Suzuki 2 Strokes

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Its so sexy <3

If anybody knows the parts could you please chime in?

The bike belongs to a pal of ours called Les Trotter. Les is a well known figure in classic racing, and has a long and distinguished career with Crooks Suzuki, and Crook's bikes. He has owned this machine for about 30 years.....

I will pass your query on, and post the answer when Les responds.

Paul. Titan Performance.

PS. The picture was taken at the Classic road races in Chimay, Belgium in 2010.

Nice bike. Looks the same as my Seeley frame.

Mazer......Les Trotter just responded. The wheels were made by Tony Foale in the seventies for use on TZ Yams.....hope this helps you.

Paul Titan Performance.

titan performance wrote:Mazer......Les Trotter just responded. The wheels were made by Tony Foal in the seventies for use on TZ Yams.....hope this helps you.

Paul Titan Performance.

It does give me a place to start looking. lol

So is TZ Yams shorthand for TZ Yamahas? Thank you.

PEDRO wrote:I think you will find they are offenstadt wheels which were sold by tony foale before he started making the pete williams wheels.

look under eric offenstadt or SMAC in your search, offenstadt was a well known designer in the seventies, frames, upside down forks, wheels etc.

PEDRO. You are a beautiful man <3 thank you

Not the same as Offenstadt wheels which were six spoke (3 pairs of 2 spokes), depending on how deep your pocketbook is, Marvic is making 5 spoke Campagnolo and 7 spoke Morris racing classic wheels again; don't know if they are aluminum or (probably) magnesium:

http://www.marvic.it/prod_vintage_eng.php
http://www.marvic.it/prod_campagnolo_eng.php

http://www.marvic.it/prod_morris_eng.php


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I think they are later style Offenstadt/Smac wheels. Examine the spokes carefully and you can see that they are not Campy or Morris style spokes. The spoke flanges are mirror images of each other in each pair.

That's good news about Morris wheels. I need a front to replace a magnesium Kimtab snowflake that's 3" x 18 and too wide for the front of a TZ that they belong to.

A tad pricey perhaps, but they certainly do look nice ! I doubt there would be much of a market for it, but it would be kind of nice if something with a drum rear brake were available. Front snowflake rims to fit a Kettle are a dime a dozen, but options for the rear are few and far between.

And just for info - I have done up a draft of a section for the Field Guide to the GT750 covering 'drop in' after market wheels - if anyone has something they would like to contribute to it just contact me directly.