If there’s a growing trend in custom motorcycles today, it’s towards street trackers: road-legal versions of the flat track bikes that raced in the 1960s and 1970s. With small tanks, wide bars and fat tires, they’re good-looking bikes stripped down to the essentials. Machines like this lovely BSA Trackmaster, resurrected by New Jersey’s Phil Capozzi, are the archetype. And this BSA has the history to match its purposeful looks. “About 35 years ago, back in my college days, I was introduced to a guy named Bill Bradshaw,” Phil recalls. “At the time, Bill owned and wrenched on BSA flat track
Oh my gosh … I had that exact lift stand back in the mid-1970's for my Penton. Haven't seen another one like it in at least 35 years. Thanks for the...
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One of the stars of the iconic motorcycle movie On Any Sunday has just resurfaced in Switzerland.
Switzerland’s Young Guns Speed Shop don’t discriminate. They specialise in restoring and modifying vintage motorcycles and have managed to tackle just about…
Canadian Aaron Pierson has turned his mid 70s Kawasaki S1 two-stroke into a fire-breathing flat tracker. It goes fast, turns left, and looks smokin' hot.
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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. The base Big Horn featured a 346cc two-stroke single good for 28 horsepower. It had a five speed gearbox and one of the…
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Written by Tim Huber. Over the last half-decade-or-so, Honda’s ‘90s big ADV thumper, the NX650 Dominator, has become an increasingly popular platform for…
Motorcycle track racing is not for the faint of heart. On a mile track the big bikes hit close to triple digit speed on the straightaways. The rear ends […]
One of the 4 original Norton Monocoque Frames racer, made by the factory in 1973...and the only survivor following the fire at the Birmi...
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Ever built a custom bike for your significant other? Uwe Kostrewa has built two—including this ready-to-race Yamaha SR500 flat tracker.
Someone wiser than me once said “Ask and Thou Shall Receive”, I asked for your bikes and I did receive. We’ll start with this mouthwatering BSA Gold Star which…
Are Royal Enfield about to get into the flat track game? This prototype, built around the 650 twin engine and with a Harris frame, is a pretty strong hint.
