The last time we heard from Sean Skinner, he’d just built a Yamaha XS650-powered replica of the 1960s Schwinn Stingray Orange Krate bicycle. The oddball creation was a far cry from the tidy restomods that his shop, MotoRelic, is best known for—but it was no less awesome.
Once that bike was sold, Sean had an itch to unleash his inner child again, so he set out to build something even wackier. Best described as an “overgrown mini-bike,” Sean’s new whip features a bespoke frame and a two-stroke Yamaha snowmobile engine. Yes, you read that right.
Inspiration for the build came from Sean’s youth. “As a kid, mini-bikes were always in the stable,” he tells us. “Either a Honda Mini Trail or some 5 hp, friction brake death trap.”…