Spicy: Urban Mechanics’ mustard yellow Honda XR 250
Trends in the custom world are as fickle as any other industry. But there’s one style that seems to be enjoying a sustained resurgence: scramblers.
That’s because dirt bikes are really, really fun. Just imagine getting lost on fire roads and camping in the woods aboard this peppy little XR 250 custom. If that thought doesn’t make you smile, check your pulse.
The donor was a 99-model XR 250, reworked by the dudes at Urban Mechanics. Based in Athens, Greece, Mike and Tom have only been running the shop for a couple of years?but they’ve already started settling into a signature style. This build?codenamed ‘The Silver Sand’?has the same carefree vibe as their first project.
?Chrome, yellow and sand-surfing-fun was the brief,? the guys tell us. ?We decided to go with a 60s trials/scrambler style, loosely taking inspiration from the Ducati Scrambler 350; single seat with a very striking rear fender and a more classic subframe.?
Urban Mechanics were lucky enough to find a chromed Hodaka tank online?the perfect candidate for what they had in mind. With a few modifications, it mounted on just fine. So they picked the Ducati SportClassic mustard yellow hue for their livery, got painting…and promptly ran into their first hurdle.
?Unfortunately it is not very easy to paint a chrome tank,? they tell us. ?We had to redo it three times, since each time the paint would chip off easily.?
Once the yellow coat was sorted?along with a black str...
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