Ever wished your motorcycle could carry a pushbike to your local trails" So did Oregon man Tony Pereira?so he tricked out his motorcycle with a very clever removable bike rack.
It helps that Tony is the co-owner of Breadwinner Cycles, a handmade bicycle outfit based in Portland. The bike hanging off the back of the Yamaha XS650 is one of Breadwinner’s made-to-order hardtails, Bad Otis. (Read all about it on our pedal-powered sister site, Cycle EXIF.)

Even though bicycle-making is his day job, Tony’s been wrenching on motorcycles for a lot longer. This XS650 is his daily rider, and he?s been fettling it for 16 years.
?Someone told me about a ’75 XS at a nearby garbage transfer station, with a ‘FREE’ sign hanging from it.?
“So I jumped in my pickup, went over and slid the rusty mess of a bike in on its side, thinking I’d only ever use it as a parts bike.? After a year of pillaging random parts from it, Tony decided to build his first café racer.
?As a lifelong tinkerer who had just learned to weld, I knew that given enough time I could figure out how to make it come to life.?

It took Tony three years to get the XS650 restored, customized and back on the road. The initial resto saw the engine rebuilt and bored out to 700cc, and the carbs upgraded to Mikuni VM34s.
It was during the project that Tony got the confidence to take a crack at crafting his first mountain bike frame. ?I knew I had found my calling,? he says. ?Hand...