Grey Power: Angry Lane’s Yamaha SR500 cafe racer
Angry Lane have built around 30 bikes so far, and this cool grey 1999 Yamaha SR500 suggests that those skills are being put to very good use indeed. ?Our client wanted a 1960s race-style bike with a big tank and some muscle,? Guillaume tells us.
The standard SR500 is fairly perky around town, but it won?t tear your arms out of their sockets. So the brothers had the cylinder bored out by the German SR specialists Kedo, and installed a 90mm piston to boost capacity to 540cc.
Angry Lane have wisely upgraded the suspension to handle the extra engine output, dropping a set of Wilbers springs into the fork tubes and installing a pair of modern YSS shocks out back. They?re hooked up to a race-spec swingarm. There?s a Brembo caliper and disc acting on the front wheel, supplied by Motorquality in Italy and fitted using a special spacer and caliper bracket from MotoLanna. Guillaume and Ben?s attention to detail is superlative?even the titanium screws are safety-wired.
The rider grips LSL clip-ons, and there?s a quick action throttle for extra snap on acceleration. Other goodies include a Grimeca master cylinder, a new LSL headlight, and a speedo and blinkers from Motogadget.
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