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.