW R50. Update from a previous post.

Carlos sent in some fantastic Royal Enfield pics recently and is kind enough to send in these beautiful BMW shots of his friends bike.

He Writes in:
It’s fantastic to see how much care u have for bikes.
So, after having sent you some pics of my Royal, I decided to send you as well some pics of a nice BMW R 50 from 1955. “ She “ came from Germany and was restored as the ones used by the Afrika Korps in north Africa during the WW ll by Rommel. “She “ belongs to a great friend of mine. Hope you like it as well.
Kind Regards
Carlos Fragoso

Thank You Carlos!

Reader Ride. A cool GS550 Street Tracker. First bike post that was contributed from the Facebook group page.

Brian Cook was nice enough to contribute this on our facebook page. It’s a sweet 1979 Suzuki GS550, done up as a Street Tracker! I really like it. You could put something like this together without breaking any banks. Ride the heck out of it as you continue to mod and still be the talk of the local bike night.

Thanks again Brian!

Nice Shot from the TAT (Trans America Trail)

Riding all or at least part of the TAT is definitely on my bucket list. When the MCPOTD daughter get a little older I may have to prep the “old faithful” DR650 and head out on it. GPS units don’t hurt either.