Yamaha

Reader ride! Beautiful and original 1975 XS650

I love these bikes. I’m not sure how I’ve avoided owning one for so long. Dennis Callnon sends in this well cared for classic! He’s the original owner with 40k miles!

Outstanding!

An outstanding “modernized” Yamaha FJ1200.

I stumbled across this bike on a two stroke message board of all places.  It’s one of my all time favorite bikes done up with some very tasty modern suspension upgrades. Thanks very much to Tim (AKA: axiom-r) for all the great pics and for permission to post these.    If you’re interested in the build thread along with more cool pics, go check out the FJ owners message board. Great Stuff!

Reader Rides! A classic Honda and Yamaha medley..

Nice collection from Mr. Tony McGuire

Hi there, heres a few pics of my 70s Hondas, im normally a 2stroke man but I seem to have a weird passion for 70’s Hondas too!
Regards, Tony McGuire, East Yorkshire, UK.

Ive also included a pic of my daily rider, Yamaha RD400 period special.

An exquisite Yamaha 2-Stroke Fighter!

Folks who follow my other blog know how much I like these. This is built off of a Yamaha RZ350. I love the more upright “real world” stance of the bike. Really excellent!

from the builder:
Hallo Steve,
I am from Austria, and this is my Personal RZ
Best Wishes from the Alps Heiner

Thanks you sir!

A TZ750 2 Stroke Operatic Aria!

Yes I’m still behind on all the submittals but in the mean time sit back, relax, turn up the volume and bask in the melodious tones of this TZ750 at speed… sublime..

Reader Ride! Excellent XS650 Restomod from the UK!

“Just thought I’d send a couple of pics of my recently rebuilt 1977 XS 650 D. Would love to see it on the site. Lots of work done to most parts of it, handles great and the engine mods mean it now kicks out a more respectable 51.6hp at the rear wheel.
Dave
Bridlington
East Yorkshire. UK”

Love it Dave! 51hp is a handful on these bikes with all that torque! Well done! Looks like a real rider and a nice twist on the first year color theme. I should really get my hands on one of these sometime.

This XV920 is making quite a splash…

Something about these Virago based customs that really get peoples juices flowing. The other one’s that I’ve posted are still some of the most viewed bike on the blog. I’m not sure who was the first one to post about it but I saw this on on Clsssified Moto But click around… everybody is talking about it.

BikeExif also did a good post about it early on Check them out! Hell be sure and visit them often!

Yamaha 2 stroke Dragracer! 400 cc’s of wicked fun!

Joe Mejia send in this wicked little drag racer!

Joe write in:
“Here is a pic of my bike it is a national record holder in the AMA pro star 9.40 ET 140 mph hope u like it it has gone faster”

Oh man that must be a good time. There will be a video shortly..

Stunning reader XS650 Tracker

Neil tells me that that’s an R6 front end on there. Really excellent build.