Essentially, we rebuilt this motorcycle from the ground up. Every nut and bolt was replaced with new hardware. The motor was rebuilt using 80 mm Pistons taking it to a whopping 744cc. We installed oversized titanium valves and seats, a performance cam and blueprinted the crank. Then fitted the motor with 34mm Mikuni carburetor.
On an ordinary day in Englewood, Steve Klose of Vomag Plauen Garage (New Jersey) was reading a hyperbolic British motorcycle magazine that the Yamaha Vision was, perhaps, "the worst Japanese motorcycle ever built". His initial reaction was...."Damn, I gotta get me one of those!"...
" The Yamaha XS650 could easily be one of the most polarizing motorcycles of its time. Born in 1970 and produced through 1983 with very few fundamental changes, the XS650 has evoked some kind of emotion from riders around the globe"
The Dime City Cycles team interviews expert race engine builder, Chuck Quenzler, at the 2018 Barber Vintage Festival. Chuck is responsible for building engines for some of our very own Dime City Cycles championship race bikes.
The Dime City Cycles crew speaks with Mike as he shows off this beautiful 1966 Kawasaki W1 650 at the 2018 Barber Vintage Festival.
I bought my little Scrambler back in 2012 when I was still in college in Oregon. I had no idea how to work on a bike, let alone ride one. My dad used to have a CL350 when he was about the age I was, and said this little bike I saw for sale would be a good starter for me.
Just like how Jeffrey Lebowski’s rug really tied the room together, the rear shock of a Ducati Sport Classic 1000 monoposto was really going to bring the build together for Steven Liu. He didn’t even have a bike to put it on! He found the rear suspension on eBay, liked how it looked, loved the price, and bought it.
When Bob Morris was diagnosed with ALS and his deteriorating muscles prevented him from riding and wrenching on his motorcycles, he started giving his son instructions on how to finish one particular project that was important to him: a 1976 Yamaha RD400...
Giancarlo Sulmonte’s parents didn’t really want him riding on the road so, like any good teenager would, he manipulated the situation. He bought a dirt bike and then promptly converted it into a street racer. His 1973 Yamaha DT250 was wasting away in his friend’s dad’s garage. Sulmonte, then 19, was working on a car project at the time. He thought it was a pretty cool bike but didn’t think about it for a few months. One day he got up the nerve to call his friend’s dad and offer $300. The man countered with $150 (why can’t this happen to all of us?) and Sulmonte took it home...
Growing up, Kevin Wilbeck always had motorcycles – a Honda 100, a CB350 and a CB550 in college. He always wanted a 750 Super Sport but didn’t get it until a few years ago when he re-entered motorcycling after noticing how big the vintage motorcycle scene was getting in Des Moines, Iowa. He bought a 1978 Honda 750 Super Sport for $1400 with 6100 miles..
