CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’: Yamaha TW125 by ND Motociclette
Written by Martin Hodgson
If you hang around a custom bike shop long enough to sit through a morning tea break or after hours for a beer, then you’ll hear all sorts of crazy ideas get thrown around. Most are mere fantasies about things nobody within a stone’s throw has the budget to pull off, but every now and then a little slice of genius or something that would be a hoot enters the conversation. A regular customer of Italy’s Nico Dragoni Motociclette was in the workshop when the topic of his little beach basher, a Yamaha TW125, came up. The idea was to turn it into a tribute to the Californian custom culture, and the light-hearted banter turned into one hell of a cool little build.
If you’ve never seen a TW before then you’re probably wondering what the hell someone would use one for, but when it comes to riding on the beach few bikes come close. Sure, as many serious motorcycle journalists bemoaned upon its release ‘it’s totally impractical for commuting’ but all they proved there was that they’d totally missed the point. The goofy big tyre, low powered engine and cheap build quality is what makes it such a carefree and fun thing to throw around the sand.
So after a few summers of doing just that and with his particular TW needing some maintenance, the ND Motociclette customer came around with an idea. ?At the end of the past summer he was thinking of getting a new look to this Yamaha TW. We took inspiration from t...
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