Barry Sheen 1980 Yamaha Yamaha TZ 500. If I had $60,000 I'd buy this bike.

Ex Barry Sheen Racebike now on E-bay.  And I believe the subject of the very first post on MPOTD blog.

Got a picture from the Legend Himself. Tony Nicosea.

Tony 's Nicosia's Kaw. H-1,Tony Set the AHRA World Record at Loins Drag Strip 1969 111.38 MPH / 12.61 ET it was the fastest St. M/C !

For those of you who don't know much about Tony he is the man who put the wow in Kawasaki.  He is a living legend in the Kawasaki Triples community.  Back when these were new bikes and Kawasaki was looking to make a splash he was the rider they turned to at the dragstrip.  Here's another page I have on him with some more great shots!

From the Wikepedia page:
It was the quickest production motorcycle at the time. When motorcycle journalists expressed some disbelief, Kawasaki suggested they take a new H-1 to the drag strip. Using a regular production model with only 7 miles on it, Tony Nicosia ran the quarter mile in 12.96 seconds at 100.7 mph for the press to witness (the official figure was 12.4 secs by Mike Wenzel - quite believable on a well run in machine). Tony Nicosia set many world records with Kawasaki triples over the following years, including some land speed records at Bonneville Salt Flats

Here he is in all his glory. Thanks Tony!

Amazing Jawa 350 Before and After. From Turkey!

Caught this over on http://www.2strokeworld.com

After:

Before:

RD500LC Hybrid.

How cool is that!  Thanks Dave!  Found this on your CD.  I bet you were really tempted!  LOL.    This one was built by legendary two stroke tuner Stan Stephens.

H2 Resto! Wow!

By H2DCW on the Kawi Triples Board.

The RB collection Video.

Update: Link to build thread. Reader Ride! Holy Smokes!! One VERY Serious H2 Custom!

For those of you interested in the building of this bike here is a link to the build thread I just stumbled across.  It's even more impressive than I thought.

 http://kawaportal.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2655&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Morgan Price sends in this amazing build.... I'm speechless...

Reader Submittal. A pair of cool scooters. One of them fairly radical!

Jesus writes in:

In Spain in the 60 b 70 was very common to go to work with one of
I would like to pay tribute to these machines through this tireless Mobylette manufactured in Spain by the GAC factory in 1972 (with Pat MOTOBECANE). It is now part of my humble collection and belonged to the father of my wife. I also attached a picture of a very special preparation made by joining two other family member and modifying damping and braking system. Greetings from Zaragoza

Reader Ride! Outstanding Stretched and Cafe'd RD350

 That's a ballsy build. First non drag racer I've seen stretched out that far. Looks great though! Thanks For the pics!

Richard writes in:

My name is Richard Weslow and here is some pictures of my bike. It started out as one big mess in my basement but with the help of some good friends Kurk Schwengel and Mark Snyder we put together one exciting ride.We moved the pivot back 6 1/2 inches fabricated mounts for a lower link and used a after market Fox mono shock for the rear. Vintage Ducati seat ,hand foraged rear sets, Avon Lynex fairing hand built space framing. And for the motor we did the Harry Barlow race porting with 32mm carbs and moto carrera pipes plus a few other tricky things.This bike just full on flys Hope you like the pictures

The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of... RZ500/R6 Hybrid.

You hear about bikes like this in lots of conversations.... "wouldn't it be cool to put engine X in chassis Y"..  Well someone REALLY did it.  More on the project over on BARF

"Current generation Yamaha R6 chassis with Ohlins forks and shock, Brembo brakes, forged wheels, and aluminum subframe. Engine swap with Yamaha RD500 (aka RZ500 aka RZv500) V4 twin-crank two-stroke. Handmade expansion chambers with carbon fiber silencers. Mikuni flatslide carbs."

Hello From Vietnam! A Rare Rumi Scooter.

Mark Brooks Writes in:

Hi 2 stroke biker blog, I love the site and pop by most weeks for a look. Over here in Vietnam we don't have so many interesting bikes, however there are a lot of vintage scooters. Last weekend on one of our scooter runs I saw this Rumi. They are as rare as hens teeth so to see one over here was a real treat. I hope you like it.
Cheers, Mark

Hey even though it's not a dedicated scooter blog I love interesting scooters. Cool Ride.

UPDATE: Stupid Question (for me)... What is this? (Answer: It's a KR250 Tandem Twin)

Update:  Thank you Lawrence!  From the Comments:

Lawrence said...

That is a 1981/82 Kawasaki KR250 tandem twin. Here is a great article from Superbike Planet: http://www.superbikeplanet.com/kr250.htm And some more: http://motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/classic_bikes/kawasaki-kr250-history.php Keep up the good work, Lawrence

Had it in the archive a while and forgot where I got it... An inline twin, dry clutch, belt drive,monoshock rotary valve Kawasaki racebike...  Ummm... I'm stumped.