Juicy: Jigsaw?s candy orange Yamaha XSR700 tracker
The Yamaha XSR700 is a smash hit with both owners and journalists in Europe, and two years after its introduction, it?s becoming a hit with customizers too. The latest fan club inductees are Jigsaw Customs of Greece, and their new XSR is one of the sharpest flat track-inspired customs we?ve ever seen.
Jigsaw are based in the small town of Nea Makri, on the coast looking out to the Aegean sea, some 25 km northeast of Athens. It?s not a company we?ve heard of before, but they?re definitely on our radar now.
?The Slider? debuted at the Wheels & Waves festival in France a few days ago, and it?s Jigsaw?s second Yard Built commission from Yamaha Greece.
The old school vibe of The Slider is no accident. ?We?re huge fans of motorcycles from the 1970s and 1980s,? says Jigsaw boss Petros Chatzirodelis. ?We also do a lot of restorations?so it was exactly the kind of project we like to have in our garage.?
Petros and his crew decided to build ?A fun and lovable bike, like the minimal, lightweight TZ750 and XS650 old school flat trackers.? They started by taking off almost everything except the engine, frame, swingarm and forks.
That meant goodbye to the stock bodywork, lights, fenders, wheels, gauges and exhaust. The XSR700?s controversial ?fuel tank? was discarded, and even the ABS system and its wiring loom.
Wheels are essential to the flat track look, with 19-inch rims and Dunlop tires being the industry standard. Jigsaw chose to fit an XTZ1200 front wheel for its unu...
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