Early last year, Lowbrow Customs’ Tyler Malinky was working at Four Aces Cycle—the shop owned by his friend Wes White—building the Salt Ghost. “As we lived, ate, slept, talked and breathed motorcycles, my mind started drifting to the pre-unit Triumph chopper I had back home,” says Tyler. “Late 50s swingarm front frame, with a custom-built hardtail, narrowed Wassell banana tank, and 21' front and 19' rear Akront flanged alloy rims.” It sounded like a good basis for a lakes racer. Malinky located a set of 1955 crankcases and a unit crankshaft, some hot MegaCycle cams, and MAP Cycle billet connecting
Madness takes many forms. For some it's a slow descent into oblivion, characterised by increasingly erratic behaviour, illogical obsessions and a
These are the cars that have written and re-written the record books in the last 50 years.
PopMech heads to the Bonneville Salt Flats to check out this year's crop of insane racers and the fans who drive out in cool custom cars to see them.
When it comes to unique custom motorcycles Carl Bjorklund and the guys at Super Rat seem to be the experts. I loved their Trident Cafe Racer with
There are many race tracks around the world, but none can claim the all-out speed pedigree of the Bonneville Salt Flats in Western Utah. New Atlas made the trip out to this year's annual Speed Week to explore this mysterious arena of balls-to-the-wall speed.
J.Ukrop submitted a new blog post: A Tribute to the Streamliners [IMG] Streamliners are hot rodding’s finest marriage of art and science. On the...
The So-Cal Speed Shop Special Belly Tank Racer, also known as a "Lakester", was developed in the late 1940s using relatively primitive hot rod techniques
Driver Danny Thompson set an unofficial land-speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in 2014…
Clean-living Ab Jenkins set record after record at Bonneville between the 1930s and 1950s. With an eye for publicity and meticulous approach, he made the salt flats the home of the land speed record
This thread seeks to concentrate photo documentation and eye witness accounts into one thread regarding early automotive racing ON Daytona Beach....
These are not all my pictures but I was told I could scan &/or post them.
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Mickey Thompson built a legacy larger than any single hot rodder in history. His legacy spans through just about every great American motorsport and countless racing innovations. Here's just a small piece of it all.
[img] Last night I cruised out to South Austin Speed to check out Fat Lucky's latest creation (perfect as always) and found myself in a conversation...
Curt, my old friend...you better give those elves a raise in pay, it seems like they're slowing down a bit. Well, at least they're still doing GREATwork, ...
