QUICK AND THE DEAD. Exesor Motorcycles? ?Santoku? ?76 SUZUKI GT250 Racer
Written by Martin Hodgson
Let’s face it. The days of new road legal two-stroke motorcycles are fast being resigned to the scrap heap of history. Thankfully, the scrap heap is exactly where Christian Schwarzenlander gets the donors for his projects, he simply refuses to start a build with a bike that runs. The owner of Austria?s Exesor Motorcycles had stumbled across an old, dead smoker at a giveaway price and with a love for 1970’s racing it was the perfect chance to combine the two. The end result is this simply stunning ’76 Suzuki GT250 two-stroke racer called ?Santoku?.
Think of any style of custom bike and Christian has built one, but a race replica was the last on the list and finding the GT was the chance to complete the set. ?It was a typical barn find, it was a piece of scrap. A rolling chassis with an open engine, very rusty and extremely dirty. About a 10mm layer of dirt covered the engine and I was thinking about leaving it there where I have found it. But in the end I bought it for a few bucks and made into my new project,? he smiles. Eyes on the prize
The state of the bike meant this would be a full rebuild as well as customisation job, a challenge Christian loves as he relishes the chance to make his own parts to go on each build. ?The 2-stroke bike era is over. The winning race bikes from the 70 ?s are forgotten. That is a pity since the technology is quite simple… Tougher environmental laws have banned the 2 stroke bikes from our st...
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