Where to start, some of my more memorable hybrids, some good some not.............
In the late 70’s, a TM125 with a TS185 motor
TL 250 Honda converted to 350
Short WB land-Rover fitted with a 283 Chev, then converted to forward control.
Mark II Triumph fitted with a Toyota 5 speed box.
An original Forward control Land-Rover with a turbo charged 202 Holden running on gas, power steering and suspension mods.
Wrote off the above so fitted the running gear to a SWB L-R but added an auto trans and full coil spring suspension, power steering, disc brakes etc.
In Aust
74 F100, fitted 460 and C6, step-side tray and turned it into a convertible
Early TY250, fitted a monoshock rear end and disc brakes
And now, 1990 KTM 250 fitted with XR200 motor, my collection of XT500’s, and now I have enough parts to build another TM185.
Half of my XT’s are modified with different swingarms, forks, triple clamps, tanks etc but compared to some of the previous efforts, they are pretty tame.
I might add that growing up in NZ in the 70’s you could not buy much so you learned to make do. Also serving an apprenticeship as a fitter and turner you quickly learned that everything had to be made from scratch.
Cycle God where in NZ are you from? I’m from Wellington originally but been here 20 years now.
There was a XT powered monoshock YZ in Wgton in the late 70’s, it was built by Damon Gruenwald of Cycleworks, never saw it in the flesh, only piccies.
Brent
