MV Agusta updates the Superveloce, while Ironwood Custom Motorcycles partners with a US-based shop. Plus we’ve got a handsome Yamaha SR400 from Vietnam, and two videos to end your weekend with: a Honda Hawk build, and an interview with Pierre Terblanche.

Yamaha SR400 by DOTi Motorcycle We’ve seen almost every iteration of the venerable Yamaha SR possible, but this SR400 stands out. It’s from Nguyen Dinh Trung at DOTi Motorcycle in Vietnam, and it manages to look amazing without conforming to any particular style. Plus it’s loaded with performance upgrades too.

Nguyen grew up in a small town in Vietnam and built his first custom bike, a Honda CL50, at the age of 15. Going into university with $100 to his name, he started making and selling cheap motorcycle accessories?then used that money to buy, modify and sell progressively bigger motorcycles. Nguyen opened DOTi Motorcycles six months ago, and runs the workshop as a solo operation. He built this 2000-model SR400 as a sort of rolling portfolio, picking the Yamaha for its simplicity.

Much of the donor bike has gone, save for the engine, frame and forks. The bodywork is a mix of flat track and UJM styling, with a fiberglass tank matched to a chrome-trimmed saddle and ducktail rear fender. The tank, and the battery box under the seat, both came from WM Prod Team Co. Ltd in Japan.
The SR now rolls on Öhlins rear shocks, and the wheels have been relaced, with Takasago rims from a Suzuki ST400.

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