Comments on: Yamaha R1 Street Tracker from Gregg’s Customs

By: maico mike

maico mike — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 06:52:38 +0000

I want to race it at stockton mile on 16 &17 oct in cale the mad miler at 160 docwtthe backstraight way hardcord maico mike cool

By: Bad H

Bad H — Sun, 09 May 2010 17:24:54 +0000

I love it. 100% badass bike! Too bad they made the Harley Davidson monopoly decision right after Roberts show HD what was up in the 70′s. That decision alone ruined a perfectly good Grand National series. IMHO.

By: tim

tim — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:50:37 +0000

OH YES! the speedblock colour scheme is awesome as well.

By: The Phantom

The Phantom — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:42:25 +0000

Scary little number, I like it. I think ragging on it because it wouldn’t be a contender on the actual mile is missing the mark somewhat – it’s a flat-track ‘styled’ bike, not a flat-track racing bike. You could fit a tiny tank and call it a ‘trials’ style bike… I’d love to hear the cross-plane motor through that tiny pipe : )

By: frozen prairie

frozen prairie — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:20:18 +0000

Ahh, nice work…
I’m thinking those are 19 inch wheels. Being a mostly dirt guy, 17 inchers have just never looked right to me.

As far as weight goes, the R1 is pretty light (about 175kg), not much more than a 650 KLR, and this one is probably lighter than the original machine, so it should be tossable. I remember seeing pictures years ago of Kenny Roberts sliding a VMax around a dirt oval with the Yamaha high muck-a-mucks watching.

To me, the bike looks great, but I hope someone will thrash it about and scuff it up a little. I always thought my motocross bikes looked better after twenty motos than they did when still in the showroom. A few dents, scratches, knobby tracks on the swingarm, the paint scuffed down to bare metal in places, pop rivets holding plastic together… those things told the history of the bike, and me too I guess.