Stu Lloyd grew up in the UK during the late ’70s and early ’80s. As a young boy, his leisure time was devoted to wrenching, tuning, and crashing two strokes. He was what the British press labelled as a “two-stroke hooligan” causing mischief on his Kawasaki KH 250s and Yamaha RD LCs. Back then life was all about maximising his…
Yamaha announced a redesigned Zuma 125 scooter for 2022, offering a new, more rugged appearance and variable valve actuation (VVA) technology. Yamaha has used VVA for a number of models over the last few years, mostly on scooters but also on the R15 sportbike for Asian markets. The 2022 Zuma 125 will be the first model with VVA Yamaha will…
The garage tools and techniques might be the same, but there’s not a lot of overlap between race and custom bike building. At the simplest level, it’s a Venn diagram, with ‘function’ in one circle and ‘form’ in the other. Occasionally a bike falls into that tiny overlap though, and the results can be incredible. This outlandish WR450F rally raid…