MBK RD350 Paris Dakar

In 1985 MBK Innovation with Jean Michel Basset in the lead made a very special machine for Paris Dakar around a Yamaha RD350LC engine. The project was all about achieving a particularly high weight to power ratio, and the MBK engineers definitely succeeded. On the scales the bike weighed only 135 kg and had a power of 65 HP at the wheel! To get an idea and a comparison, in those years the BMW GS was the fastest with a top speed of 180 km/h and the most powerful with approx. 80 HP with a 1050 cc engine. The engine of the Yamaha RD350LC offered the power necessary to reach 145/150 km/h on the sand. The second objective was to give its riders, Patrick Vallet and Pierre Marie Poli a light and easy to handle motorcycle. For this purpose, aluminum was used extensively for the creation of the oversized radiator, air box, fuel tank, oil tank (remember that the engine ran on a 3% mixture) and water tank. Achieving 135 kg dry weight was a high-level engineering feat for its time. But as history shows, numbers and ideas on paper don't go well with the harsh world of racing. Unfortunately the MBK Innovation 350 did not arrive in Dakar with any of the drivers.

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MBK RD350 Paris Dakar

Deltabox Suzuki RG500's

The Spondon XR45 of Theo Louwes. In the last racing days of the Suzuki RG500 different manufacturers made deltabox frames. I made a photo set, Bakker, Spondon, VRP, GPA, Harris and Golinelli, I also included the modified street frames. 

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Deltabox Suzuki RG500's

Nico Bakker GTR750 Suzuki's

Rob Bron on the Bakker HRD GTR750 at Daytona in 1975.

Here we have all the Bakker GTR750's at one spot. The HRD ones have a horizontal monoshock, the other 3 have a vertical mounted shock. All the frames still exist. The Rob Bron bike was found a few years ago and is perfectly restored by the current owner.

Bakker HRD GTR750 type 1

Bakker HRD GTR750 type 2

HMC Bakker TR750

Manniën Motors Bakker GTR750

Bakker GT750

CRT two stroke track day Assen 2023

Beautiful YZR500 replica seen at the CRT two stroke track day, Assen 7 Oktober 2023.

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CRT two stroke track day Assen 2023

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YZR500 replica

Classic GP Assen 2023

Kevin Schwantz his Lucky Strike RGV500 seen at the Classic GP at the TT circuit Assen September 2023. 

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Motorcyles

Cars etc.

De Jager 500 boxer

The Dick de Jager 500cc four cylinder boxer two stroke is a very rare beast. As far as I know there exists only one engine. The König crankcases are known for weak casting and prone to crack. So de Jager decided to make a beter crankcase, the barrels are from Yamaha and the crank is a modified König one. The engine delivers 111 hp. Owner Luc de Smet from Belgium still races it at classic meetings with his female teammate Zoë Beun.

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De Jager 500 boxer

Suzuki GT750 Dsports race car

This home build race car with a tuned Suzuki GT750 engine used to race against the Ocelot racers in the D-sports race series in the USA. 

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Suzuki GT750 Dsports race car

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Dsports GT750 racer