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Yamaha Banshee-Powered Motard Custom
Pure supermoto mayhem... Framecrafters stuffed a Banshee two-stroke twin into a heavily reworked YZ450F chassis, then let Tony Doukas Racing turn it into a 421cc problem. Just over 270 pounds, a seller-estimated 95 horsepower, an RZ350 six-speed, Marchesini wheels, and Brembo brakes. Fourth and final in a series of four builds, this thing even has a clean Illinois title. Someone went to extraordinary lengths to make terrible decisions possible on public roads, and I respect the hell out of that.
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