In 1979, Honda released the XL500S, a single-cylinder dual-purpose machine developed to compete with the Yamaha XT500, winner of the first two runnings of the Paris Dakar Rally. The bike had important improvements over the […]
Tag: Flat Track
Street-Legal Super Hooligan: BMW R NineT
Rind Performance builds a street-legal Super Hooligan… One of the world’s best-known custom bike builders, Roland Sands, has an impressive racing pedigree: He was the 1998 AMA Pro 250GP National Champion. Over the years, he’s […]
Fastest Horse in Town: Rotax 604 Thunderbike Tracker
Thunderbike Champion Texas Chris builds a faster horse… The Thunderbike class hails from the early days of UK flat track racing, when one of the sport’s godfathers, Peter “Boastie” Boast, wanted to create a class […]
Pink Lipstick #2: Royal Enfield BTR Flat Tracker
One of our favorite happenings in all of the motorcycle racing is Royal Enfield’s Build.Train.Race program: “The first all-woman initiative teaching women to build & race their own motorcycle. The Build.Train.Race. program highlights women […]
Flat Out Friday 2022!
“Part race, part rock show, and part circus.” Hosted each year during the Mama Tried Show in Milwaukee, Flat Out Friday is one of the most entertaining, thrilling events on two wheels — an event […]
Short Track Weapon: Yamaha YZ250 Flat Tracker
Swedish champion Ake Jansson builds a two-stroke tracker! In 2001, Motocross Action magazine claimed the ’01 Yamaha YZ250 was the world’s best 250 production motocross machine. The engine was the highlight, a liquid-cooled mill that […]
Yamaha XS650 Flat Tracker by Alex Leathers
The Yamaha XS650 has been called the “best British bike never made” — a tongue-in-cheek reference to the large debt the bike owes to the British twins of the 1950s and ’60s — and the […]
Dark Science: Honda NX650 “Petrology Tracker”
Petrology builds a sleek, dark tracker… When you look past the plastic bikini fairing and street-oriented tires of the stock Honda NX650 Dominator, you’ll find it’s a very close cousin to the venerable XR650L — […]
Mad Dog Tracker: “The Mini” by Jake Drummond
“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. […]
RSD Water Buffalo: Suzuki GT750 Tracker
Roland Sands Design builds a 750cc two-stroke tracker for Travis Pastrana to race! At the 1970 Tokyo Motor Show, Suzuki unveiled the GT750, a 750cc liquid-cooled two-stroke “super sporting roadster” that would become a cult […]
