Frankenstein dirt bikes

[TT5 Matt]

get GMC to build it without the engine mounts. at least you wont have the maico,monty and husky police on your case for using the gen frame   and killing another bike

[yamaico]

One of my pet ideas is a GMC 74 Maico frame with a Yamaha SC500 motor . I would use the MX360 5 speed gear set and a YZ 400 D cdi . Just thinking out loud . Iain

That would be a winner for sure Iain.

[shelpi]

thinking along a simular path with a DT360 for a pre75 sidecar that is very slowly comeing together, was looking at the YZ400F with keen interest wit its 82mm bore and 75mm stroke
SC500 95mm x 70mm
all other 400's 85 x 70  then there is the 425 and of coarse the 465 85 x 82 thinking thinking ?

[Tex]

How many here saw the DR600-in-Husky-frame-with-PE-swingarm special at Beaufort or Tallarook vinduros? It's a ripper!

Tex

[80-85 husky]

it was a cage rattler and a few bit seriously, the earlier huskys were good for transplants except the chain is on the wrong side  so a flip is required. but they are big in the engine area to accommodate the 125 / 250/ 500 as required and is usually whey they are used for hybrids (the spark has gone from the original motor...). after a heap of laps (slow ones) at CD12 I can confirm the aircooled twin shock 510 is still a camel

[Scootern29]

This bike is somewhat newer than 1975. I built it for the CZ World Championships here in the states back in the early 90's. It ran in the unlimited class.

[tony27]

Have seen that photo quite a few times, always impresses me how together it looks. If you didn't know better you'd think it left the factory like that

[pokey]

how together it looks

 those words Tony are the perfect description of a GOOD frankenbike.

[crash n bern]

making bikes that never existed is wrong.
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How so? Isn't that how bikes came to be in the first place.