Plan B: STG Tracker’s cheeky Suzuki GN250 bobber - motorcycles

Plan B: STG Tracker’s cheeky Suzuki GN250 bobber



The Buenos Aires-based custom shop STG Tracker has a very specific style. The clue’s in their name?builders Marcelo Obarrio and Germán Karp have a thing for street trackers and scramblers. But they also like to shake things up from time to time.
This cheeky Suzuki GN250 bobber isn’t STG’s usual fare, but that didn’t stop them from having fun with it. The client that commissioned it only had a few requests, leaving the guys a lot of wiggle room. So they looked to the East, drawing inspiration from the Japanese chopper and bobber scene.

Ironically, the 1994-model Suzuki had already been customized as a street tracker when it rolled into STG’s shop. But since its owner wanted a change, Marcelo and Germán quickly stripped it down to its bones, effectively starting from scratch. STG had built a similar looking GN125 bobber in the past, but that one still had its rear suspension. And Germán had built a few hardtail frames in the days before he and Marcelo formed STG. So on this project, they decided to take the best bits of their smaller GN build, but go all-in with a hardtail design.

The Suzuki’s frame was cut and rebuilt, with a rigid rear end that uses classic Harley-style chain tensioners. That left the front end sitting even higher than it does now?so STG hunted for shorter forks, with a bigger diameter than the spindly GN units. A Honda CBX250 setup did the trick.
Next, STG laced up a set of 19F/16R wheels to get the stance just ...
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