TWO-STROKE TRIBUTE

Aussie Mick Costin, owner of Costin Motorcycle Engineering, is a two-stroke maniac. In fact, I’d go as far as to call him the mad professor of two-strokes Down Under.

Thankfully for die-hard GP fans like me, he specialises in replicating the glory days of the mighty, raw, untamed and awe-inspiring 500cc two-strokes. He is currently contracted to build the replicas for the World GP Bike Legends series.

In his humble workshop in western Sydney, Mick makes these dream bikes for lucky cashed-up customers from all over the world. This beauty was shipped off to Japan just a few days after we got the opportunity to photograph and ride it at The Farm. Mick had also just finished a Mick Doohan replica NSR500 and a Wayne Rainey replica YZR500.

“I think 500cc grand prix bikes are the most fantastic