LOL UPDATE: Reader Ride. The Lilac Alley Speed Shop Honda Hardtail SL125! Very Trick Budget build.

UPDATE... Helping to provide a public service here at MPOTD:
From the comments: 
Anonymous said...

I love the bike but my bedroom overlooks Lilac Alley and would love it more if you didn't race up and down the alley late at night and let it idle in the alley.sorry to be a pain but my bike sets off car alarms as well but I try and do that on other peoples streets...

Dan Noyola sends in this wicked little custom build. Did some hunting and found his blog!  Go HERE  for his blog build pics!  Now don't be shy about sending me links to yor blogs and slideshows fand such!  I love these kinds of builds. This once again proves that imagination and creativity are more important than money. What a cool bike.

Dan Writes:
It was put together in a couple of weeks for a few hundred dollars for the Dirtbag Challenge.
My ladyfriend still rides it regularly.

Dirtbag Challenge sounds like a blast. Thanks again!

Update Request: Can the owner please contact me. A moto Morini Flattracker.

Pete Giammalvo (or anyone who may know him)  if you're reading this can you please contact me.  I received a request from someone to publish these pics of your bike and I'd like to put you in touch with him to work out any permissions.  Thanks!


Reader Pete Giammalvo sends in thise pics of what I believe to be a really cool Moto Morini flattracker. I'm also guessing that it's a 3 1/2 (or 350) model.

Thanks Much Pete!

UPDATE: An Old Schoo Guzzi Adventure Conversion.

UPDATE: Craig in the comments sends a link to the original blog post.  The original post with lots more pictures is here: http://zecraignosmonstercycles.blogspot.com/2010/09/steve-mcguzzee.html. Looks to be a great blog too! Be sure to check him out! Thank You Craig!!

It's written in french so his post through Google Translate and came up with the following from his blog post:

Transformations Guzzi scrambler are rare and successful ones are exceptional.The difficulty is the design of the chassis designed by the engineer to moult Tonti farm tractor perched high in a sleek racer and efficient on the road.The frame lowered, stiffened by a large tube bracing welded and fitted with a wheelbase folds difficult contortions that would impose the first motorfreaker come.This scrambler is truly remarkable. If I understood the comment by the Italian author who is an inveterate chatterbox, this embodiment is characterized in this way:
The idea is to evoke the CR 400 Husqvarna by Steve McQueen in "On Any Sunday", it specifically (source Motorbike Search Engine):The original model is a 1000 SP1. The engine has been boosted by Dromo bike to make him spit up to 90 hp (!). The collectors have been sawn and re-welded to produce a high exhaust 2 into 1 on the right side of the machine.For the part cycle, the fork tubes have been lengthened by 10 cm, the bridge from a V7 hosts a bevel in the short report 6.32 equipping police motorcycles, folding footrests are provided by former Aermacchi. The wheels 18 "have been retained and the fenders T3. The main stand home-made" notes "instead of bridge.The reservoir is a special V7 in its small capacity. It is decorated with the autograph of Steve McQueen and logos side are drawn in the style Gilera. The saddle is a Cagiva 125 redesigned. The lighthouse mesh that contains the start switch is provided by a Guzzi TT 125. The instrumentation is reduced to a tachometer. The clignos are retrieved from a CB750 Four.
A personal appreciation, but I feel it remains to verify that the swing arm is shortened to reduce the wheelbase, which contributes greatly to the harmony of the whole terrain in this version.So far, the prettiest guzzi proto scrambler I've ever seen ... Che bella!



How cool is that!  Anyone have more info on this beauty?  I'd love to know more.

Psychotic 2-stroke KX500 Street Fighter

I love the pipe routing. This thing must be dangerous!

For hose of you who just HAVE to keep going this winter...

Update: Reader Submittal. Very Unusual Twin Engine V4 NORTON TRIUMPH DUCATI VELO 1000cc SPECIAL TRITON

An alert reader led me to this bike for sale on E-bay. Link here while it lasts...

Update... To see a proper job go see BSA Bits and Scraps's post HERE. Now That a beauty.

Good lord. This is just sooooo wrong....

Sorry. I love bikes and all that but this is too much. You're just going to have to go to Jalopnik to read "the rest of the story" on this one.

Insane Triple Engine Yamaha R5 (based) 2-stroke Drag Racer!!!

From Suzukijoe's visit to Willow Springs.

One Radical Turbocharget BMW

If the idea of just paying money for a hyperbike bores you then this might be you ride!

The Most Grooooovy Tri.... errr correction... NORTON in Town!

Corrected by an alert reader in the comments. Thanks!

This was in the parking lot of a local shop that specializes in old british bikes. It's not often you see a period correct all original "flower power" paint scheme so well preserved on an old ride like this. Not exactly my style but this must have been just the ticket back in the day...

A pair of Adventure Sporster Conversions - Classic Motorcycles

This most about custom motorcycles is that no matter how outlandish a potential idea may be someone somewhere will probably get around to building one. I'd wager that torque is NOT a problem with either of these bikes.