T YOU LATER. Hageman Motorcycles? ?TT500? Yamaha XSR700 Enduro
Written by Martin Hodgson
If only it was so simple, get the engine right and the rest will take care of itself. But twice in forty years Yamaha have done just that; first with the 500cc single that powered the SR, XT and TT and today with the 700cc twin that shreds in the MT, XSR and Tracer. Two men have a passion for them all and a deep respect for their history, Yamaha’s Shun Miyazawa, the man behind the Yard Built program and master builder Greg Hageman who has turned out some of its best work. Now they pay tribute to the legendary off-road TT500 that was posterised on many a child’s wall with an XSR700 that’s now ready for some wheel in the air, down and dirty action!
?I had already seen some jaw dropping builds from some European builders, JVB had built an MT and XSR with off-road tyres, and looked so simple and useful the idea of taking an XSR off-road, seemed to make sense, light and powerful. First up tho, I built an XSR for the Faster Sons promotion, to relate the bike to the XS650 models. After that build, I pretty much begged Shun for another so I could build TT and DT versions,? explains Greg. But the build of this bike took time with Hageman spending a considerable period gazing at the bike as it sat in his workshop for months.
?Building a bike takes hours and hours of just daydreaming for me, sitting and analysing the design so I can see in my head what will work to change, and what won’t, and for that also what is actually worth cha...
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