This Kenny Roberts-inspired XS650 Is Pushing All Our

nostalgia buttons.

It comes from Yutaka Hoshi at @rocketmotorcycle in Japan, who built it as a tribute to King Kenny’s illustrious career with Yamaha. It’s a mash up of history; the donor is an XS650, as a nod the bike that Roberts piloted to flat track victory in 1973, but the overall look is a hat tip to his iconic TZ750 track bike.

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