VOL. 54 ISSUE 46 NOVEMBER 21, 2017 P61
Isn't she a
beauty?! We were
positively bowled
over when we
first laid eyes on
the SCR Super
Hooligan racer.
W
hen I lay in the middle of the Costa Mesa Speedway
track after highsiding myself to the moon and back
a few weeks ago, one of the first thoughts going
through my head was "I needed to get my own bike."
Smashing up Roland Sands' Super Hooligan Indian Scout
was not in the cards, but thankfully, the damage was more to
my pride than anything. Still, the thought of getting a Cycle
News-specific racer wouldn't go away, so I made a call to
Marcus DeMichelle, Yamaha USA's press manager and a thor-
oughbred racer himself—so he gets it.
Not only was Marcus in for the idea of building a Yamaha
SCR950 Hooligan racer, he had the perfect man for the job
in Jeff Palhegi, one of Southern California's leading craftsmen
for Yamaha customs and a man who has more than a slight
obsession with the TZ750—a man of my own heart.
BUG HAS BITTEN. HARD. SO MUCH SO THAT WE
YAMAHA TO BUILD ONE OF OUR OWN!
BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
PHOTOGRAPHY BY SAM BENDALL, RS
