“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 […]
Tag: Flat Track
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 […]
Vintage Flat Track Weapon: Bultaco Astro 360
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 […]
Class C Dirt Tracker: 1940 Indian Sport Scout
Dan Daughenbaugh’s 1940 Indian Scout Class “C” racer… After World War II, the American dirt track scene exploded, fueled largely by the rise of AMA Class C racing and a whole new roster of riders […]
Project Flat Track: “Unobtainium” KTM 500 SX-F Tracker
KTM Race Team Mechanic Michael Carusi builds a “Wishlist” Flat Tracker… In our opinion, some of the best racing in the world right now is happening in the American Flat Track AFT Singles class, where […]
Track Weapon: Two-Stroke KTM 300 Framer
196-lb, 50+ hp flat tracker from George Pickering x Survivor Customs! The KTM 250SX is the Austrian constructor’s largest-displacement two-stroke motocross bike, built for riders and racers who want the latest features of the flagship […]