MONOCOQUE MAGIC: A RARE HAGON YAMAHA HL500 MOTOCROSSER

[weeksy]

https://www.bikeexif.com/classic-hagon-yamaha-motocross

[Bustaspoke]

Every so often you unearth a gem with these posts,this is one of those gems

[Yorick]

It'll be a shit crosser, but got a pretty paint job. Hmm.

[Trinity765]

That's very pretty.

[G.P]

I'd have hidden some mini indicators somewhere but apart from that, I really like it. Maybe they shold have called it an Enduro as its got lights. ooks like an IT headlamp cowl?

[demographic]

Looks like the kind of thing that shows up at Bassenthwaite motocross track VMC every once in a while, its more like an old style scrambler track than modern MX so has less jumps and its got longer between corners.

Loads of old Maicos (with Bill Browns being at Lillyhall thats no surprise) a few CCM's, old YZ's and so on.
Quite surprising how some of em hoss on.

[Count Steer]

I'll take it. Mine's a ristretto.

[Couchy]

Sorry to be the fly in the ointment but that's everything that's shit about these art project builds, it has absolutely no purpose in life, it would be rubbish on the road and rubbish as a motocross bike, and a pain in the arse to clean.

Zero point to it other than to park it up and drink soy latte whilst you chat to other metrosexuals with annoying nasal voices.

Its not an art project build It’s a 40 year old race bike from a time people were trying and building different things, compared to bikes of it’s day it may have gone ok.

[demographic]

Yeah, none of them old CCM's had a chromed frame. Nore any old Triumphs, no siree.

[The Spin Doctor]

It's not chrome, it's highly polished ally.

[demographic]

It's not chrome, it's highly polished ally.

Polished ally? Pah.
Next thing they'll be wearing barbour jackets, tweed hats and moving to warmer climes cos they're cold.
Bleedin poofs.

Its the thin end of the wedge I tells ya.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

It's a bit shiney, my memory of the Hagon bikes is that they were reasonably successful in early 80s 4 stroke MX, but in the 80s only perverts rode 4 stroke MX bikes.

I'd love an IT175, but they're silly money these days.

[Yorick]

It's like painting a 40 year old telly with yellow paint and selling it at a silly price.

[demographic]

It's like painting a 40 year old telly with yellow paint and selling it at a silly price.

Dunno about that one but I've seen Bill Browns son hammering around Bassenthwaite track on a twinshock Maico a few years ago and he sure as hell wasn't taking prisoners.
I'd be surprised if anyone on here could keep up, just a good efficient rider not wasting any energy.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

My 1980 YZ125 handled superbly, it was light and the geometry was just right, God knows how good it would be with cartridge forks. The drum brakes were pathetic and the engine had the narrowest power band of any bike I've ridden, so it wasn't all beer and chips.

[Yorick]

It's like painting a 40 year old telly with yellow paint and selling it at a silly price.

Dunno about that one but I've seen Bill Browns son hammering around Bassenthwaite track on a twinshock Maico a few years ago and he sure as hell wasn't taking prisoners.
I'd be surprised if anyone on here could keep up, just a good efficient rider not wasting any energy.

I could still whup most folk on here round Cadwell Park on a CB500. Doesn't make that bike a perfect choice

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

But could you do it on a 350LC ?

[weeksy]

It's like painting a 40 year old telly with yellow paint and selling it at a silly price.

Dunno about that one but I've seen Bill Browns son hammering around Bassenthwaite track on a twinshock Maico a few years ago and he sure as hell wasn't taking prisoners.
I'd be surprised if anyone on here could keep up, just a good efficient rider not wasting any energy.

I could still whup most folk on here round Cadwell Park on a CB500. Doesn't make that bike a perfect choice

That's nice dear

[Yorick]

Dunno about that one but I've seen Bill Browns son hammering around Bassenthwaite track on a twinshock Maico a few years ago and he sure as hell wasn't taking prisoners.
I'd be surprised if anyone on here could keep up, just a good efficient rider not wasting any energy.

I could still whup most folk on here round Cadwell Park on a CB500. Doesn't make that bike a perfect choice

That's nice dear

You know what I meant.

[demographic]

I could still whup most folk on here round Cadwell Park on a CB500. Doesn't make that bike a perfect choice

I said a "Good efficient rider"