Yamaha XV950 Yard Built ‘Dangan’ | Special | Motorcyclenews.com
The plan was simple. We thought it would be an interesting assignment to see what a relative novice at bike building could do to Yamaha’s XV950 with some bolt-on, third-party parts and a little imagination. NO CUTTING OR WELDING of the stock bike.
It’s with pleasant surprise but a lot of pride that MCN can announce that this bike has been chosen to join their ranks as the latest in the line of XV950 Yard Built specials. The Bullet has hit the bullseye!
Thanks:
Lamb Engineering, Holographic Hammer, Mag-Europe, Elite Panelcraft, Yamaha UK, Central Wheel, Rizoma, Scott Lloyd, Magura, Pirelli, Sandqvist, Venhill, Greg Hageman.
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The plan was simple. We thought it would be an interesting assignment to see what a relative novice at bike building could do to Yamaha’s XV950 with some bolt-on, third-party parts and a little imagination. NO CUTTING OR WELDING of the stock bike.
It’s with pleasant surprise but a lot of pride that MCN can announce that this bike has been chosen to join their ranks as the latest in the line of XV950 Yard Built specials. The Bullet has hit the bullseye!
Thanks:
Lamb Engineering, Holographic Hammer, Mag-Europe, Elite Panelcraft, Yamaha UK, Central Wheel, Rizoma, Scott Lloyd, Magura, Pirelli, Sandqvist, Venhill, Greg Hageman.
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I like the XV for what it is and the initiative presented is interesting
When the sound started I thought it was a hearing Test LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
which airport is that?
Another nice project.
Minus the rearview mirrors.
nice bike but the music is very annoying
Not really “yard built|” though, is it?
Que les parece esta hermosura??
So you have a designer design it, and engineering shop build it and it can
still get the label of “yard built”?
Not really my style of bike but I do like the nice clean lines. Nice bike,
nice bloke, nice music (for a change!), nice video. Well done MCN.
This is one of the best edited and shot videos from MCN ive seen. Great
shots, great sound on dialogue. The music is quality, very machine like and
yard built sounding. Very smooth shots from the car. Thanks for putting
this all together.
Super design, like to see you are ridding on airport.
Spiritual descendant of Lurch, an infamous XV920R from back in the 80’s
here in the USA. A fellow made it into a roadracer. Kevin Schwantz raced
it once.
http://www.kevinschwantz.com/book-pages/roadracing8.htm
Is that top gear test track?
2015 xjr 1300 is the bike is the bike to have…
Great video, the “music” at the beginning a little odd.
Beautiful.