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Wednesday 1 August 2012

Road - Pure Joy?



A perfect way to cure a sleepless night? I think so. The three of us started riding on the roads until we soon released some things were better done off them. Nevertheless, road riding is the most accessible way for most of us to enjoy the pure excitement of riding. The feeling of speed, freedom, zen or just the ascetics. This SR500 by Lossa engineering of long beach, in my view, captures all the key elements of what we love about riding. It may look just like a painted up 40yo yama, but check out the specs...


Frame de tabbed and hooped
Battery relocated
GSXR front end
Adapted brembo brakes front and rear
Brembo front rotor
RD400 wheels
Custom made sprocket carrier
GSXR rearsets
Cal Fab aluminum swing arm
Custom made rear brake stay
Bobbed Honda front fender with handmade fork brace
Gauge bucket molded into headlight bucket with re orientated Lossa brand tach face
Tommaselli headlight ears
Binelli gas tank with custom gas cap
Handmade steel tail section with frenched in Lossa tail light
Wired from scratch
Big bore kit
White Bros. Cam
Heavy duty valve springs
Ported head, 36mm Mikuni flatslide carb
Custom intake manifold
K&N filter
Custom exhaust with Lossa cone muffler
Welded sprocket cover
All aluminum was polished first, then hand brushed and cleared over
Works shocks.


...not just another cafe racer.

For more of Jay Larrosa's builds check out the Lossa engineering website, or let me know...i'll post some more.

Ride safe, JZ.

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