Written by Marlon Slack
There?s no two ways about it – Mule Motorcycles build the best trackers in the world. They usually work their magic on Sportsters, with the occasional XS650 and other, more mortal engines. But they?re nearly always twins. Thankfully, for worshippers at the altar of the SR500, he?s now turned his talents to Yamaha?s evergreen single. And the results are amazing.

Which may be because of the brief that Mule were given. Richard Pollock, head of Mule Motorcycles, had a bike builders? dream brief for this SR. ?This is the type of build I live for,? he says. ?The owner of the bike is Sean Hutchinson, a long time aircraft mechanic. He said ?Do whatever you want, I?ll just leave it up to you!? That?s the best thing you can ever hear from a client or a date.
So Richard, who is based in San Diego, went and picked up an Ebay special 1978 Yamaha SR500. From Kentucky. Now if you?re not familiar with American geography, that?s around 3,000 kilometers away. London to Moscow is 2,500 kilometers. For a Yamaha that?s about as common as? a Yamaha. But there?s a few reasons why Richard travelled so far.

?So Richard had a buddy pick it up from Kentucky and then put it on a truck in Alabama, and then on to San Diego.?
?The price was low, it only had five thousand miles on it from new and it was absolutely all stock,? he says. And it?s damn hard to find an unmolested SR. ?If it?s gonna get cut to pieces, I wanna do the cutting,? he adds. So Richard had a buddy pic...