Reader Ride. Cool old CZ From The Czech Republic.

James From Czechoslovak sends in his oldschool  CZ 175 1962 dirtbike.

He writes in:
Hi, my name is James and I come from the Czech Republic. I love old bikes and retro style. I prefer motorcycles manufactured in Czechoslovakia (Jawa, CZ). I really like your site. Every day, like watching pictures of bikes all over the world. I decided to also donate their bike. Not original, but built of scrap to ride the terrain around my home.

This is my CZ 175 Type 450 of 1962, adjusted for oldschool dirt bike. He has lots of adjustments for off-road driving. The engine has increased power from 10hp to 15hp, weight is + / - 100kg .

I love the old Jawa/CZ.  Some of the best looking engines built and they go like mad!  Still miss my old CZ250 dirtbike.  Scary scary motorcycle but oh so fun!

Reader Ride. Stunner of an RZ350

Jim Arellanes writes in:

This is a 2stroke world recent build by 2 smoker, hope its worthy enough.

Oh HELL yeah! Georgous!

Update: The 2 Stroke World BOTM winner!

Update:  For those of you who were asking, I found the build thread HERE

Beautiful!  More Here

I didn't build the bike but to answer the question from the comments:  The tank is from a Ducati 36 Mojave.  They are all over e-bay and very common.  The pipes look to be SpecII.  The seat  I'm not sure but check Airtech or Glass from the past.  The wheels look stock but were powdercoated black  The engine cases are just striped and polished Looks like clubman bars stock repainted  light.  No oil tank visible so it's probably premix.  Old style moto carrera rearsets now available at Economy cycle or HVCC  not sure wich exactly (see my vendor links).  Shocks look to be Works.  It's an old school fork brace available on e-bay from time to time.  braided brake lines. and look to be BT45 tires.   Gauges are the small chrome aftermarket ones ye see all over.  Check Mike's XS for a good selection.  None of this is "off the wall".  It really wouldn't be  a very difficult bike t build with some patience and $$. But it would be very satisfying in deed.

Hope that helps.

Reader Ride. Fun looking RD350...

Sweet Ride!
Thanks To Mark Atkinson who also sent in the Landspeed Bike!

Inverted RD.

Saw this over on Ottenoro blog.  You hear a lot of folks talking about doing this (reversing the cylinders so the carbs face forward and exhaust to the rear) but outside of the karting world you don't see it very often.  But outside of the cool factor and pipe routing benefits I don't really see the point.  Really Trick bike though.

Quick mesage...

Since changing my welcome message to include a request for pics I've had a mild flood of pictures.  Please don't think I'm  ignoring anyone it's just going to take a bit to get it all sorted out.  Some really great stuff will be on the way shortly. 

Please stay tuned.  And Thanks Much to Everyone!

Reader Ride. Radical RD350 Custom from India.

Te-a Writes in:

Hello, My Names is Te-a, I'm from the far north east corner of India, in the city of Aizawl, Mizoram. We are a huge fan of your blog, keep it up. Heres a couple of pictures of a custom RD350, done by my brother Muansanga MSX. The frame is stock, rear suspension is from a 150cc 4-stroke Yamaha R15, tail cowling fabricated, wheels are 17-inchers from R15, 120/80 rear tire with a 100/80 front. Engine is completely rebuilt from scratch, with a stage 1 porting job with a custom built MSX expansion chamber. Custom painted by yours trully. Hope you like it. Thanks.


(My blog - www.mizobiker.blogspot.com)

Thanks very much for sending this in.  I love getting bikes from other parts of the world.  Especially customs.  I enjoy seeing what other people are doing to their bikes.  It's inspiring and it opens up the possibilities.  Te-a's paint work is simply fantastic.  Check out his blog new blog for more examples.

A CR85 Mini Motard.

Reader Kieth Montgomery sent in what looks to be a VERY fun Honda CR85 Mini Motard.

Can there ever be too many cool TZ pics?

Hell No!

H1 Wild Thing! Groovy Baby!!

Moto GP Honda...

Holy Shit. Pipe Porn doesn't seem to quite do it. I'm speechless...

Insane KX500 Street Fighter!

I love the pipe routing. This thing must be dangerous!