A Look Back at “The Black” — A Vincent-Powered Custom by Falcon Motorcycles… At the inaugural Handbuilt Show LA last month, a great many eyes were drawn to a pair of customs from Falcon Motorcycles: […]
Tag: Board Trackers
Factory Experimental Board Tracker: 1924 Harley JDCA/B
An alcohol-fueled “Murderdrome Missile”… In their first decade of operation, Harley-Davidson eschewed factory-backed racing efforts in favor of focusing on reliable motorcycles for the public. By 1914, however, they’d changed their minds, formed a factory […]
1917 Henderson 4-Cylinder Board Tracker
From Chris Matthews of The History Channel’s American Restoration. In 1911, brothers William and Tom Henderson founded the Henderson Motorcycle Co. in Detroit, Michigan. A year later, they unveiled the 1912 Henderson Four, featuring a […]
Suzuki T500 Flat Tracker By A.K. Cycles
Two-stroke twin tracker from Colorado! Introduced in 1968, the Suzuki T500 was a 46-hp two-stroke parallel twin that would be marketed as the Cobra and Titan over the years. Though it was known to be […]
Modern Board Tracker: Yamaha RD350 by No Joke 2 Stroke
The heyday of board track racing was the 1910s and 1920s, when riders on brakeless Indians and Excelsiors and Harley-Davidson slammed and thundered around rickety, steep-walled speedways in excess of 90 mph, just inches from […]
Yamaha RD350 Custom by Jake Drummond Designs
Two-stroke, low-level screamer built in an aircraft hangar… Today, we’re thrilled to feature this stunning Yamaha RD350 by 24 year old Jake Drummond of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Oshkosh is the home of one of the largest […]
Modern Board Tracker: SSC F1-XLR
Shaw Speed & Custom continues to amaze. A division of Shaw Harley Davidson, in East Sussex, these blokes from across the pond continue to turn out incredible looking performance bikes, with their Sportster builds leading […]
