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So, in an attempt to lower my fuel bills every month I forked out a cool ZAR 7500.00 for a 2002 Yamaha BWS poegie. Motivation? It's a 2-stroke. In a few words, it's blue, standard, and bulletproof. For a 2002 it went quite nicely and looked like it had never been serviced. At all. The variator...

I'm starting this thread to post my work so that they're all in one place. I started off while working at Retro Prestige Motorcycles. The owner and I put our heads together and built up the Cleveland Misfit 'Cafe'. Then it was onto the 1980 BMW R65 Cafe Racer belonging to Antoine Robert with...

Desperately looking for some help and/or clarity on what I need to change on my 1992 DT175 6V system to change it to 12V. Reason being I want to run bright lights without a problem instead of some dull orange lights at idle. Please list any suggestions  :)

Ditching the battery on my '92 DT175 build and going for the magneto route. I can do the wiring etc but I have a problem - battery eliminator. I've read hundreds of threads but I have no info on where to get one locally, or how to make one (I do know my way around a PCB and soldering iron)...

Okay so there's a bit of a story to this so I'll get it out of the way now. For a long time my father has had an obsession with Yamaha's DT range, especially after his IT175 that apparently used to "smoke the other bikes" back in the day! SO, the collecting started, and the restoring didn't...

Hi all On the 1st of May (Worker's Day) Retro Prestige Motorcycles in Paarden Eiland will be having a ride around the peninsula to Viper Lounge in Glencairn, and then back through Red Hill, Misty Cliffs, and Kommetjie. We’ll meet at Retro Prestige Motorcycles at 8:30 for coffee, and then leave...