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Here is a list (in order of appearance) of links to the different sections on this page. Please keep in mind that there is some cross-over between sections, so it might pay to look at everything just in case my method of classifying the photos doesn't quite match up with the way you would have dividied them.

Road and Roadracing Motorcycles

Road and Roadracing Motorcycles

Michael Green (the east coast one) sent along this photo of Frank Camillieri on his TD1-B at Louden in 1969. Frank built frames for Yetman, and constructed the frame for Kevin Cameron's 350 Kawasaki Big Horn road racer. Frank at speed

John Strempfer sent me this photo. I don't have any details on his Ducati - the interesting thing is that the 175 Honda used to belong to my friend Henry Deaton, and went back east along with Henry's CR216 Honda racer. His 216 had a reinforced CB160 frame, unlike my 216 in the Seeley-style frame I built (and can be seen on the main graphics page in my section).

John Strempfer Honda 175 and Ducati single racers The Honda has an alloy Aermacchi tank and TD Yamaha seat. 2-1 pipe by Hanson Racing Technology of Chico, California

Ian Munro from Australia sent me these photos of the dry-clutch engine in his Honda CB77 roadracer - very nice work!

Lyn Garland of Vintage Specialties VINTSPCLTY@aol.com has very kindly provided me with copies of photos he shot at the Suzuka Circuit in Japan. He tells me these were taken in 1962 at the All Japan GP, which was used to qualify the course with the FIM for FIM GP use. This is the first of two sets of photos he sent me - I'll save the second group to put up a bit later

Alec Millett in Australia sent me this picture of a 500cc CB77 Honda built by the person who built his 250cc CB72 vintage racer. Alec told me: Find attached a picture of Mark Weiss' CB72 500(!). This particular bike won 13 State titles, an Australian Classic GP at Bathurst in 1988 and was a lap record holder at 6 tracks. Mark built my 250 CB72 which looks very similar except my tanks is fibreglass and it has megaphones. Oh yes - notice the sticker on the hand-formed alloy tank? 'Tingate Racing' - more of Rod Tingate's handiwork.

• The Weiss 500cc Honda twin Stretching a 250 or 350 Honda to 500cc is NO small task! 78K jpeg file

I met Bob Guynes in early October 1998. Bob used to race bikes with AFM in the 60s and then cars with SCCA for about 10 years after that. Ever see the movie "Das Boot" about the German U-boats in WWII? Bob made the big submarine models that were used in the film. Nowadays he likes to build road-racerish rolling sculptures, and here are a couple of examples. Bob does all his own welding/fiberglass and painting.

• Bob Guynes 50 This is a Honda pushrod 50 with a frame that has had some bracing added to it. The reason it looks so low is those are 15" wheels 33K jpg file
• Bob Guynes 50 outfit Here's another pushrod 50, though this time built into a mini-kneeler sidecar outfit 28K jpg file
• Bob Guynes 50 outfit Here is the right side. No, the Dell'Orto SS1 is just there for show - the stock carb is hiding under the CB450 tank 29K jpg file
• Bob Guynes 50 outfit Another shot of the left side of the bike. 27K jpg file

In late November Bob took me down to meet his friend Jim Reger. In his spare time Jim builds Honda XR100s for short track, and is working on this near-250cc CL175 Honda vintage road racer.

• Jim Reger's CL175 racer The full bike hanging from the rafters. The tank and seat are buy Peter Keys in the UK 36K jpg file

Two Yetman frames The upper photo shows a Ducati-single prototype, and I believe the lower drawing is a Honda CB77 frame. 60K jpeg file

Here are two vintage Hodaka advertisments:

• Hodaka ad #1 "The Hodaka Story". 104K jpeg file
• Hodaka ad #2 "Hodakability". This includes an interesting photo of a Hodaka roadracer. 71K jpeg file

Talk about TRICK! Here are some photos of a maximum Honda Cub 50cc racer from the July 1996 issue of the Japanese "Motorcyclist" magazine. Dry clutch, water cooling etc etc.

Karl Smolenski's web site documenting the construction of his AS50 Suzuki road racer http://kyalami.chess.cornell.edu/uscra/50ccstuff/SuzukiAS50.html

500 mile Brands Hatch production race action A photo from the 29 Apr 67 Motor Cycling shows Kevin Cass on the Suzuki X6 (third overall behind two 650 Triumphs!) leading Ken Watson on a 250 Ducati. 48K jpeg file

Brian Wooley's 50cc Yamaha road racer A photo from the 12 Nov Motor Cycling shows Brian Wooley's special framed and water-cooled Yamaha YF1 race bike. The bike had beaten the fastest Honda CR110s in England. 48K jpeg file

This set of photos are of my friend Peter's CR77, which is probably the only one in the world actually being raced (not just paraded). If you look closely you can see an extra motor mount lug on the front of the crankcase - this motor is actually a CR72 (now out to a 305cc bore) from the last batch of engines that had frames with dual downtubes running under the engine. Peter told me that many parts from this engine are different from his earlier engines - different problem areas in the early engines were fixed by the factory in this one. The yellow-coated areas of the engine are magnesium. Peter's shop wasn't very bright, so some of the shots may be slightly blurred from the slow shutter speed needed to compensate.

• The Honda CR77 - photo #1 Upper triple clamp/handlebar/tach detail - 27K jpeg file
• The Honda CR77 - photo #2 Front brake detail - 30K jpeg file
• The Honda CR77 - photo #3 Left cylinder head detail - 38K jpeg file
• The Honda CR77 - photo #4 Left rear-quarter shot of the engine - 37K jpeg file
• The Honda CR77 - photo #5 Upper triple clamp/tank from the front of the bike - 27K jpeg file
• The Honda CR77 - photo #6 Steering head/triple clamp area - 28K jpeg file
• The Honda CR77 - photo #7 Right side - front of the bike - 41K jpeg file
• The Honda CR77 - photo #8 Right side - middle of the bike - 48K jpeg file
• The Honda CR77 - photo #9 Right side - rear of the bike - 43K jpeg file
• The Honda CR77 - photo #10 Left side - the complete bike - 38K jpeg file

Here are some photos I took of the Honda 250/6 at Laguna Seca in 04/97. Instead of the complete bike they show details of the bike when partially disassembled while being worked on in the Team Obsolete pits.

• The Honda 250/6 - photo #1 The front of the engine - 40K jpeg file
• The Honda 250/6 - photo #2 The right side of the engine - 49K jpeg file
• The Honda 250/6 - photo #3 The left side of the engine - 54K jpeg file
• The Honda 250/6 - photo #4 The right side showing some frame details and the engine - 35K jpeg file
• The Honda 250/6 - photo #5 The right side of the bike - 50K jpeg file
• The Honda 250/6 - photo #6 The left side of the bike with Rob Ianucci peering at it - 53K jpeg file
• The Honda 250/6 - photo #7 Rear wheel, sprocket and swing arm details - 48K jpeg file
• The Honda 250/6 - photo #8 The underside of the triple clamps and frame - 43K jpeg file

Honda CR110 action shot R. J. Smith winning a 50cc race at Brands Hatch. From the 04/66 Motorcycle Sport 26K jpeg file

Drixton-framed Honda Hawk Marly Drixyl built this chassis with Baroni suspension and Fontana wheels. The frame is bronze welded, and the top of the steering head is only 24.62" high, with a seat height of 19.95". Photo from Carlo Perelli's "Report from Italy" in the 05/68 Cycle World 32K jpeg file

Honda CB77 with CYB race kit parts This is the early version of my friend Bill McLains CB77 road racer 32K jpeg file

Honda CB77 in GP trim This shot shows Bill's CB77 (sans fairing) after extensive chassis and engine modifications 29K jpeg file

Honda CL70 road racer This little 70cc Honda was built by Bill for a "tiddler" class at one of the tracks he raced at. 32K jpeg file

Suzuki GP twin This is a b&w picture of a Suzuki racer I obtained when I worked at a Suzuki dealership in the early 1970s. It was taken at the Venezuelan GP in 1967. I think the bike is a RK67, a 50cc watercooled twin cylinder bike. The pictures I have show the 125 with a much bigger front brake. Suzuki took the first three overall in the 50cc championship that year (Anscheidt, Katayama, Graham) with Itoh in 6th place. I would guess the rider in the picture is Katayama or Itoh. 70 jpeg file

Honda CR93 road bike Honda built a limited number of their DOHC 4v/cylinder 125cc twin production road racers in street trim. This one is thought to be a 1962 or 1963 model. My friend Peter Johnson (wiz welder/fabricator/machinist and Honda vintage road racer mega-fan) is lucky enough to have one in his collection of CR and RC race bikes. Note the dry clutch and Kei'hin smoothbore carburettors. 80K jpeg file

Yoshimura Honda CB77 road racer This bike was converted by Yoshimura in Japan, and later imported to the USA. It had an aluminum tank, seat and fairing, the Kei'hin CR carbs were from a CR72, and the front brake was from a factory four cylinder Honda RC of 125cc displacement. I bought the bike in this condition (sad) and later sold it to my friend Bill McLain. 62K jpeg file

Where to attach your CB77 oil cooler lines This shows the front of Bill McLain's CB77 race motor. Note the oil cooler plumbing, and the nice header clamps. 55K jpeg file

Honda S90 with heavily modified frame I got this picture from the July 1967 "Cycle" magazine. A friend of mine bought this bike from the original owner/builder (who took the picture), but didn't have a photo to supply for scanning. The bike had a H&C cam, 24mm Dell'Orto carb and a CB160 front drum brake. 54K jpeg file

Early Yoshimura brochure - front page This page shows some of the components Yoshimura made for CB72/77 Honda twins. 51K jpeg file

Early Yoshimura brochure - back page This page is the parts list for CB72/77 Honda twins. 41K jpeg file

Here are two paddock photos of a Linto 500 twin supplied by Dane Kurth.

• Linto 500 GP bike Right and left sides of the bike 158 K jpeg file

In the 1980s Rocky Largent was inspired by Tony Foale's 350 Aermacchi racer to build a space frame for his Aermacchi street bike. The bike was built with the help of Dan Brunacardi and had a Lectron carb (converted to downdraft operation) and Astralite wheels. The photos were supplied by Hans Mellburg who recently sold the bike to an owner in Northern California.

• The Rocky Largent Aermacchi Two photos of the bike 54K jpeg file

These pictures were sent to me by Theo Jonkhart in Holland. The first two are of of the Italian Demm 50cc DOHC road racer. The 3 bikes/riders in a row is the winning line-up after the end of the 1957 250cc lightweight TT- held over 10 laps of the Clypse circuit at the island of Man. Winner left is CECIL SANDFORD on Mondial. On the far left In blue is works mechanis GIUSSEPPE PATTONI who later on in the sxties built hisown Paton racers. Right of Sandford is London motorcycle dealer Cabby Cooper. At centre 2nd placed LUIGI TAVERI on MV Agusta and at right the 3rd man ROBERTO COLOMBO on the same machine. At Taveri's right is motorcycle historian Erwin Tragatsch. The man with the cap to the right of Colombo is MV chief mechanic Arturo Magni.

• Demm 50 Complete bike 75K jpeg file
• Demm 50 Engine detail 53K jpeg file
• The first three finishers in the 1957 Lightweight TT A cool period photo - in color too! 25K jpeg file
• Hailwood and Redman I didn't find any info in Theo's note on this photo, but it seems to be Jim Redman and Mike Hailwood sitting in the pits at a race. 53K jpeg file

The next 3 items came from an article on 50cc GP roadracers in the 28 June 1969 issue of Das Motorrad. They aren't all Italian bikes, but oh well.

• Guazzoni 50 An Italian rotary valve two stroke - note the rearward facing exhaust 63K jpeg file
• Page 2 The top bike is a Tomos from Yugoslavia, with an Italian Moto Minarelli below. You can find pictures of a Minarelli that I took this past September in Italy elsewhere on the site. 191K jpeg file
• Page 3 The top bike is an Italian Morbedelli. The middle bike might be a Kreidler - note the need of a big single crankshaft flywheel to bring the bike up to minimum weight! The bottom photos show the very successful Dutch Jamathi (though they spell it Yamathi, which is the phonetic pronunciation). The Jamathi was built by a small team of friends, and if I remember correctly, they found the dual SLS front brake (ex works Suzuki) at a swap meet. 186K jpeg file

Stuart Graham This international roadrace star (son of Les Graham) is pictured monowheeling a 250 Aermacchi at Caldwell Park in 1962. The picture is from an article by Dennis May in the 6 Dec 67 issue of Motor Cycle. 88K jpeg file

Gilera wins Mexican GP! An ad touting Gilera's sweeping the 125, 150 and 175cc classes at the Mexican GP. 91K jpeg file

Another set of photos from the July 1996 issue of the Japanese magazine "Motorcyclist" are of a Motom 98TS road racer. This OHC bike's chassis is very different from the mid-50s 98cc 98TS street bike, and this is the only time I've seen pictures of the roadracer.

Luca Guala sent me these scans of Bruno De Prato's Ducati racer. It has a "fubar" rear suspension and a fuel tank under the engine. This appeared in an Italian bike magazine.

• De Prato Eagle rear view 40 K jpeg file
• De Prato Eagle rear quarter view 87K jpeg file
• De Prato Eagle side view - dig the curvey megaphones! 45K jpeg file

Duncan Hardy in the UK sent me this picture. He wrote: "This came from the DOC GB magazine Desmo in 1988. As you can see the Dymoke frame is simple but effective. The bike itself proved uncompetitive. Although the builder Pete Thomas (in shot) regularly extracted over 100bhp out of a bevel drive he had a real problem keeping the crankcases in one piece! ISTR Dave Railton only campaigned it for a few races before moving on to something more reliable."

Tomas Tallqvist sent this picture of his friend Erik 'Ecca' Andersson in a serious powerslide on his Ducati single vintage racer - and he saved it! The physical viewing size of this is big enough that you may want to download it and bring it up in a graphics program to allow you to zoom out a bit. Erik Andersson Ducati single 45K jpeg file

Two Yetman frames The upper photo shows a Ducati-single prototype, and I believe the lower drawing is a Honda CB77 frame. 60K jpeg file

350 Ducati road racer I'm pretty sure this is Maury van Streefkirk's wide case Sportsman bike, taken at Sears Point. 45K jpeg file

At the August 3, 1997 race at Sears Point a fellow came up and sold me these three shots from the previous race. It looks like the massive speed of Harold's Ducati 250 made it difficult to get the bike and rider (me) fully in the frame.

• Harold's Ducati 250 Action shot #1 at Sears Point 29kb jpeg file
• Harold's Ducati 250 Action shot #2 at Sears Point 39kb jpeg file
• Harold's Ducati 250 Action shot #3 at Sears Point 29kb jpeg file

Here are left and right side views of Harold Park's 1966 250 Ducati race bike. Harold has owned and raced the bike from new (he and his brother Dale were Ducati dealers then, and Dale is still the owner of BTF Motors in Livermore, CA, carrying Ducati/Husqvarna/Bimota/Moto Guzzi). Harold asked me to ride his bike for him while he recovered from some hand surgery, and after one race I've collected a 3rd place in the AFM 0-450cc Vintage class. Another AFM race is coming up in early August 1997, and the AHRMA Vintage National in late August.

My Ducati GT750 at the track The Ducati was my second race bike, and first 750 twin. I ran it in AMA Modified Production BOTT races. This was taken at an AMA national at Sears Point, where I took 5th place. Note the dual-linkage mechanical antidive on the front brake. 29K jpeg file

My GT750 on the track This shot shows me at an AMA national at Laguna Seca. 25K jpeg file

Two Ducs at Laguna Seca This shot shows Doc and me coming out of the last corner at Laguna Seca. I don't remember if I passed him. 31K jpeg file

Ducati 350 road racer Fred Mork sponsored me for a season on this narrow-case non-desmo 350. 42K jpeg file

Ducati 250 road racer I took this picture of a Van Tech-framed 250 at Westwood, BC. The bike has a Yamaha TD1 front brake. 83K jpeg file

Ducati 450 road racer I took this picture of a presumed 450 at Westwood, BC. The frame was built by a fellow named Reed Galbraith; his company is Galco. He lives in Ravensdale, Washington 69K jpeg file

Ducati 750 road racer This picture is also at Westwood, BC. The frame was built by Reed Galbraith. 66K jpeg file

Two photos of Dale Newton's TT2 road racer These were shot at Laguna Seca in the mid-80s. The bike was being raced by John Williams. One photo on the track, the other in the pits. 76K jpeg file

Three photos of the Doug Lofgren/Dave Gollan designed and built road racer The bike was originally built to house an Alazurra engine bored to 750. Dave won a regional Twins Championship on the bike in 1991. The current 900SS engine puts out 93 bhp and the bike weighs under 350 pounds. The current owner is Pat Hall, and photos are courtesy of Doug Lofgren, Motorcycle Performance Services 128K jpeg file

Ducati 750 Imola Replica This photo was taken by Lou Caputo at the 1996 AHRMA National at Willow Springs. Note the dry clutch. 56K jpeg file

Dale is well known on the Two-stroke List as an extremely knowledgeable ring-ding expert, but he also dabbled with four strokes. Here are some pictures of the bevel-cam drive 900SS Ducati he converted to belt-drive cams in the early 1980s (well before V2 in Australia or anyone else). Photos courtesy of Dale Alexander.

Now THIS is RACING! A picture of Dale on the Ducati during a practice day at Sears Point (with the cars!) 36K jpeg file

A view of the left side of the bike Note the steepened steering head angle, and the Craig Hanson designed and built 2-1 high pipe. Dale and Craig thought the megaphone was far enough from Dale's leg, but it did get a bit toasty until slightly relocated. 47K jpeg file

A view of the right side of the bike Dale is leaving the pits at the Laguna Seca AMA National for practice. You can see the belt drive conversion. 30K jpeg file

The belt drive conversion components Here are two pictures with the parts laid out for viewing (off the motor) 71K jpeg file

A dry timing-side case Note the welding needed to seal the crank bearing area so the timing chest could run dry. 91K jpeg file

Engine components Three photos - the short-deck big bore piston compared with a stock piston, the cylinder with torque plates, and the cylinder heads/carbs/manifolds showing the major reshaping done by Barry Gerolamy after a well-known tuner failed to complete the job. 58K jpeg file

More engine stuff The lightweight crankpin, the hollow dowels locating the engine to the frame motormounts, and a rear carburettor that attaches to the cylinder head at a much different angle than stock. Note the check valve for the crankcase extraction (the dreaded exhaust sucker) to the left of the carb. 83K jpeg file

In September 2000 I went to Italy for a week with my step-brother-in-law Tim Mobley and his parents. Tim had made plans to go to the Mostra Scambio in Imola (I guess it must be the biggest classic swap meet in Europe - it was waaaaaay bigger than anything I've seen in the USA) and very kindly invited me to go along. The event is held at the Dino & Enzo Ferrari circuit, and both sides of the track surface are lined with vendors, along with filling the pits, access roads, and garages.

Our first stop was in Bologna at the Ducati factory and museum. Sadly, I had fairly slow film in my camera so not many of the museum photos came out.

• At the Ducati museum This should be a Cucciolo racer 55K jpeg file
• At the Ducati museum A shot of a bunch of later belt-drive twin racers 49K jpeg file
• At the Ducati museum The 350cc Ducati-Ricardo three cylinder 49K jpeg file
• At the Ducati museum The 350cc Ducati-Ricardo three cylinder cylinder hed and bits 46K jpeg file

Here's a BIG bunch of photos of bikes I took at Imola. It was so neat to see bikes "in the flesh" that I'd only read about or seen pictures of, and as I'm a fan of small road race and dirt bikes I found plenty of stuff to photograph.

• Imola photo A MotoBi street single 53K jpeg file
• Imola photo A Bianchi 50/60cc street single with a small Malanca in the background 40K jpeg file
• Imola photo A Moto Muller "Regolarita" ISDT bike 40K jpeg file
• Imola photo A Zundapp 125cc ISDT bike 40K jpeg file
• Imola photo An Aspes 50cc MXer 40K jpeg file
• Imola photo A couple of Moto Morini single dirt bikes 40K jpeg file
• Imola photo An SWM MXer 40K jpeg file
• Imola photo An Aermacchi MXer - more pics of this later 40K jpeg file
• Imola photo Aermacchi MXer left side - it looks to be a converted street bike 40K jpeg file
• Imola photo A Moto Morini enduro bike 70K jpeg file
• Imola photo Ivar de Gier says this Guzzi racer "is a Guzzi 250 Albatros with a Velox cilinderhead, most likely post war instead of pre-war. The Velox head was fitted to keep the dirt out the distribution system", by which I take it he means the valve springs/rockers are enclosed instead of exposed as on the stock Guzzi head. 71K jpeg file
• Imola photo A Gilera Saturno 500cc racer 55K jpeg file
• Imola photo A Guazzoni disc-valve road racer with an Aspes Juma (or Yuma - it was spelled both ways) in the background 67K jpeg file
• Imola photo An Aermacchi race frame. The sign with it made it sound like it was a replica of a frame made in the mid-1960s. Perhaps the elusive Pagani frame? 73K jpeg file
• Imola photo A Moto Minarelli road racer - 50-60cc with a TZ250 in the background 67K jpeg file
• Imola photo A Kreidler 50cc road racer 64K jpeg file
• Imola photo The left side of a very extensively worked on Moto Guzzi Lodola racer 63K jpeg file
• Imola photo The right side of the Lodola racer 67K jpeg file
• Imola photo A 500cc Sparton - left side. The Sparton was a 380cc Suzuki triple engine with Barton top end and internals stuffed into a bespoke Spondon chassis. This bike was being sold by Steve Griffith of Racing and Investment Motorcycles in England. rimuk@aol.com 63K jpeg file
• Imola photo The Sparton's right side 66K jpeg file
• Imola photo A Ringhini two-stroke twin race engine in a Bimota chassis 59K jpeg file
• Imola photo A small Technomoto sport bike 67K jpeg file
• Imola photo A 50cc (or so it appears) disc valve racer. I'v got no idea who made it but would like to find out! Thanks to Joep Kortekaas for this information: "The D in DRS stands for Peter DÑŒrr, a German tuner and builder of 50 and 125 cc two-stroke racing motorcycles, who lived in Italy (he still might). He also tuned racing bikes for some Italian companies. This appears to be a 1972 125 cc with 25 HP at 11,500 rpm" 72K jpeg file
• DRS 125 Joep very kindly provided this photo from his archives.
• Imola photo Here's a special - why not take 3 Moto Minarelli engines and put them together to make a triple? This is a top view of the bike. Note the crankcases on the ground that have been fitted together. 57K jpeg file
• Imola photo The left side of the triple. 79K jpeg file
• Imola photo The right side of the Aermacchi scrambler 66K jpeg file
• Imola photo This looks to be a 75cc Laverda dirt bike - Laverdas like this took a batch of ISDT gold medals in the 1950s 72K jpeg file
• Imola photo A Mondial street bike 66K jpeg file
• Imola photo Another Moto Morini dirt bike 67K jpeg file
• Imola photo A Gilera dirt single 61K jpeg file
• Imola photo The Sanvenero 500cc square four GP bike. 59K jpeg file
• Imola photo The left side of the Sanvenero. Extra cases and body work were with the bike. 65K jpeg file
• Imola photo A front view of the 250cc Villa air-cooled four-cylinder GP bike. 58K jpeg file
• Imola photo The right side of the Villa GP bike. 60K jpeg file
• Imola photo The left side of the Villa GP bike. 63K jpeg file
• Imola photo Here's a rare one - a mid 1950s prototype 250cc L-4 two stroke Moto Rumi 64K jpeg file
• Imola photo Left side of the Rumi 250cc. 63K jpeg file
• Imola photo Left side of the Rumi 63K jpeg file
• Imola photo A 125cc Moto Rumi competizione 71K jpeg file
• Imola photo I have no idea what this was from, but it looks like a DOHC 4 valve top end for a 50-75cc four stroke engine 67K jpeg file
• Imola photo An expensive lineup - 500cc Gilera Saturno, MV750, Suzuki RG500, and a KB1 Bimota 47K jpeg file
• Imola photo A Nico Bakker-framed Z1 Kawasaki endurance racer - left side 650K jpeg file
• Imola photo Right side of the Bakker Z1 65K jpeg file
• Imola photo A Jawa single production racer - using a variant of the banana-framed ISDT single 66K jpeg file

While in Italy we made a trip to Pesaro to visit the Zanzanis (check out their photos in the MotoBi section), builders of the Zanzani MotoBi racers. Primo Zanzani was the head of the MotoBi race shop, and gave the Benelli 250 Quattro racers competitive power (though he couldn't convince the head of Benelli to make changes that would have given the 4 cylinder racers an oiling system that would let their cranks make use of that extra power). Primo and his sons Athos and Mirko run a precision CNC machine shop, and build new 250 sei tiranti (six stud) MotoBi classic racers. These aren't replicas - Primo built them in the 1960/70s and he's building them again.

• Me and the Zanzanis Mirko, Athos, me and Primo in front of the official Zanzani photography wall 40K jpeg file

You can visit the official MotoBi-Zanzani Vintage Roadracers website at: http://www.motobi.com

Mirko Zanzani has sent me some more photos of new and old Zanzani 250cc Motobi racers - some include members of the family:

Here are a couple of shots of Doug Cusack's freshly restored Benelli/MotoBi 250cc Barracuda. Nice job Doug!

Bruce Merrell lives and works in Bangkok, Thailand where he found this MotoBi 254 Competizione. The bike was also sold as a Benelli and Moto Guzzi 254, but this is the first I'd heard of a version badged as MotoBi, and also the first I've seen of the Competizione model.

From a 1977 issue of the Dutch magazine "Motor" comes this photo sent by Ivar de Gier. The MOC Benelli Sei was entered in the 1977 Bol d'Or by Motobecane. It had very aero-looking bodywork which isn't visible in this photo taken while the bike was being worked on in the pits.

• Benelli Sei/Motobecane racer Note the two-part spun aluminum wheels, single-sided swing arm, and trigangulated frame using the engine as a stressed member. 106K jpg file

From Primo Zanzani's personal files comes this interesting photo. Mirko Zanzani (one of Primo's sons) tells me: "This photo shows the first Motobi 250cc DS 6 tiranti built and shipped to United States in 1966. From left to right: Mr. Aiuti, Mr.Bonaventura and Mr. Gaspari (mechanics), Primo Zanzani, Marco Benelli, Amilcare Ballestrieri and Eraldo Ferracci.

• Zanzani/MotoBi 6 tiranti 250 racer Yes, that is the Ducati Superbike Eraldo Ferracci. 39K jpg file

Peter Oort sent along this interesting photo of a 250 MotoBi outfitted with sidecar and dustbin fairing for some speed record runs. Peter says: " Motobi had a dustbin in 1955 on a side-car and became a world record with a 250 cc 2T Spring Lasting Gran Sport Speciale on Monza. The Motobi drove in 4 hours 500 km and went further for the next records for 8 hours, the 500 Miles and the 1000 km. This Motobi beat the records of the 250 Guzzi with compressor, which ended in 6 hours. The sidecar was driven by Vasco Loro and instead of a person, they put 60 kg ballast in it. This record machine was shown on the Milano Motorshow in 1955 at the same time with the winning Motobi of the Milano -Tiranto race. "

• MotoBi sidecar outfit Speed record bike with dustbin fairing K jpg file

For you "egg" fanciers, Peter also sent along this cutaway drawing of a 1956 MotoBi engine.

For the MotoBi enthusiasts here is a rough drawing of the frame I'm planning to build for a 250 MotoBi vintage road racer. It is very deliberately modeled upon the frame from the 500 Linto for two reasons: the Linto had a pretty nice space frame, and I think it will reduce sniveling from the "that's not period" crowd.

• prototype MotoBi race frame Fairly close, but not to final build spec 12K jpeg file

Primo Zanzani and his sons sent me these two drawings of how a modern MotoBi single might look:

Primo Zanzani and his sons in Pesaro Italy are putting the "6 Tiranti" version of the 250cc MotoBi roadracer back into production. There are some pictures already on the site showing engine cases being machined, etc. A few days ago the Zanzanis sent me some photos they took of a completed bike during a recent track test. They tell me the bike was fast and ran well. Start saving your money now!

Just received this date (4/27/98) are these pictures from Primo Zanzani. Sgr. Zanzani, it is plain to see, is making great strides towards his goal of being able to provide NEW MotoBi classic racers! The pictures didn't come with any text, so I've done my best to identify them.

Here are some more racing MotoBi parts courtesy of Peter Oort:

Also supplied by Peter is this brochure of the Werner Maltry scrambles conversion. It is a big file, but shows lots of details:

And thanks to Chris Rein in Germany, here is a translation of the brochure into English (with some of his editorial comments):

Peter also sent this picture of a Maltry roadrace conversion:

MotoBi decal Another big file, but if anyone is interested in making a new version of this brightly colored decal commemorating the 1960 Italian junior championship it should be worth having the large file size.

Zanzani "6 tiranti" head for MotoBi single Peter Oort supplied this photo. The Zanzani head adds two more cylinder studs to the 4 stock studs. 34K jpeg file

Here is the first MotoBi I bought. The person Marc had bought it from had converted the bike to FF foot controls, built the seat, and a set of stainless steel pannier tanks sandwiching the frame backbone. The bike also has a Tillotson carb. Anyone recognize the forks? I think they may be Suzuki, but they are definitely Japanese. Marc kept the Grimeca 4 shoe front brake, and neither of us would take the front fender so it went into the dumpster. The bike has a 250cc 4 speed engine, and came with both 125 and a 250 4 speed spare engines.

• My 4 speed FF MotoBi 250 Left side #1 - I think the seat incorporates a VW taillight. 41K jpeg file
• My 4 speed FF MotoBi 250 Left side #2. Note the forward foot controls 45K jpeg file
• My 4 speed FF MotoBi 250 Right side A small SuperTrapp silencer is attached to the exhaust 36K jpeg file

Here is my latest MotoBi acquistion - a 1969 250cc 5 speed Benelli Barracuda. The 5 speed motor is in a box, partially disassembled. The motor shown is a 4 speed 250 that came with the bike.

250 MotoBi Works Scrambler Jon Jacobson sent me this photocopy of a b&w picture that was printed in "Classic Motorrad". It shows a 1961 "works" scrambler, presumably with 4 speed transmission. Jon says the seat/rear shock tubes look beefier and longer than in the street frames. I think it looks like the steering head has been raked out from standard, probably to give more cylinder head/ front tire clearance. I feel another project coming on. 27kb jpeg file

18 November 1997 - I've just been informed by Peter Oort of the Netherlands' "MotoBi Amici" club that the scrambler was actually an offering of Werner Maltry, and not something sold by the factory

Jon Jacobson sent me these two pictures of rigid-rear end MotoBi dirt track frames. His information indicates the frames were built by Eraldo Ferracci when he first came to the United States. Notice the motor mounts on the "lowboy" frame have been repositioned to lower the engine by 3 or so inches.

Jon Jacobson also sent me some photos of some of his MotoBi projects, and they appear below:

• Assorted race parts You can see some straight-cut primary/clutch/cam gear sets, racing tachometers, pistons, cams, and drum brakes (Oldani I believe) 32kb jpeg file
• The 250 5-speed Zanzani race engine Left side. 32kb jpeg file
• The 250 5-speed Zanzani race engine Right side. Note this engine has the points on the right side of the engine (as used in earlier MotoBi) while the later street engines had the points inside a magneto flywheel on the left hand crankshaft end. 32kb jpeg file
• The 207 F3 or F2 factory racer imported from Chile Left side 30kb jpeg file
• The 207 F3 or F2 factory racer imported from Chile Right side from the front quarter 36kb jpeg file
• The 207 F3 or F2 factory racer imported from Chile Left side engine area. 29kb jpeg file
• The 207 F3 or F2 factory racer imported from Chile Left side - Marzocchi forks and Oldani brake 32kb jpeg file
• The 175 F3 DS Right side - "in progress" 34kb jpeg file
• The Zanzani race kit tank Right side 11kb jpeg file
• The Zanzani race kit tank Top side 12kb jpeg file
• The Zanzani race kit fairing A double-bubble type similar to those used on some Aermacchi singles. This looks like the same part that is on Bob Eldridge's 250 racer, in the MotoBi section. 16kb jpeg file
• Factory aluminum fairing You can see what this looks like on the bike in the pictures of Abbot Lahti on his works MotoBi racer at Daytona, in the MotoBi section. 19kb jpeg file

1963 MotoBi ad This "MotoBi wins Daytona" ad comes from the May 63 Cycle World 44K jpeg file

1969 MotoBi 250 racer This picture and caption comes from the 14 May 69 Motor Cycle 62K jpeg file

Alec Millett in Australia sent me these photos of Bob Eldridge's Benelli/MotoBi road racers. The MotoBi was a horizontal single (like the Guzzi and Aermacchis) made by Guiseppe Benelli when he left the family firm after WW2.

A team of MotoBi factory-suppported riders raced at Daytona in 1962. These two photos were supplied by Abbott Lahti to Michael Green for use in an article on the Daytona GPs that appeared in RW&MT, and Michael was kind enough to send me copies.

• The team at Daytona Lined up from practice are (L to R) Abbott Lahti, Jim Kellogg and Jess Thomas. 37K jpeg file
• Abbot Lahti and his 250 in the pits. Note the other two MotoBis appearing in the background. 56K jpeg file

Kurt Liebman and a 200 Motobi This picture comes from the 07/64 Cycle World, where it appeared in an article on an AMMRR race at Vineland NJ. The photographer isn't mentioned. 63K jpeg file

The MotoBi 125cc Formula Jr racer This picture comes from the 02/64 Cycle World, where it appeared in an article on the 38th Milan motorcycle show. Photo by Carlo Perelli. It is a bit grainy as I've blown it up to make it more visible. 59K jpeg file

Stuart Melling in the UK sent along this photo of a MotoBi race bike built from a street bike.

Mirko Zanzani sent me a photo of their new 250 racer with the fairing on it (to go with the earlier photos that had the fairing off).

Just in case you are wondering what 6 NOS MotoBi single engines look like, this is the crate of them that I got at the end of 1998.

On one of my MotoBi/Benelli horizontal singles I noticed some capped off tubes welded to the frame. Peter Oort sent me a couple of pictures showing me how some of the bikes had the aircleaner system attached to these tubes.

• MotoBi air filter Detail of the air filter hose and carburettor 55K jpeg file
• MotoBi air filter The other side of the bike with the filter cannister 83K jpeg file

Here's another special-framed Laverda triple where I've mislaid the supplier of the photo

Giorgio in Italy sent me these photos of his 1967 Regolarita Corsa 125cc Laverda and a 1968 ISDT 125cc Laverda, including an action shot from the San Pelligrino event in 1968.

Here are a couple of nice street bikes from (I believe) a North American event. I can't find the original message and don't remember who sent them to me (let me know so I can credit you).

This photo is of a special framed racing Laverda triple built in Austria in 1983 and raced in national events. This Haider Laverda was recently offered for sale. The photo was supplied by Gert Schnoegl.

In July 1998 I received a message from Colin Will in Australia. Attached to it he sent me a picture of a very pretty Spondon-framed Laverda triple of about 1985 vintage that takes a 1979 Laverda Jota motor. He also told me that he is building 5 endurance racers using an Egli-type spine frame using 1000 or 1200 motors, and sent me photos of one of the bikes photographed at the end May, At the time of the letter the bike was at the exhaust manufacturer. He mentioned that all the body work is alloy and it has an SFC type fairing also out of alloy which will be polished.

Colin Will in Australia sent me these photos of a fine Laverda special he built. The bike has an Egli-style spine frame, all aluminum bodywork, and a built motor - VERY NICE! I think I've got pictures of the back at an earlier stage of construction elsewhere on the graphics pages.

The ever-popular Garelli girl and 150 Garelli A period ad - the 150 Garelli was really a 150 Laverda single. 40K jpeg file

A friend of mine (Michael Bailey) sent me this snapshot he took during a European trip in the early 1980s.

• Watercooled Laverda A 125 with a Zundapp two-stroke single engine. 40kb jpeg file

Robert Milders' monoshock 750 Laverda road racer on the track This and the following 2 pictures were supplied by Robert Milders of the Laverda Club Nederlands. The similar bike in the background of one of the pictures is 900cc twin. 35K jpeg file

Robert Milders' monoshock 750 Laverda road racer Here is Robert's bike under construction in the kitchen of his teammate's 10 floor apartment. 39K jpeg file

Two monoshock Laverda road racers Here are both bikes in the pits at Spa Francorchamps in 1995. 51K jpeg file

Chris Allen and his Trackmaster Laverda road racer This is from several years back, with Chris working on the bike in the pits at Sears Point. 51K jpeg file

Here are some pictures of special framed Laverdas (and one Kawasaki) built by an Italian designer, Signor Segoni, Most of these were provided by Marnix van der Schalk, who runs the Laverda SFC registry. The graphics files range from 9-92K in size

Thomas is one of the folks on the Laverda list, and he sent these two photos of a special frame he's having constructed around a 500 Laverda twin. The other two photos show an earlier version of the bike and a triple which appears to have been converted to a monoshock rear end.

Michael Green also sent along this photo of a modified Moto Guzzi Le Mans in Italy.

Here's a photo sent to me by Gerald van Wyngaarden of a nicely done up big-twin Guzzi

• Trick Guzzi Note the lack of lower frame tubes and GSXR wheels. 73 K jpeg file

250cc Moto Guzzi road race special Ted Fenwick at Cadwell in 1959. The bike appears to use a Norton frame. ORR Issue 57, Nick Nicholls 33K jpeg file

Ivar de Gier sent me these photos of a Moto Guzzi grass-track outfit. Ivar told me. the grasstrack sidecar racer was built in the beginning of the seventies by Dutchman (later he moved to Norway) Maarten Mager. The engine was tuned with the help of the Guzzi factory, and the combination won a string of grass track races throughout the beginning of the seventies in both Scandinavia and Holland.

In late November 1998 I met Jim Reger. In his spare time Jim builds Honda XR100s for short track, and is working on this near-250cc CL175 Honda vintage road racer. Jim does have a very cool Guzzi single in with all his Japanese stuff:

• Jim Reger's Moto Guzzi Falcone This bike was featured in the Fall 1971 issue of "Motorcycle Sport Quarterly". The bike was built by Dick Corman from Southern California, and has many detail and custom parts built by Corman. It was quite a surprise for me to see the bike parked in Jim's living room. 33K jpg file

Bob Lillie's Moto Guzzi Le Mans A very nice Guzzi cafe racer. Note the battery box slung under the transmission. 36K jpeg file

Fabio Andreozzi scanned and sent me these photos of his brother's 1180cc LMIII Moto Guzzi. Note the removal of the front down tubes and engine cradle tubes, and the installation of a Magni Parallelogrammo full-floating rear suspension conversion. The bike uses EPM wheels and exhaust silencers made by the owner. The graphics files range from 120-160k in size

The latest version of the Magni Parallelogrammo swing arm conversion for twin-shock Guzzis My friend Rick Heyman just sent this picture to me. He's bringing in some of the conversion kits (as well as complete Magni bikes), and says that Magni told him this will fit all of the Guzzi disc-rear brake dual-shock big twins. For more info on this and other Magni parts you can reach Rick in Albuquerque, NM at 505-256-7411 or fax him at 505-247-9194.

The ZDS Moto Guzzi road racer This race bike was built by George Kerker and Bob Blair of ZDS Motors (the west coast Guzzi distributors) from a 1969 Ambassador. The picture is from the May 1970 Cycle Guide magazine. The photographer's name isn't listed in the magazine article. 73K jpeg file

Endurance-race Guzzi frame Built by Norbert Kienzler? 10/85 Motorrad 41K jpeg file

Here's a shot of Ron Halem's dad "stylin" with a buddy on a couple of War Department Matchless singles during WW2. Gold Star Ron's Dad 39K jpeg file

Mystery road racer ORR Issue 65, Gordon Francis 36K jpeg file

Thanks to Bill Snelling the above has been identified as an RCA-engined DOT. Bill provided a couple of other period photos of an RCA DOT owned by Peter Foster:

250cc Velocette road race special This interesting special was built up in South Africa by Jannie Stander, and the photo was taken shortly after it arrived in England in 1960. Note the DOHC conversion, external flyhweel, and underslung oil tank. It was said to be quite fast. ORR Issue 67, Gordon Francis 29K jpeg file

250cc Velocette road race special Left side. ORR Issue 67, Gordon Francis 29K jpeg file

Reynolds Norton road racer Geoff Duke in action at the 1959 IoM TT. Note the Reynolds leading link fork and the large front down tube that doubled as the oil tank. ORR Issue 56, Nick Nicholls 33K jpeg file

Also from the 12/66 issue of Cycle World we find this B.R. Nicholls' photo of ace American roadracer Lance Weil at Mallory Park:

• Lance Weil at Mallory Park Lance is on a Colin Lyster-framed Dunstall 500cc Dominator Norton 20K jpeg file

A 500 Velocette production racer in action P. Wileman goes around the outside in a Brands Hatch race put on by the Southern 67 club. Photo from the28 Aug 68 Motor Cycle. 36K jpeg file

Pannier-tanked Arter Matchless Here is a photo of Peter Williams on his pre-artillery wheel 500cc Arter Matchless roadracer. The fuel from the pannier tanks was to be fed a small header tank and then to the carbs by a swing-arm actuated mechanical fuel pump. No other streamlining was to be fitted to the bike. Photo from the 6 Mar 68 Motor Cycle. 46K jpeg file

Yetman frame for 650 Triumph A 1969 new products announcement photo. This frame for the unit 650 gave a 57" wheelbase, 28 degree steering head angle, and the frame w/swingarm weighed 31 pounds. 51K jpeg file

High-pipe Dunstall 750 This 750 Norton in the "drain-pipe" frame has a 2-1 high level exhaust developed by Gordon Blair. You'll notice the megaphone is fitted right at the collector - my friend Craig's dyno experience indicates this isn't the proper way to do things, and that is why my 750 Laverda racer has a large OD tailpipe between the collector and the megaphone (photo in the section devoted to my bikes). Photo from the 02 Sept 70 Motor Cycle. 64K jpeg file

BSA B50 road racer Another photo from the AHRMA races at Sears Point. I think this is Craig Skinner's bike. 41K jpeg file

Dave Kath's Gold Star Dave has owned this bike since new. 38kb jpeg file

Norton Commando racer This is Dave Neal's special framed Commando racer. 70K jpeg file

Here is a photo that shows the two 1 gallon pannier fuel tanks that supplemented the normally-mounted 3.25 gallon tank on Peter Williams' (one of my very favourite racing engineers) works F750 Norton at the IoM TT. A very sensible use of otherwise empty space that handily lowers the bike's center of gravity. Photo from the 23 June 1971 issue of Motor Cycle.

• F750 Norton racer The pannier tanks also served to duct air around the cylinders. 55kb jpeg file

Wondering how to brace your 500cc Triumph road racer frame in a period manner? Check out this photo from 4 Sep 68 "Motor Cycle" of Percy Tait's works racer.

• Percy Tait's works Triumph 500 This looks to be a modified stock frame, not the later North frame 54kb jpeg file

The next two photos are from a two-page color photo set from the 10 Jul 1968 Motor Cycle, covering the 500 mile production road race at Brands Hatch. The first photo shows American Lance Weil on the Elite Motors Triumph Bonneville he and Martyn Ashwood used to take third in the 750 class after a length pit stop with ignition problems, It was the fifth fastest bike through the speed trap at 110.4 mph. The second photo is Dave Croxford on the Croxford/Ray Pickrell Dunstall Dominator (745cc) leading Mick Andrew on the Andrew/Tony Smith 654cc BSA Spitfire. The Norton retired at half way with a broken primary chain, and the BSA was 4th in the 750 class (after being kicked straight after a crash) and was also the fastest bike in the race at 114.7 mph.

Colin Lyster was a Rhodesian who made many innovative engines and chassis in the 1960s/1970s.

• Colin Lyster's "wing" bike This picture comes from the 3 Jun 70 Motor Cycle, and shows the 450cc Honda twin race chassis with a large wing to use for getting more downforce when braking. The wing is operated by the rider's bum. 31K jpeg file
• Colin Lyster's Lynton engine Colin Lyster designed a 500cc twin engine for road race use for Lynton Racing. This picture comes from the 8 May 68 Motor Cycle, and shows the engine, frame, and Paul Brothers of Lynton Racing and Colin Lyster. 32K jpeg file
• Colin Lyster's lightweight Manx - photo 1 This and the next photo from the 30 Apr 66 Motor Cycling72K jpeg file
• Colin Lyster's lightweight Manx - photo 2 56K jpeg file
• Colin Lyster's lightweight G50 - photo 1 Lance Weil was good friends with Lyster, and these two photos from the 29 Apr 67 Motor Cycling show his Lyster-chassised G50 Matchless. Target weight was 235 pounds. The bike has Lyster disc brakes on the front. 63K jpeg file
• Colin Lyster's lightweight G50 - photo 2 105K jpeg file

The Fahron 125cc road racer A picture from the 22 May 68 Motor Cycle of the Fahron racer. 70K jpeg file

The Difazio hub-center steered AJS 7Ri This picture comes from the 26 Jun 68 Motor Cycle. It shows Richard Difazio on the bike his father Jack built. This is, I believe, one of the very earliest versions of the Difazio hub-center front end. Be sure to read the little bit of untitled text to the right of the picture. 113K jpeg file

Ray Flack's kneeler Manx From the 25 Jun 66 Motor Cycling. Flack modified the frame on his 350 Manx to emulate the works Norton ridden by Ray Amm. This photo was taken at the bike's first race meet, where "the bike was not in a sufficiently advanced state to pass the scrutineers." 53K jpeg file >

Before Spondon was founded, Bob Stevenson and his friend Geoff Galloway built the Phoenix, a 500cc two stroke twin. They made their own chassis, crankcases, etc. The bike used Greeves Silverstone barrels and DOT heads. Photos of this really cool bike from the 10 Jan 68 Motor Cycle.

A 125cc EMC two stroke road racer I took this shot at the Northern California BSA Owners Club show and swap. No details on the lucky owner. 53K jpeg file

AJS 7R3 Lou Caputo took this picture of the Team Obsolete 350cc 7R3 (not a 7R). Note the dual exhaust ports on this single. 50K jpeg file

Seeley G50 Condor Another photo by Lou Caputo showing a Seeley Condor with G50 engine. 53K jpeg file

Modified Seeley BSA racer These two shots are of a MK3 Seeley chassis with a BSA Goldstar engine and Quaife 6 speed transmission. My friend Craig did the basic engine installation, and then I did a lot of the detail work, including the extra frame bracing. The bike's owner said the bracing firmed up the handling noticeably. Sorry for the clutter in the picture, but that is the way my garage normally is! 150K jpeg file

Another Seeley BSA racer This picture was sent to me by Tomas Tallkvist. It shows him on his Seeley Goldstar winning a race at the Bothniaring in Jurva, Finland. Tomas is doing a nice job of developing the chassis and engine on this bike. 87K gif file

MZ works road racer Another shot from the 1959 TT - Ernst Degner on the 125 MZ. Note the differences in the leading link fork design. ORR Issue 56, Nick Nicholls 32K jpeg file 125 MZ road racer This photo looks to be from the 1960 IoM TT. It shows rider Eddie Crooks on the 125 MZ works bike with the famed MZ engineer Walter Kaaden. ORR Issue 67, Nick Nicholls 57K jpeg file

Paul Kellner supplied me with these pictures of the short roadrace version of the NSU/Baumm recordbreakers.

The scans are from the book "Die NSU Renngeschichte 1904-1956" written by Dieter Herz/ Karl Reese. These are in the chapter on the "economy bike" ride on Hockenheim. Unlike the Baumm recordbreakers, the shell on the economy bike wasn't a stressed skin structure. The book was published in 1982 and has the ISBN number 3-87943-797-1, and the publisher is/was: Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart (Germany). I believe the photos/drawings are originally from NSU.

• Tech data of this bike:
• Engine: NSU superfox 125cc
• Total length: 2900mm
• Total height: 1020mm
• Total width: 830mm
• Wheelbase: 1750mm
• Tires: 2.5x16"
• Weight: 125kg (dry)
• Cw: 0.11
• Frontal area: 0.4 sq.m
• Top speed: 155 km/hr
• Roadrace NSU Hammock On the track. 47K jpeg file
• Roadrace NSU Hammock Cut away drawing. 54K jpeg file
• Roadrace NSU Hammock In the pits. 49K jpeg file

Here is another batch of pictures of the Baumm/NSU Hammock supplied by Paul.

A 50cc Sachs road racer A picture from the 29 Nov 67 Motor Cycle. 27K jpeg file

North BMW 750cc Road Racer This Rob North-framed BMW was on display at Laguna Seca. It was raced in the early/mid 1970's in AMA F750. A German engine in a frame built by an Englishman raced in the United States 72K jpeg file

This photo shows Australian Jack Findlay working on his watercooled Bultaco 250 at the East German GP. 23 Jul 66 Motor Cycling. Findlay Bultaco 23K jpeg file

I don't recall who sent me this photo, but it is a nice side view of a Derbi roadracer. It looks like one of the late 1960s/early 1970s 50cc bikes:

Bultaco Pursang/Metrella road racer This appears to be a Metralla with some race kit parts (tank) and a later Pursang motor. A pretty bike, you'll notice it has lights and plate. 63K jpeg file

I was recently sent these photos by Erik Green of Team Obsolete. This HD-750 RR frame with monoshock conversion belongs to a friend of his, and they are hoping that someone will recognize the bike and supply them with some information on the bike's history.

• Monoshock HD chassis #1 Details of the monoshock conversion 44K jpeg file
• Monoshock HD chassis #2 Left side with tank cover 46K jpeg file
• Monoshock HD chassis #3 Left side without tank cover 50K jpeg file
• Monoshock HD chassis #4 Right side without tank cover 35K jpeg file