I wish I had more details on this, but it’s too good not to share. Someone’s built a NSR500 replica with a Honda RC51 frame and a Yamaha RD500cc 2-stroke engine, and it’s up for sale!
It was built by a gentleman named Peter Volosinovski, and with a bit of poking around on his Facebook profile I was able to find a dyno run showing 120 horsepower and 61 lb-ft to the rear wheel. That’s already pretty cool, but it gets borderline terrifying when you find out that dry weight is 308 pounds!
Seeing as a real NSR500 is basically unobtanium, this is a fun alternative. It’s not cheap, but it’s a hell of a lot cheaper than the real thing.
Find this incredible custom for sale in Holland for 40k Euros (roughly $43.6k USD) here on Facebook Marketplace.