We all know Hagon for their shocks, often fitted to the custom motorcycles that grace these pages. But company founder Alf Hagon’s story goes much further back. Before he launched the successful suspension brand, he competed in speedway and grasstrack racing—and built some pretty sweet bikes.
Most notably, he’s credited for creating the first aluminum monocoque motocross frame. Built for British motocross legend Vic Eastwood in 1977, the Hagon Yamaha was powered by a Yamaha TT500 motor, bored out to 540 cc. Only a handful of these frames were ever built… and you’re looking at one of them.
It’s owned by our friend Dirk Oehlerking, better known as Kingston Custom. Or at least, it was owned by Dirk, because he’s just sold it to a customer after 38 years of ownership.…