Rimotu 80cc racer

Bert Smit on the Krauser 80cc. 

It all started in the last years of 50cc GP racing by Kreidler. Herbert Rittberger made an engine for Kreidler under the name of Rimotu (Rittberger Motoren Tuning). In the 80cc it raced as Zündapp and Krauser, with Bakker or LCR (Louis Christen Racing) frames. The factory racers were Hubert Abold and Stefan Dörflinger, in the Netherlands Bert Smit raced an LCR Krauser with sponsorship of John Bestebreurtje. In 1988 he won the European Championship race on Thursday and became third in the TT race at Assen on Saturday!!

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Rimotu 80cc

Nico Bakker Yamaha RD350

In 1983 Suzuki introduced the box-section aluminium frame to the world on the Suzuki RG250. In Japan this type of frame was an instant hit. In 1984 The Dutch frame builder Nico Bakker received a rather suprising phone call from a Japanese motorcycle dealer if he could make such a frame for the Yamaha RZ250. They made a deal for 50 frames, Nico used a brand new RD350YPVS as a reference point. The alloy frame became 6.5 kilo lighter than the original steel frame, it had all the mounting points for the original bodywork. Two of the frames stayed in the Netherlands, one of these is the yellow bike in the photo set. It was equipped with a lot of special parts like an alloy tank, PVM wheels, WiWo brakes and a White Power shock. How many of these bikes still exist in Japan? The 2 Dutch bikes survived. 

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Nico Bakker Yamaha RD350

Bakker HRD Suzuki TR750 (2)

Nico Bakker made a beautiful alloy fueltank for the Bakker HRD TR750. 

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Bakker HRD Suzuki TR750

Wolfgang von Muralt

This time a topic about a man who probably raced the most different types of Suzuki RG500's. He raced on RG500 and RGB500's, with alloy and steel frames, on different types of Nico Bakker RGB's, steel and alloy framed, on the factory XR70 and also on the TGA1 and the last years on the carbon fiber Ciba Geigy XR70. He did this with the help of Swiss Suzuki importer Frankonia. He also was one of the last persons that raced the RG500 in the GP's.
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Wolfgang von Muralt

Nico Bakker RG500 ex Rob Punt

Some pics of the ex Rob Punt Nico Bakker RG500 MK6 as a shed find. For more pics see  
Nico Bakker RG500

The Manfred Herweh collection

Ex Manfred Herweh Nico Bakker Rotax tandemtwin, seen at the technik museums of Sinsheim and Speyer.
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The Manfred Herweh collection

Nico Bakker RG500

The Nico Bakker RG500 is ready, it turned out into an incredible bike.
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The Nico Bakker RG500

First run
Nico Bakker RG500

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Nico Bakker RGB500

The site of the owner and builder
DRH Racing

Nico Bakker RGB500

This time some pics of the 1989 500cc Dutch Championship bike of Koos van Leijen. This Nico Bakker framed bike had a rather special engine, it was an RGB500 engine with MK11 cylinders, with the powervalve system of an RG500 Gamma. This with special expansion pipes by Herman Looman was enough to be faster then the XR45 powered Spondon Suzuki of Theo Louwes. A few years ago the frame and fairings of this bike appeared on Ebay. I did some bidding on it but did not win the auction. After that it showed up in a Performance Bikes magazine, the current owner is planning to restore the bike.
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Nico Bakker RGB500 Koos van Leijen