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Cycle News Issue 46 November 21, 2017

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YAMAHA SCR950 SUPER HOOLIGAN RACER P62 Feature thrashed off it than he. "I've wanted to build a Super Hooligan bike for a couple of years now," Jeff said. "I even talked to Roland [Sands] about it in the very beginning and just never got around to it, so yeah, I'm stoked." The SCR950 was chosen as our donor bike because it's much more race-able than the Bolt from which it is derived. Jeff actually built a Bolt flat tracker a little while back, stripping off absolutely everything necessary to create one of the sweetest little trackers I've ever seen. "The SCR just works better," Jeff says. "The spoked wheels were easy to have re-laced and have the 19-inch hoops put on them, and the SCR has the the one who built the prototype FZ-07 flat tracker that sent jaws dropping at AIMExpo a couple of years ago, so really, no one is better equipped to build a bike designed to have the nuts The motorcycle industry is full to the brim of people who simply live and breathe motorcycles. Jeff is no exception. This is the guy who helped with the design of the gorgeous XSR900 and Jeff and his team turned the build around in a little over 40 hours—fabrication and all. (Left) Two Bros. sent us a gorgeous exhaust that ensured some extra ponies as well as making the SCR the loudest bike at Bolsa Chica. Win. (Right) K&N supplied us an air filter, and Power Commander sent us a PC5 in which we used their base mapping but spent about an hour on the dyno cleaning it up, adding a little more fuel on the bottom of the rev range. (Left) Sun Rims are wrapped in Dunlop DT3 130/80-19 and 140/90-19 tires, with a one-inch section removed from the swingarm bracing to allow the wheel to fit. (Right) The seat construction and paint job are works of art.

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