Speed Read, 10 January 2021
Would you pay $27,000 for a Ural sidecar rig" That’s the asking price for the new GEO limited edition, so we look at what you get for your money. You’ll need a lot more money to nab the 1940 Crocker coming up at auction soon, though?like several hundred thousand dollars. We also examine a slick Yamaha XJ600 from Portugal, and a wild little two-stroke pit bike.
Two-stroke pit bike by Wilco Lindner The Dutch mini bike enthusiast (and gym owner) had a bit of time on his hands during the lockdown last year. So he decided to enter the Coronavirus Bike Build Off, a global online competition hosted by Roland Sands.
Wilco took a generic pit bike frame, and shoehorned in an 80cc Derbi two-stroke engine. He ended up having to make new lower frame rails and a new rear subframe to get everything to fit, but it was worth it?because the motor is a corker.
It?s been tuned to within an inch of its life, with heavy porting, CR85 V Force hand-milled reeds, a full custom exhaust, and SX50 radiators to keep the temperatures down.
Wilco put the motor through 100 dyno runs to get it working right, and ended up burning through two cylinders as well. ?It hauls ass,? he says dryly.
The style is ?mini flat tracker? and Wilco tried his hand at beating out the bodywork for the first time too, with excellent results.
To keep the show on the road, Wilco upgraded the original pit bike brakes and installed an Öhlins shock. It?s apparently terrifying to ride?but that didn?t stop...
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