We all know Hagon for their shocks, often fitted to the custom motorcycles that grace these pages. But company founder Alf Hagon’s story goes much further back. Before he launched the successful suspension brand, he competed in speedway and grasstrack racing?and built some pretty sweet bikes.
Most notably, he’s credited for creating the first aluminum monocoque motocross frame. Built for British motocross legend Vic Eastwood in 1977, the Hagon Yamaha was powered by a Yamaha TT500 motor, bored out to 540 cc. Only a handful of these frames were ever built… and you’re looking at one of them.

It’s owned by our friend Dirk Oehlerking, better known as Kingston Custom. Or at least, it was owned by Dirk, because he’s just sold it to a customer after 38 years of ownership. That’s right?he bought this Hagon Yamaha way back in 1984. ?The bike was already very well known at that time,? he says, ?and very, very rare?this was the only one in Germany. I bought it for about ?8,000. For comparison, a KTM, Maico or Husqvarna was about ?2,500 at the time, and the Japanese manufacturers were priced much lower.?

?The bike was very far ahead of its time, and I was winning motocross races with it in the 80s. It outlasted all the other bikes I had throughout my career?and I had many. I raced motocross and enduro for over 30 years, so I owned about 38 motocross and enduro bikes.?
?I have not let her out of my sight since that time. It was on display i...