The trend of inserting modernized two-stroke engines into modern chassis is certainly not new. The latest model was discovered and proposed by colleagues from Todocircuito, this Honda VTR-SP1 chassis is grafted with a Yamaha RD 500 engine, for a replica of the Honda NSR 500 from 1994 which intends to make the powder speak!
The care of the production is crazy, so much so that if you don't pay attention it is possible to be fooled: the Honda VTR-SP1 frame which emerges from under the fairings is very reminiscent of that of the NSR 500 of these years. The Dutchman Peter Volosinovszki, creator of this machine, then chose the Yamaha two-stroke V4 as the engine, but by increasing it from the original 88 horsepower to 120 declared at the wheel, which became 140 at the crankshaft. We are far from the approximately 190 horsepower of the NSRs of the time, but on the other hand, to achieve this, we would have to draw on real Grand Prix units. However, it must be said that thanks to a dry weight of only 140 kg, the weight/power ratio is decidedly favorable, and suggests very respectable circuit performance.
The exhausts, also very similar to those of the period, are the work of the Dutchman Petku; the frame, already mentioned, was taken from a VTR 1000 SP1, while the swinging arm, polished like those of grand prix motorcycles, comes from a BMW S1000RR. The suspension has also been updated, with modern Öhlins units, while the braking system is Brembo with monoblock calipers.
It goes without saying that the graphics are taken care of down to the smallest detail, and the visual effect takes us back to those 90s, where blue smoke was the decor of our Sundays on the sofa watching the races in front of the cathode ray tube TV. We are talking about a price close to €40 for this unique machine!
