This ?Yamaprilia? is the Maddest Two-Stroke On The Track
If you’re looking for a track day weapon, there’s a plethora of sportbikes that’ll fit the bill?straight off the showroom floor. But with such a saturated market, it takes something truly exotic to go fast and turn heads.
South African Gareth Evans knows this all too well; his track bike isn’t a brand spanking new Japanese or Italian. Instead, it’s a little bit of both?in the form of this maniacal two-stroke hybrid.
You’re looking at a Yamaha RZ350 motor, wedged into an Aprilia RS250 frame, and wrapped in a mix of hand-made and top-shelf parts. The project was three years in the making, but the seed was planted much further back…
?I grew up on two stroke motorcycles,? Gareth tells us. ?I got my first Italjet for my first birthday, and by the time I was three I was churning up ruts in my parents’ garden. I was lucky enough that my parents gave me the opportunity to race bikes throughout my childhood, and supported my interest in bikes.? ?I have always loved two strokes for the sheer fun of the ride?they might not be the fastest around a track compared to the new four strokes with all of the new electronics, but they make up for it in feel, fun, sound and smell.?
?If you rock up at a track day with the newest superbike you might get one or two interested people. But when I pull this off the trailer at a track day you would not believe the interest?especially from the older generation who also grew up in the two stroke heyd...
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