This time a really amazing bike made by Brett De Stoop, this 1000cc triple Suzuki (based on a GT750 of 35 years old!!) with home made cylinderblock is capable of almost 374 kmph!!
Loris Capirossi knows what bike to place in front, his RG500! Seems like MotoGP and Superbike stars like RG500 and 400's, Noriyuki Haga's bike is for sale right now.
Here some information about the last a probably the best 250cc ever made! The Gilera RSA250 on which Marco Simoncelli became 250cc world champion in 2008. This is my little tribute to Marco who probably would have been a future MotoGP world champion.
The flying dentist from Assen the Netherlands is busy with another exciting project, a four cylinder square four RTM 350. This is probably the only survivor. He also owns a 250cc twin.
Aprilia RSW250, seen at the European Two Stroke Cup at the TT Circuit Assen on 24 and 25 September.
A new series of two stroke racing for 125 and 250cc bikes will start in 2012, the European Two Stroke Cup! The first try out will be at the TT circuit at Assen on 24 and 25 September 2011.
Rudi Kurth was the man behind the low and fast streamlined sidecars, he is the inventor of this style of sidecar. Also he was the one who build the first triple Yamaha's. His passenger was the beautiful Dane Rowe.
Ex Brian Reid Yamaha 500 V4 F1 Spondon Racer.
Here a set of rare pics of the RGV500 (factory name XR89) as ridden by Kenny Roberts junior in the 500cc championship. With this bike he took his first 500cc GP win in 1999. The pics offer you an inside view as never seen before!
ROC Yamaha 500 V4 seen at the Bikersclassics Francorchamps Belgium July 2011.
Norick Abe's YZR500 at the Anniversary show at the Bonte Wever Assen, the Netherlands June 2011.
Made a new photoset about a rather special bike the KR500, a square four two stroke with an alloy monocoque frame. The bike debuted in the world championship at GP of Nations 1980 (the circuit Misano Adriatico) with the rider Kork Ballington. At the end of the season the South African rider finished 12th in the standings. For the 1981 season the KR500 was improved, a new chassis was built which was stiffer and lighter, the bike got a magnesium crankcase and a fork with anti-dive. The season saw the KR500 get its first podium finishes with two third places (in Netherlands and Finland) with Ballington finishing 8th in the final standings of the championship. The main change before the 1982 season was switching to Showa suspensions. Ballington finished 9th in the championship, the best result during the season was a 6th place in Misano. At the end of the season the Kawasaki retired from the Grand Prix motorcycle racing.
Never thought that I would collect enough pics to make a set of the amazing Barton Phoenix and Buell RW750 square four twostroke engines. But thanks to Nigel and Chris that became reality! Barton (BARry Hart and TONy Ryan) used the design of the Suzuki RG500 engine but made it better and more reliable. Suzuki used Bartons design in later RG500 models. They wanted to race the bikes in the F750 class but that never took place. The bikes were used in the 1980 movie Silver Dream Racer. They were ridden by Roger Marshall. In the eighties Erik Buell bought most of the Barton Phoenix bikes and engines. He was planning to race them in the AMA F1 class just before they banned them for this class. The engine in the picture has cylinders with the name Armstrong on it, they were most likely been made during the period that Barry Hart was working for Armstrong on a 500cc twostroke triple engine.
Suzuki RGV500 special (Jack Middelburg replica) seen at the Dutch Track Days April 2011 at the TT circuit in Assen.
AMF Harley Davidson 250cc two stroke twin racer.
Seen at the Classic show in Bremen Germany an Adler 500cc fourcylinder two stroke, this is a homemade engine of a combination of two 250cc engines.
Here we have some pics of two very rare 50cc twins, the Suzuki RK66 and the Bridgestone EJR50.
This time some rare pics of two fourcylinder twostroke prototypes made by Kawasaki. The racer is an inline four with a staggered cylinder layout to make the engine smaller. The road bike is an squarefour. Both bikes don't exist anymore. The frame of the racer is still in use, now with a KR750 triple in it.
