The smell of two-stroke oil lingers in the air, courtesy of Roland Sands Design’s razor-sharp custom Yamaha RD400. We also profile a Triumph Bonneville T100 café racer, the new Triumph Rocket 3 Evel Knievel Limited Edition, and a collection of nine Kawasaki Z1R-TC turbos.
Yamaha RD400 by Roland Sands Design Yamaha’s two-stroke RD platform has been the basis of many great custom projects. This absolutely stunning Yamaha RD400 comes from none other than Roland Sands Design and was built for a friend of the shop’s founder and namesake, Roland Sands.
The bike had previously belonged to Roland’s friend’s late brother, so it was decided that the old RD400 should be rebuilt to honor his memory. It arrived in crates at the RSD workshop in Long Beach, California, but it didn’t stay that way for long.…