The weekend is just about here, so what better way to celebrate than with a spicy two-stroke street tracker" This wild Yamaha RD400 is the work of Garett Wilson out of Colorado, USA?and it’s as refreshing as a root beer float on a hot day.
Operating as DubStyle Designs, Garett has a knack for building flat track-inspired bikes created for street riding shenanigans. He’s also been quoted as saying that he likes ?vans with side pipes, boat flake paint jobs, and girls with feathered bangs.? That’s why everything that rolls out of his workshop not only looks like it would be a hoot to ride, but typically has a hot-rodded paint job to match.

This 1977-model Yamaha RD400 street tracker is no different, even though Garett’s initial plan for it was way different. ?I traded my KTM 250SX for it about nine years ago,? he tells us, ?after I shredded my knee and realized that with a wife, kids, and mortgage, I should maybe stop racing motocross.? ?I originally thought I would build a bike that me and my wife could take on date nights. I worked on it a little in between other builds I was working on, making a new subframe and seat for a passenger, and putting on GSX-R forks and some 19F/18R Excel wheels with cruiser tires. But I came to the realization that it was never going to be comfortable for the two of us, and stripped it back apart.?

The project stalled until the start of this year when Garett decided to drag it back onto the workbench and give i...