High and taped fenders are not, alone, the perfect recipe for the jumpy ditches of your dreams. Here's what it takes to make the scrambler perfect
How to make one scrambler: here are the most useful tips:
Looking at them inspire interminable and broken trips without borders: no, we are not talking about the maxi-enduro, we leave them on the peaks of the market and above all to the "conventional" motorcyclists (jokes ed), but of the scrambler. And then, after making a short repetition of history, let's see what are the ingredients necessary to make a motorcycle with an impeccable look but also with qualities.
Genesis
Born in the United States at the beginning of the fantastic 70's, the scrambler they were customized for "Make of necessity virtue". The motorcyclists of the time in fact modified road roadster To make them capable of dealing with the fettors of the Ranch or the dunes of the American desert areas.
Once in the garage the bike underwent a real radical transformation: the original circles were replaced with a torque in rays, even better if with a front wheel with larger dimensions compared to the rear. To fit the new circles of course they were a must Tassellat tiresI, or for those who "drool" the canyons, even trial tires.
The front mudguard was raised, to prevent the mud from splitting it or blocking the movement of the wheel, the drain also, to avoid breaks on stones or natural steps and above all not to embark water in case of ford.
High handlebar with crossbar, suspensions derived from the specialists to exploit the increased excursion and paramotor's glyel put the bow to real two -wheeled Frankenstein, which, however, still collect a lot of charm.
The right choice
Today things have changed, rightly or not: whoever wants one scrambler It does so for the style and aesthetics, and few lead them to dust themselves on white roads and mule tracks. And if you have come to read so far maybe it is because one scrambler In the garage it would not suck you.
Here the roads are two
- Buy a motorcycle that already "immaculate" draws the world scrambler, as Triumph Street scrambler, Ducati scrambler, Benelli leconcino trail or Royal Enfield Interceptor, to then make small changes that make it even more beautiful to your eyes.
- Or start from an older bike, which does not already enclose the aesthetic scrambler And start creating your special.
In the last case there are advice that may seem obvious, but that by looking at the pages of the Facebook groups or threads of some forums so confident are not, and above all they help you in defining what it is and above all what is not scrambler.
Here is our small decalogue on how to make one scrambler:
- A pair of tires is not enough to transform a naked into one scrambler.
- A handlebar is not enough with a crosspiece to transform any bike into one scrambler.
- With a 4 -cylinder engine (or worse 6) one is not obtained scrambler, but a mechanical sacrilege (and a coffin on wheels in case of off-road).
- The Honda CB Four are the exception that confirms the previous rule.
- If you are thinking of transforming a sporting or a fairing into one scrambler Stop.
- If you are thinking of transforming a road tourer into one scrambler Stop.
- For the owners of BMW Serie K: reread aloud all the previous points.
- A scrambler With a single -branded swingarm it is not one scrambler.
- If it has the dumbbells it is not one scrambler.
- Please leave Honda Dominator stay or the old Japanese cross -cutting cross: they are beautiful and have already suffered too much.
Yes, maybe we have been a little rigid, but we do it for the love of the genre. :)
Tips for shopping
So if we want to start from scratch, what should we bring to the garage? Well, the choice is vast and Here we will briefly summarize only some of the possibilities.
You can start from elderly models, such as Yamaha XS of various displacements, BMW of the R series of the late 70s and 80s, Suzuki XF 650, Honda XR650 but also Moto Guzzi V35, Triumph Bonneville And whoever has more.
As we have already written, you can orient ourselves towards modern models and already close to the stylistic ones scrambler, but it can also be veered towards a type of motorcycle that has been unjustly forgotten over the years: the big mono.
They experienced success in the middle of the 80s, they managed to survive at the 90s, but today, Husqvarna Svartpilen 701 Apart from, nobody focuses anymore on the monocylindricals of great cubature.
THE big mono Vibrano, at the very low laps, are not excellent, they often tend to put on a wheel and make quite wart, but they also have flaws.
If you want one of them as a starting point, the most reliable names are: Suzuki Dr-Z 400 (but also dr 650), Yamaha XT 660, Kawasaki Klr 650, Honda XL 600 (I repeat: let dominator aging in peace).
Let's start!
We will be biased, but we repeat it on every occasion: If you have no sufficient experience and manual skills, let us do it, or to colleagues in the sector, because the risk that a dream will turn quickly into a nightmare of advanced bolts and motorcycles that fall into pieces is real and frequent.
Having said that, the ingredients to have the scrambler Perfect are not many, and above all they depend on the use of the bike.
If you want one scrambler For its look but you have no intention to venture between woods and paths then they will be enough:
- High front mudguard
- Short rear mudguard
- High drain
- Handlebar with crossbar
- Tassellati tires
- Lighthouse grid and possible windshield
- Lateral port tables (which replace the original ones when needed)
In the event that, on the other hand, you want to dirty mud and dust your beauty then it would be advisable to think about mounting too:
- Raws looking
- Paramotor protections (lateral and lower)
- Paramar
- Handlebar bumpers
- Increased or retractable platforms
The reason that all these accessories unite is one and only one: you will fall. Piano or strong, awkwardly or after doing something unthinkable, but you will fall. And the beauty ofoff-road This is also.
scrambler Made in Britain!
Of course, when we talk about motorcycles we take the Thé with Queen Elizabeth, so it is not a mystery that for us the British have no secrets.
And the reason why you choose them is easy to say; they are more brought to customization. No monoculla or boxed frames, which make it difficult to give an impeccable look to one scrambler, but the dear old tubulars who are so good for operations.
The chassis also helps: both the modern-classics of Triumph that the Royal Enfield have a double rear shock absorber, which is perfectly falling within the canons of scrambler. And then there is the engine: the British twin cylinders have a lot of beer, they are manageable everywhere and above all reliable. The result? Well to get an idea, take a look at ours Gravel.
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Interceptor "Gravel" by Cafe Twin[/caption]
