Skip to content
Bike Shed Motorcycle Club
Login
Cart
Search
Home Shop Locations
London Los Angeles Tattoo Barbershop
Membership
Membership Home Join Us Calander Bike Shed Adventures
Community
Journal Social Media YouTube Moto Sales
Barbershop Show 2025 Tickets Show 2025 Bike Submissions Custom Classifieds Journal Calendar & Events
Your Basket

£
Quantity
-
+
Remove { item.title }

Your cart is currently empty.

Subtotal
Subtotal { cart.total_price | money Currency.currentCurrency }
Continue Shopping
Check Out
Tickets - Bike Shed Moto Show 2025 Shop the Bike Shed up to 50% Off Sale! Free Delivery on UK orders over £100 Shop Our Newest Gear & Apparel
Bike Shed Motorcycle Club
  • Bike Shed Motorcycle Club
  • Shop
    • Clothing
    • Accessories
    • Gear
    • New Arrivals
    • T-Shirts
    • Headwear
    • Denim
    • BSMC x Dave Buonaguidi
    • Sweatshirts & Hoodies
    • Tubes & Scarfs
    • Outerwear
    • Retail Gift Cards
    • Jackets & Shirts
    • Leather & Silver
    • Jackets & Shirts
    • Restaurant Gift Cards
    • Womens Fit
    • Patches & Pins
    • Helmets
    • Gifted BSMC Membership
    • View All
    • View All
    • View All
    • Sale - Up To 50% Off
  • Locations

    Los Angeles

    London

    Barbershop

    Custom Classifieds

  • Community

    Journal

    Instagram

    Custom Classifieds

    Youtube

  • Membership

    Membership Home

    Join Us

    Calendar

    Adventures

  • SHOW

    SHOW HOMEPAGE

    SHOW TICKETS

    MOTOGP COMPETITION

    2024 SHOW

We've sent you an email with a link to update your password.

Login

Create account
Forgot your password?

Reset your password

We will send you an email to reset your password.

Access Denied
IMPORTANT! If you’re a store owner, please make sure you have Customer accounts enabled in your Store Admin, as you have customer based locks set up with EasyLockdown app. Enable Customer Accounts

Koen's SR500

By Ross Sharp - 10 Apr 14

  • Category_Shed Builds
Koen's SR500
SR500 Koen Tubee 1 Koen Tubée from Eindhoven, The Netherlands, has been through 'the bikers curse' and come out the other side with this low budget SR Tracker/Scrambler build. How many times in the classifieds ads do you see "Baby on the way forces reluctant sale"? (We know what that really means, don't we fellas!) Granted, the only two genuine fears a human is born with are that of loud noise and falling, so on a technicality babies may not like bikes from the outset but pillion one home from the hospital and he or she would soon get used to it. SR500 Koen Tubee 2 Prior to the spare time crushing endeavours of raising a family, Koen and his buddies, the 225-ers, were cutting, chopping, painting and modifying their bikes from a workshop squat in the industrial district. Koen's particular canvases at the time were Suzuki's GS 750s and 550s and of course, Yam's XS650. All were completed for around €1000 with work being carried out using the group's collaborative skills, and a plentiful supply of hop flavoured fizzy creative juice. Now all grown up with a family and responsibility Koen wanted to get right back to his roots and build himself a rough looking bike with a vintage feel and relatively modern handling. The ever-fruitful eBay provided a cheap 1983 Yamaha SR500 in pretty good condition and luckily four from the original five 225-ers were around to help out with tearing it to pieces. SR500 Koen Tubee 3 Quickly back in his stride, Koen stripped the SR back to the bone and started freshening the frame, swing arm and wheels with black powdercoat. Metzeler rubber on the alloy wheels are a good compromise, with rugged looks and fairly keen asphalt hugging qualities. The seatpan has been shortened slightly and re-upholstered in brown leather-look vinyl, the only job actually outsourced on this build. The rear mudguard was shortened slightly and painted black. Forks have been rebuilt and the legs painted whilst the rear shocks are enclosed in a neat, neoprene boot. SR500 Koen Tubee 4 The paint Yamaha use must be pretty robust as it stood up to numerous attacks from Koen and a tin of paint stripper. A couple of evenings with a blade revealed a bit more bare metal but not a satisfactory job so a third attempt was made with a wire wheel on a drill. The brushed, raw steel gave the ratty, vintage look from the original brief so was left to oxidise for a couple of days before being lacquered. Using the '76 XT logo as a design cue, Koen commandeered the kitchen table and layered bespoke colours over the naked steel. SR500 Koen Tubee 5 Bars are MX type, painted black with Beston grips and a Triumph mirror mounted upside down. The single, digital instrument mounts to a custom bracket and provides an array of warning lights, rev counter and speedo. Whilst modifying the 'loom, red fabric cable was used to run a feed to the rear stop lamps which mount to a fabricated aluminium licence plate bracket. SR500 Koen Tubee 6 The SR having just one big pot means Koen's meagre budget could be stretched to include a well polished exhaust and silencer, which should pop and bang nicely. To balance the bling on the other side, racy lightening holes have been drilled in the chain cover along with a smart engraving of the 225-ers club logo. SR500 Koen Tubee 7 It just goes to show that with just a couple of grand you can get out there and build yourself something individual, fun and good looking, plus you get to spend time with your mates talking about bikes and welding stuff. So cancel your next ski holiday and get on eBay.
Share
Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Pin on Pinterest
Invalid password
Enter
Menus
Book a Table
Barber
Classifieds
FRANCHISE
Invest
Calendar
About Us
Contact & Opening Hours
Venue Hire
Delivery & Returns
384 Old St, Hackney, London EC1V 9LT United Kingdom
Tel: 020 7729 8114
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
Payment methods accepted
  • American Express
  • Apple Pay
  • Diners Club
  • Discover
  • Google Pay
  • Maestro
  • Mastercard
  • PayPal
  • Shop Pay
  • Union Pay
  • Visa
Copyright © 2025, Bike Shed Motorcycle Club
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website, including personalised ads. By clicking 'Accept' you agree to our Privacy/Cookie Policy