December 4, 2010. The start and most of one lap during Race #1 at the 2010 Catalina Grand Prix, which consisted of about six wave starts totaling 104 vintage bikes, from the 1928 Harley of Homer Knapp to long-travel Evolution era bikes such as Yamaha YZ250s and YZ400s. This Ascot Scrambler was built in 90 days from a swamp-rat 1962 Yamaha YDS2 street bike advertised on Craigslist by Century Motorcycles in San Pedro, Calif. Fortunately, the donor bike was almost totally complete and after a full engine rebuild and custom expansion chambers by Scott Clough Racing capped with Catalina-legal FMF spark arrestors, a fork rebuild and race shocks by RaceTech, Dunlop 4.00-18 trials tires, CIP frame powder coating, Bill Kee Vintage Restorations rescue and painting of a genuine Ascot Scrambler tank located by Thad Wolff , a faultless PVL Ignition from Penton Racing Products, GYTR foot pegs, R1 tank badges and grips from Yamaha, K&N air filters, new pistons, NOS cables and a 50T rear sprocket via eBay, and a fantastic commemorative tank decal design by Jim Hatch, it was ready to race. There is no way this bike would have made it to Catalina without the parts-finding acumen of Captain Dave, Joey at Brown's Cycles, North West Vintage Cycle, Yamaha Speed & Sport, and Champion Motorsports, the generous machine-shop services of Dave and Lee at Sport Cycle Pacific, bike schlepping by senors Dave and George, essential gear from Alpinestars, Bell and Metro Racing (in case I threw it off a ... Video Rating: 5 / 5
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