The driver Nico Bakker

In 1967 Nico Bakker started his racing career with an Adler motorcycle. At the time, the bicycle parts of the available engines could be greatly improved. Nico soon developed various modifications that greatly improved the steering characteristics of the motorcycle. The result of this was that respectable results could be achieved immediately. More importantly:

The frame builder in Nico Bakker has awakened.

A year later Nico raced on a 250cc Ducati, which was again succeeded a season later by a Desmo Ducati.

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As one of the first private riders, Nico recognized the potential of the Japanese motorcycles a little later. In 1970 he therefore purchased a 250 cc Suzuki two-stroke twin. Motor-wise, this bike was extremely competitive, but there was also a lot to improve on in terms of bicycle technology. For two years Nico raced the Suzuki that steered better from race to race due to countless detail improvements.

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In 1972, Yamaha's first water-cooled production racers appeared on the track. Reasons enough for Nico to equip his own Suzuki with water cooling as well. In addition, the power was increased by incorporating extremely innovative techniques at the time, such as, for example, an electronic ignition. The shortcomings of the bicycle part were of course particularly accentuated by these tuning measures, so that Nico was forced to pay attention to this as well.

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Detailed modifications to existing factory frames were no longer sufficient, which is why the first completely newly developed Bakker Frame saw the light of day in the winter 72/73. This frame caused a great stir within the racing world, the competition quickly noticed how tight Nico's machine steered. It didn't take long before fellow drivers came to Nico with the question whether he wanted to build such a frame for them too.

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In the 1973 season Nico started producing some frames for other drivers, who used Nico's creations with great success. Boet van Dulmen, Wil Hartog, Jack Middelburg, Giacomo Agostini and Johnny Cecotto, among others, have won many victories on a Nico Bakker frame.

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The consequence of the success in frame building was that the time for racing was no longer there. The era of Nico Bakker as a driver had come to an end, but:

Bakker Framebouw was a fact.

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Baker Frame Construction

To this day, worldwide and in many classes, successes are still being achieved on motorcycles with a frame or other modifications carried out by Bakker Framebouw.

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With regard to Bakker Framebouw's own racing activities, there have been triumphs in recent years over the Bakker Barracuda, which was developed in-house. Various national and international titles have been won by Lex van Dijk and our own employee Jeroen Oudeman.

Partly due to the racing activities of our own employees, Bakker Framebouw still remains in close contact with motorsport. As a result, we always remain closely involved with the latest technology, and we can respond adequately to the market with new innovations and developments.

Outside of our activities related to motorsport, Bakker Framebouw is involved in the construction of complete street and racing motorcycles, various special milling, welding and turning work.

For restoration / renovation and damage repair you have also come to the right place at Bakker Framebouw.

We are also active in motorsport, in which we have specialized in modifying bicycle parts and exhaust systems.

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