Folks who know me know how much I love old 2-strokes and this is one trick little scoot!
Thanks to George Wenman!
Hi these are pic of the restoration of a 1980s Yamaha 50 in a Suzuki frame my name is George Wenman I live in Cape Town South Africa
2-stroke
ATK! 620cc of pure frickin’ two stroke terror!
Lord i do miss the big open classers! Point! Shoot! And Hang the hell on!!!
CR500 Cafe Racer.
I look at this and my brain twists a little… Oh what fun that must be!
CORRECTION! It’s an Arctic Cat powered 2 stroke street legal drag bike!
UPDATE: Sorry about that Brent.
From Brent and Tammy Soper. Bike seen in THIS earlier post
Heres a current picture of me laying down a pass on my Suzuki VX with its Arctic Cat 900 triple sled engine. Only went 10.61@121 mph, not too bad for its second run ever. Launched real good did a 1.495 60′ time. Ran out of gear by the 1000′ mark so another tooth on the front sprocket is a must and get jetting right.
Very respectable for such a wild experimental build! That tire looks to be getting a nice bite on launch. Please keep us posted as you keep dialing her in!
A fantastic Henk Van Kessel 50cc 2 stroke racer. Like a little piece of motorcycle jewelry.
I confess to lifting these pictures straight from this great ADV Rider thread. They are too good not to post. For those who don’t know much about the early days of Moto GP and the significance of the early 2 stroke small cc bikes I highly recommend a book called “Stealing Speed”. It’s a well researched story of industrial espionage, spy vs spy and the end of WWII and German rocket science all rolled into one.
And here is the man himself.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henk van Kessel (born on June 25, 1946) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He won the 1974 F.I.M. 50 cc world championship. He won seven Grand Prix races during his lengthy career.
Nationality Dutch
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years 1972 – 1976, 1978 – 1986
First race 1972 50cc Swedish Grand Prix
Last race 1986 Baden-Württemberg Grand Prix
First win 1974 50cc French Grand Prix
Last win 1979 50cc Belgian Grand Prix
Team(s) Kreidler
Championships 50cc – 1974
Starts 87 Wins 7 Podiums 25 Poles 0 F. laps Points422
Beautifully modified Yamaha RZ350
I have a stock version of this in my garage and I can tell you that there isn’t that much Yamaha left in this bike. I think it’s European. The name on the E-mail is Heiner Trapp who wrote:
Hello, one update and Streetlegal !
Fun With 2 Stokes out of the UK!
Tony McGuire. writes in!
Hi, heres a few photos of some members bikes in our club the Yorkshire strokers’ classic 2stroke riders club, we pride ourselves on riding our bikes daily and not just have them in the garage looking all shiny as certain other classic bike clubs do! we all average 50 years old but when were out on the strokers we transform into teenagers and end up racing and wheelying everywhere, its so much fun!
best wishes from Yorkshire UK, Tony mcGuire.
Video. Yamaha Classic Racing Team. I literally drooled a little…
Turn up the volume LOUD!!!
And now something completely different! One “sick” 2 stroke sled powered dragracer…
Heres a picture of my 2-stroke bike. Its a 1990 Suzuki VX800 with a 1995 Arctic Cat Thundercat 900 snowmobile engine in it. Street driven and very fast.
Let me know what ya think. —
Brent Soper
I think it’s insanely badass.. I’d love to see a video of it racing!
Another 2-stroke. Honda NSR 400.
Sean Larson writes in:
Hi,
I just ran across your blog from a link on the L-Twin site. I was checking out the Honda XR1157R Evo, and I saw your link and took a look. Very nice bikes. I don’t know what it is about 2 strokes that get the blood pumping…I just love them. I am the proud owner of a 1987 Honda NS400R. Now it’s not the fastest, but it handles great, and no one around where I live has one. I attached some pictures.
I have done some minor mods on it and have a list of more I want to do. So when I get some more done I’ll send if you’re interested.
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