Down right here in Australia, wintry weather is starting to attract. We don’t get bad winters—in reality now not cold sufficient to warrant having a ‘riding season’—however once I saw those images, I right now idea that a touch snow’s a great factor.
Specifically when you have a supercool 70s vintage motocrosser within the garage. Like this Yamaha HL500: a motorbike that’s uncommon, particularly coveted, and talked of in hushed tones. And truthful sufficient: it turned into the ultimate virtually powerful 4-stroke bike to win a Grand Prix, earlier than the 2-stroke domination started out.
The ‘HL’ is a reference to the Scandinavians who helped make this Yamaha well-known, substantially ‘Mr Motocross’ Torsten Hallman and Sten Lundin, although it become Bengt Aberg who grabbed many of the headlines.
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| Still Remember With This Bike ? "1979 YAMAHA HL500" |
The motorcycle inside the snap shots comes from Husky Restorations of recent York, a organisation that specializes in meticulous resto-mods of antique dirtbikes. It took them three years to make this HL500, using a TT500 engine, YZ400 suspension, and the gasoline tank, fenders and seat from a YZ125c. Most significantly, the body become constructed by way of Geoff Morris concepts (GMC)—one of the high-quality vintage motocross frame experts accessible.
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| Still Remember With This Bike ? "1979 YAMAHA HL500" |
Just the issue to blow out the cobwebs of the running week on a crisp, clean Sunday morning. Take a look at the Husky Restorations internet site for a high-quality array of pics, including Husqvarna 360s and 400s owned with the aid of Steve McQueen, Bud Ekins and Bent Aberg.
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