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!

The Barton750 "Silver Dream Racer"

Chris Alty sent in these pics of a bike and brand that I'm a little ashamed to say I know very little about. Especially considering my love of two strokes and old movies. He's also getting a restoration business off the ground and included some nice links to more information. Check it out.

Hi I have just had a look at you site and thought i would send you some pics of my Barton 750 projects, i hope to have one out in August and my site is www.bartonphoenix.moonfruit.com Regards Chris Alty (and in a later e-mail) Eric Buell bought the rights etc when Barton closed its doors, check out the film Silver Dream Racer as Barton Made the bike in the film, i hope to have one of mine on the track later this year. Regards Chris

Here's a nice clip from Silver Dream Racer to see the bike in action. Nice stuff actually. Especially for the times!

Amazing Suzuki TR750 from the UX

Oh man that's a stunner. Thanks to Peter Kent. Looks like a lot of pipe and frame work here. Just amazing. Must be a hell of a ride.

A sweet MZ250 Racebike!

Andy Writes in.

Love your site ,thought you might like to see some of these.
MZ 250 racing bike as run in the BMZRC, have a look at
bmzrc.org.uk

A one make series running in the uk we celebrate our 25th year this year at Cadwell pk.
cheers Andy.

Fantastic stuff.  Wish we had something like this over here.  Good affordable (or as affordable as racing can be I suppose) fun.

Reader ride! 1997 Aprilia RS250!

I've actually seen a few of these stateside that were street legal. I don't often get envious but this might get me there. Congratulations on finally landing you dream ride. What a great bike!

Dear Badass 2 stroke motorcycles,
Wow just run through your blog, I consider myself a 2stroke lover. I always believe 2stroke is the most ideal engine for a sportbike. I think MotoGP made a big mistake by banning the 2stroke to compete. They should have let the 2stroke to compete with what ever type off engine. Anyway I just recently owned an Aprilia RS250 1997 model. This has been my dream bike back then and now I own 1. Riding it takes some time to get use to as this thing has freakish power delivery at ultrahigh RPM.....but ones you get use to the power delivery you would enjoy the superlatively devastatingly fast riding you could ever have imagine. you can even take a very steep angle short corner without any brakes being applied from a very high speed. Of course your feet will be very-very busy changing the gears but it still fun doing it. Anyway this is my picture with I consider my 2nd wife.......she is 1 of my big extended family. Thank you. Hairu Al Akmal

A very serious hybrid from Japan.

Fantastic build from Japan! Thanks you sir! I love builds like this. All business.

Hello My name is Takeshi Goto,editor in chief of 2 stroke magazine in Japan.There are so many cool two stroke bikes in your blog! I really enjoyed them.attached photos are my RZ410.

RD250LC frame with RZ350 engine,TZ250 forks.wheels are TZ250 hubs with 17in rims.I put in LA sleeve 410cc kit for Banshee and TZ replica pipes.65hp at rear wheel,not so much but massive torque,

A fantastic KawaZuki hybrid from the UK!

Hi  my name is Mark "banjo" Barrett, I built this bike this year 2011, what do you think thanks mark.. Coventry Warwickshire UK

I think it the bomb Mark!  Thanks for the pics!

Reader rides! A trick S1 Tracker and an awesome find!

Aaron Pierson sends in a cool Street-tracker and an awesome H1R find.

He writes in: I think i sent you a few pics of my 75 kawasaki s1 street tracker in the past, but i wanted to show you my new 2stroke... Well i found a 1970 H1R with H1RA kit on it, all original except the paint, it had been stored in pieces in an attic for 30 years! i bought if from a really nice guy with a hell of alot of racing stories... heres some pics of it as well as my s1 tracker. the H1R is as i purchased it(only assembled). it will eventually get a full restore. 

REALLY great stuff! Pease keep us posted on the restoration!

Reader ride. An unusual kovrovetc-minsk framed 175cc.

Valentin Voynov sends in this cool custom build. I confess that I don't know much about the ofiginal bike but I like hat he did with this. More proof that you don't need a deep pockets to build a cool bike. Hi this is my kovrovetc-minsk frame 175cc

Reader ride. Nice RD 400

Hi there... Dan from Toronto, Canada here... I ran across your page looking at RD400s and thought I would send you a photo of my finished winter project. 1977 RD400

cheers

Dan

Wicked little RD 350 drag Racer.

 Robert  Ritchey sent in the gorgeous RD drag bike and promised me some build pics soon.  I can't imagine how much fun this would be to take down the strip.  Nice build there Robert.

Special request for Information on this Seeley Suzuki TR500

Rob Payne writes in with a special request for info on what I think may be an ultra rare Seeley framed Suzuki.  Can anyone help shed some light on this interesting ride?

He Writes in:
I have recently aquired a factory Seeley framed TR500 I friend has owned for 15 years. I have attached a photo of the bike just to show you.... I am basically in the process of restoring and also sourcing info on how many are left, how many were made, etc etc. I am told a factory cs seeley with original motor (TR 500 - 10077) frame cs 262S MK 3CS107N are very rare.Thanks,
Rob

And in a second message:


I have a bunch of other photos and historical info on the bike. I am trying to contact Colin Seeley and give him the numbers, but cannot find an email for him. I honestly believe, from what I am told and read online, that there are only maybe 3-6 left, if that. Please let me know if you can find any further info or get any feedback.

Yamaha BW 80's. A pair of Sam Simmons Specials.

Sam Simmons sends in this pair of beauties.

He Writes:
Hi Steve,
Hope you're doing well. Excellent ( new) site (as usual!!). I recently
redid a couple of Yamaha BW-80's,so here are a few pictures for you...
Surprisingly,both BW's were still in the hands of their original
owners,one in MO,the other in IL.
 Both were in good overall condition,but pretty tired in the 'Engine Dept'
. I 'stretched' the suspension on mine,while my wife's is stock. Once the
exhaust  and intake systems are de-restricted,carb's rejetted,these
little shits  fly...almost 50 mph.

They're great little bikes for  swap meet transportation,and perfect for
inexperienced trail riders.

Best Regards,
Sam Simons

Holy Smokes! 50mph on these must be a hoot!


I like the Kenny Roberts colors!

Sitting Pretty!  Some nice clearance there!

How to raise em up!

Very Nice work!

The before pic!

I'm Jealous... "Barn Find" Reader ride RD400 Daytona from Seattle.

From Chris Sharon:

Steve,
Here are a couple pictures of the RD400 I just picked up. It has been sitting since 1992 and is in pretty decent shape. There is some chrome pitting and a bit of rust here and there but over all it’s a diamond in the rough. It only has 4880 original miles on it. It still has the stock tires. Wow.

I plan on cleaning it up but keeping it stock. I’ll send more pictures as I tear into it.

Chris in Seattle

That's one heck of a find!  Congrats!

Reader Ride. An Oregon S2 Daily Rider!

Alex Neun sends in his S2 Daily Rider!


Well the seat is torn but its my transportation on a dry day! best sounding bike in town.
Cheers
Long live kawi triples!

Nice rider Alex.  Doesn't need much at all and seat covers are available!  Take care of those pipes.  They're not exactly common!