1988 OW 250 Yamaha
Ex Rob Herring ride
Another American legend, unbeatable at this time, Rick Johnson (CR 250cc Honda)
1988 OW 250 Yamaha
1988 Yamaha OW500
1992 Yamaha OW250
1992 Yamaha OW250
Donny Schmit’s Championship Bike
1973 Yamaha OW13
1973 Yamaha OW13
Ake Jonsson’s first Yamaha/Maico prototype
A few words from the current owner of this bike.
Ake helped build and raced this bike in Sweden in the 1973. The bike features: OW13 Factory Yamaha motor, Factory KYB fork and handmade triple clamps, Factory Yamaha tank with belt, Factory Yamaha front fender, Factory MAICO frame made by Kramer, Koni rear shocks, Yamaha wheels, Factory Maico seat and rear fender and a handmade airbox.
1978 Yamaha OW38
1978 Yamaha OW38
Bob “Hurricane” Hannah’s Supercross ride
1974 Yamaha OW13
1974 Yamaha OW13
Featured here is a 1974 Yamaha OW13. The bike currently belongs to John Riley. The bike is a work in progress as it was missing some parts when John acquired it.
John recently sent some up dated photos of his bike. He managed to track down several parts that he was missing including:
– Titanium Kick start
– Sand cast magnesium twist throttle
– Sand cast magnesium clutch basket and titanium clutch bolts
– Titanium axles, spacers, nuts, bolts etc
1986 Kawasaki SR500
1986 Kawasaki SR500
Featured here is a 1986 works Kawasaki SR500. This bike was raced by Georges Jobe during the 1986 500cc GP series in Europe. It is currently owned by Lee Jackson in the United Kingdom.
1982 Kawasaki SR250
1982 Kawasaki SR250
Featured here is a 1982 Kawasaki SR250. This bike belongs to Mark Hilderbrand of Night-mare Racing (http://www.nightmare-racing.com/). Mark has been collecting and restoring for several years has a very impressive collection. This is the second bike Mark has provided us an opportunity to showcase.
If you are restoring a Kawasaki and are in need of quality reproduction plastics, graphics or advice on what is right or wrong with your restoration, Night-mare Racing is the place to go! Mark says he has had the opportunity to meet some very special friends along the way and we here at VintageWorksBikes are glad to have the opportunity to share another one of his very rare bikes!
This bike was first raced in the first few Supercross races of 1983 though it’s actually a 1982, single radiator version. It was raced by Kent Howerton during the Supercross series. Jeff Ward raced a twin radiator version that year.
In 1982, Kawasaki was still perfecting their disc brakes. The disc brakes were primarily used on dry race days and the drum brakes used during wet and muddy races. Notice the black spokes. They were used on a limited number of the works bikes that year.
Very trick works linkage. A great deal of time, effort and research went into perfecting the suspension components on these bikes.
