With almost any style of motorcycle there are different stages of customisation you can go to while still accomplishing a
This is what I used to do: restore antique motorcycles. I can't remember exactly what year this one is, but about late teens/early twenties. I'll have to look into it. This one doesn't have a drive chain on it. Either it just wasn't quite finished or more likely we didn't want to try to drag or carry the rear wheel across the shop floor what with it connected to the motor. Besides brakes and throttle, that's the other thing these crazy old race bikes didn't have: transmissions. Meaning there wasn't a "neutral" we could shift them into to disengage the rear wheel from the motor. Translated: with a chain on we couldn't just roll the bikes around 'cause the rear wheel wouldn't turn, unless we started the thing up, but then, like I said, there was only 1 throttle position: wide open, so, yeah. We didn't do that! Weird, I just remembered I had a dream about riding a Harley home from work last night. My Mom would kill me..
The Kawasaki Big Horn, also known as the F-9, was Kawasaki’s response to the Yamaha RT-360. Here’s an example with a Woody Kyle built motor that’s been turned into a flat tracker.…
"This is a full-on mini race bike."If you think full-grown adults have no business racing 175cc play bikes, a host of pro racers and amateur flat track stars are here to prove you wrong. Mad Dog racing has quickly one of the most popular, most competitive classes in all of flat track.
Jawa 250 Flat Tracker
The Bultaco Astro 360 was a unique machine, a purpose-built Spanish flat-tracker developed to win on dirt ovals across the United States, from small fairground tracks to the Grand National Championship series. Developed from the Pursang motocross bike, the Astro featured a higher output engine, no f
One of the biggest names in the dirt bike craze that hit the US in the 1960s was Hodaka. The history of this Oregon-based company is complex, unlike its products: it was a Japanese-American joint venture, was owned by Shell Oil at one point, and towards the end of its life attempted to purchase Fuji Heavy Industries. Hodaka disappeared at the end of the 1970s, leaving a legacy of lightweight and competitive trail bikes—with names such as Combat Wombat, Super Rat, Dirt Squirt, Road Toad and Thunderdog. The Strictly Hodaka website covers the marque well; the picture above shows a
Just ran across this picture of one of Ron's older flat track Norton designs. It was posted on the Ron Wood facebook page. [img] Ken
Two-Stroke Street Weapon from the Aloha State...One of our favorite things is stumbling across a photograph of an amazing build, then playing detective in an attempt to track down the builder. That is exactly what happened with this RD350 street tracker. We ran across a low-quality, uncredited i
This 1912 Indian Board Track Racer is a pristine restoration by globally recognised expert Jim Prosper. Prosper is one of the finest restorers of Indian
