AR 50 that is just too cool...

Thanks to Robert Loades

 1994 ar50
aprilia rs125 upside down forks

rs125 front wheel

rs50 extrema single sided swingarm

nikon expansion chamber

ar80 engine

Long overdue status update.

I've realize that I've really let this place slide for a while.  Between this blog and MCPOTD this is the one that has suffered.  Sorry about that.  I HAVE been posting most of the nicer 2-stroke pics over on the other blog so if you've sent me anything recently you may want to go over there to see if it's up.  For now I've got way too much going on to keep up with both sites.  Sorry about that..  I'll get back to it over here when things settle down.

A CR500 and a nice modded GT550

Mike sent me a link to his Flickr site and I grabbed these two! Nice Stuff! His original E-mail about the CR500

This is my CR500 AFC Supermoto 79RWHP. I mostly run it on the street but for fun I took it to the drag strip and ran a 12.4 @ 101.4mph 1/4mile. It didn't have a soft enough tire to launch hard but still fun beating Vrods and cbr600s! It's a crazy fun bike. Street titled and all led lights. This will be up for sale soon to fund a Kawasaki H1 drag bike :) the wheelie bar on it is from the H1 project haha Thanks

And a nicely modded GT!

Two Sweet Suzukis! A GT and an RG!

Thanks to Trevor Denning

Here is two of what I consider the best two strokes ever made. the GT I have owned for 26 yrs the RG for 18 yrs neither are standard Thanks TREVOR

NSR 250 from Argentina!

Beautiful save! Thanks to Mariano Bertoli!

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Photo album now reloaded from the Deals Gap 2007 Rally

A continuation ofthe previous post only this one is from the 2007 meet. Link to album is HERE. Enjoy.

Reloaded some long lost Deals Gap albums.

I had these on a hostin site that suddenly vanished a year or so ago and I finally got around to reloading them on Picassa. I'm going to assume that Google will be around a bit longer than the old Villagephoto's. This one is from May 2006 If you want to just go to the photo page, check HERE

Nicely modified Yamaha RZ500.. pRon!

SteveF over on the 2strokeworld message board posted up this stunner. From that post:

My modified RZ 500 I purchased this bike new in 85. I did some mods recently 2011 R6 front, 2008 R6 rear, marchesini wheels,Brembo’s front and rear, 28mm Flatslide carbs, JL pipes

Cool build from Brazil!

I love it! Thaks Rossi! Proof that it you don't need big bucks to build cool bikes!

Hi, In Brazil we have a Yamaha RX 180 custom 2 stroke modified to café racer. I access your blog every day. Very good, congratulations. Thanks, Rossi Fernando

The before photo!

The build pics!

Reader rides! Some really nice customs RD Cafe's

Murray Pawluk sends in some of his builds! Nice stuff! Sorry Murry, I've been waaaaaay slow getting back to this board.

A nice Aprilia RS250

thanks to Mathias Maneyrol!

Totally cool! MB5 24 hour enduro racer video!

Big Ass Maico!

Before I die I want to own something like this...

One Trick RD Cafe from the UK!

From van J Addams.

Hi, great Blog , I've been following it almost from the beginning. I've been mad about 2 stroke bikes since the late 70's and have had a number of Yamaha RD's since 1981 all of which have been tuned and modified Cafe Racer style. Most saw action on the drag strip. I've had my current bike for about five years.  I've attached some photo's. It's in a constant state of evolution and develops almost weekly. It's popular at bike meets and always draws a lot of attention. It's no show bike as I often use it for work which is a sixty mile round trip accross the North York Moors.

I am in the fortunate position of working in a machine shop in the aerospace business so I can do all the work myself. Currently if my memory serves me correctly it is based on a modified D model frame with RD350LC front forks, needle roller swing-arm and rear suspension, wheels and brakes are RD400. The seat is a maxton TZ item and the tank is also TZ but I don't know who made it. Pipes are Allspeed, Really old, knackerd ones which came off a racer, I repaired them and modified the fittings to suit. The motor is Fahron tuned 370cc and very quick. I've done a lot of mod's to the engine which would take a page to list. I modified the intakes to suit banshee reeds and it currently runs 28mm carbs, however, I have a set of Mikuni VM 28's which I'll fit over winter. See-thru clutch cover was done for me by NK Racing. All shiny bits are by me and made from either aircraft grade alloy or titanium, I'll make parts for any bike but prefer 70's two strokes. I urgently need to modernise the brakes, another job for winter. I have another project on the go; a kenny roberts' replica which will be watercooled (it's not an LC though) more of that some other time. Hope you like the photo's, I'll soon be filming a very sexy two stroke cafe racer video starring my lovely wife, I'll send you a link when it's on line.

Regards. Ivan J Addams Whitby, North Yorkshire, UK.

Stunning RZ350 build.

Thanks to Heiner Trapp

RD350 Cafe

S1 Tracker update..

Aaron Pierson sends in an update on his tracker

I sent in a few pics of my s1 tracker a while back, but now I've got good pipes on it! These are a set of WTF's. As you might know you get these pipe kits as a set of rolled cones. I had previously NEVER TIG welded before. So I got the kit, a brand new Lincoln 155 and got started. What a learning curve! And completely worth the effort! I urge anyone wanting to try and build pipes to do it. In this configuration the stingers are 90% inside the baffle cone. This gave unrestricted flow and knocked a few DB's off the noise level.

An AR50 from the UK

From Aaron Threlfall

 My 1989 Kawasaki ar50, restored to put on the road in January for when i turned 16

Nice to see the next generation keeping them on the road!

1972 Suzuki T250R Cafe

Nathan Gawalko sends in this nice little cafe.

A shoutout to a fellow 2 stroke enthusiast!

Gary Whiting sent in some info about a cool new 2 stroke based site from New Zealand.  Check them out!
to me

Hi Florida Steve,
I have been following your blog for a while now and thought you might be interested in some fellow 2 stroke enthusiasts in the South Pacific. We are a very keen group of enthusiasts living in and around Palmerston North, New Zealand.

Our blog is http://bluehaze-gazza.blogspot.co.nz

Our website is https://sites.google.com/site/bluehazevjmcmanawatu/

Utube http://www.youtube.com/gcwhitin

Keep up the good work with the blog.

Kind regards