Motorcycle News - El Trasplante: A Yamaha XT 600 with Bultaco bodywork
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This svelte Yamaha XT 600 E was clearly built to get loose, but it’s also a remarkably cohesive and neat custom. Even if that wasn’t the original intention of its owner, Stefan Lantschner.
“After going to Wheels & Waves,” he tells us, “all I wanted to do was build a flat tracker! The plan was to do something quick and cheap—but as soon as I started, the plan changed.”
Stefan bought the 1992 XT 600 E from a friend who abandoned a plan to customize it. As far as big thumping enduros go, the XT 600 E makes sense: it’s lumpy, but the air-cooled single makes enough power and it’s tough.
The Yamaha now wears the monocoque fiberglass body from an old Bultaco Lobito trials bike. Stefan had to modify the bottom of the tank to fit the Yamaha’s wider frame and integrated oil filler, then he shaped up a new seat with fresh foam, and sent it to XtrimSeats in Barcelona for upholstery.
As for the chassis, the subframe was trimmed down to match the length of the Bultaco body kit. Up front, Stefan has installed the beefier 43mm forks and bottom yoke from a 2003 Yamaha YZF-R6 sport bike, pairing them with a CNC-machined top yoke.
Magura came to the party big time, and hooked Stefan up with a set of Xline bars and clamps, plus brake and clutch controls. (The Yamaha’s been upgraded to a Magura hydraulic clutch too.)
When it came to the exhaust, Stefan commissioned his friend Christopher Martensson, who built the full system right through to the muffler.
“I built the bike in a small garage owned by my friend Alvaro,” Stefan explains. “Big thanks to him, and also to Salva, Nico Niks and Luisangel for their help!”
Sounds like an excelente plan to us. Koolt Creations | Images by Javi Echevarría Ruiz Motorcycles via Bike EXIF https://ift.tt/2Mf9b0c November 26, 2019 at 11:33AM Leave a Reply. |
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