The Commodore 64, Sony Walkman, the GameBoy and even wristwatches with built-in calculators, the 1980s was a technological arms race, with companies desperate to win over the consumer with the latest gadgets. It was all good fun, but in the world of fashion and design, the decade hasn’t aged well and few are running out to buy a fresh set of shoulder pads or neon sweatbands. So, you have to take the good with the bad and make it your own when creating a project whose form and function are based on that period of time. And that’s exactly what Japanese builder Uzk has done, with his incredible back-to-the-future build of this 1986 Yamaha SRX600, a bike which would have been the perfect two-wheeled ride for Marty McFly.

The SRX600 might be from the ’80s, but it was also a victim of the time, as the intended successor to the all-conquering SR500 failed to fire a shot. Its older sibling would go on to outlive and outperform it until the final nail was hammered into the SRX’s coffin. The problem was not that it was a bad motorcycle, but sporting a kick-start and twin shocks was old hat, and although the Iwata factory would finally change these aspects for the bike’s third generation, the damage had already been done.

But where others saw a failure from years gone by, Uzk saw an opportunity to take the unloved Yamaha and give it the sort of build that would have made it a sensation had his design skills been on offer all those years ago. “The overall styling was inspired by the video games Cyberpunk 2077 and Watch Dogs Legion,” he tells us. And you can see those dystopian and futuristic elements applied throughout the build, while still retaining many elements of the bike’s origins. So, having filled his mind with endless ideas, the creation of the build began by stripping the bike back to the square tube steel frame.

The twin downtube, semi-perimeter frame is not an easy piece to deal with, but to make it more compact, the back end has been chopped off and the passenger pegs and their huge supports given the cut too. The chassis was then placed in the spray booth and painted with a coat of black, to help it take a less central role in the bike’s styling. Because when it comes to the looks department, Uzk had big things in mind and a fully faired sportsbike was to be the final destination. But you can’t just go and buy a fairing kit for the SRX off the shelf, so after a lot of measuring and research, it was a Honda product that would serve as the donor.

Uzk bought a full race fairing, which was originally intended for the NSR250R MC21, an epic machine in its own right. Laying the pieces out on the floor and offering them up to the bike one by one, it was clear some significant changes were going to need to be made. First, the NSR’s fairing was about 10cm too wide for the job, so it has been cut down the middle and narrowed to provide the tight lines that Uzk was after. The second issue was the fairing sat too high, and wouldn’t give the low-down look that the design brief called for. More cutting gets the job done, and the chopped and smoked screen works perfectly too.

Many of the original ducts in the fairing have been filled to create a more uniform look, and a tank cover was then crafted to match the new lines. Mounting the fairing to the bike, the stays built to bolt to the filler cap opening is an inspired choice and mirrors the very in your face mounting options of the time. Then for some 80’s cool, “An electronic circuit board is installed in the gap between the stock tank and the new skin to add an electrical image.

The electronic circuit board is also added to the side cover, and the ASUS emblem is attached to the regulator, which has been transplanted to a position where it can dissipate heat more easily.” Yes, some of it is form, and some function, and combined with the exposed sheathed wiring, it looks like a display from Expo 88.

The paintwork however is timeless, with a British influence across the board, thanks to the classic racing green with a yellow Aston Martin inspired pinstripe, and even the custom seat is covered in English leather, originally intended for a Land Rover. The seat base however might be familiar to true Yamaha fans, as it was borrowed from a modern XSR900.

The cleverly repurposed factory parts don’t stop there either, as the trick rear fender is from a Husqvarna Vitpilen 701 modified to mount to the SRX swingarm. In a parts-raiding mood, Uzk used the fog lights from a Toyota Hilux to make his low-mount headlights and the oil cooler is taken from a Buell XB9S.

The engine is largely stock, but those mufflers clearly aren’t and some more time on Google had Uzk parting ways with just a few pennies to secure a set of 2017 Honda CBR250RR items. Back to performing custom work and the stock wheels get their own radical set of wheel covers that really set the bike off and give it an aggressive look.

While the brakes get a matching upgrade, with a custom caliper mount used to support a Brembo four-pot and big drilled disc. Quality rear suspension drops the bum to the floor, and the lowered front forks with clip-ons do the same for the pointy end too.

Uzk has called his incredible creation the Evil Rabbit, and to show just how ’80s she really is, look closely and you’ll see this Buck sports an earring in his left ear.