James “The Eggman” Eckman recreates the bike he sold 50 years ago… Motocross arrived on American shores quite a bit later than some folks realize. Though the first European FIM championship was held in 1952, […]
Tag: Flat Track
Silenzio, Bruna! Triumph Bonneville Street Tracker
Tamarit Motorcycles creates their “craziest bike” yet… In the 2021 Pixar film Luca, loosely based on Italian myths and folklore, the main character, Luca, tells his friend Alberto that he’s afraid to launch their rickety […]
KC900: KullyCo’s Ironhead Street Tracker
AFT fabricator builds a Ti-framed Harley street tracker… If you’ve got an eye on the two-wheeled world, you’ve certainly noticed the meteoric rise in popularity of American Flat Track (AFT) in recent years. The racing […]
427 Tracker: Yamaha RD400 Street Tracker
Smyth Innovations builds a 427cc two-stroke street tracker… In 1976, Yamaha released the next evolution of the two-stroke RD series: the Yamaha RD400. Contrary to popular belief, it was much more than a punched-out RD350: […]
Super Hooligan: KTM 790 Duke Flat Tracker
The One: Andy DiBrino’s Race-Winning Super Hooligan… Introduced in 2017, the KTM 790 Duke was the Austrian company’s first parallel twin, a 799cc naked middleweight that quickly earned the nickname “The Scalpel.” The engine boasted […]
Honda XL500S Flat Tracker
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 […]
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 […]
