Built by Jeff Palhegyi in 40 hours, this Yamaha SCR950 has been converted to a street tracker after (according to the seller) it was built as a Super Hooligan bike for Ryan Villopoto.
The claim is possible as it was around this time that Villopoto signed with Yamaha as a brand ambassador and announced that he was going to compete in some Super Hooligan flat track, though I never heard of anything coming from that beyond the announcement itself. As noted in the above link, my buddy Rennie raced a very similar bike for a great story in Cycle News, though he did end up having a nasty crash.
The bike that Rennie raced.
It’s unclear to me if this bike for sale is the same one that Rennie raced (having been rebuilt after the crash) or if it’s a different one but they sure look similar.
The bike that’s for sale.
The first press launch I ever attended was for the Yamaha SCR950 and I thought it was adequate. I like this version much more, and the SCR makes a lot more sense as a flat tracker styled bike than the scrambler that Yamaha originally positioned it as.
Find this Yamaha for sale (scroll down to March 2) for $8,000 here on VFT.