When things go bad flat tracking...

[Crasherfromwayback]

They go BOOM!

[HenryDorsetCase]

For Sale: Flat track bike, suit beginner racer. One careful lady owner, only selling due to upgrade. $15000 ono

[Paul in NZ]

Its a spectacular sport all right....

[Crasherfromwayback]

Its a spectacular sport all right....

Yeah I'd love to go to Indy, see them Sat night and the GP the next day.

[willytheekid]

...thats not good for the frame...or the bars...or the engine...or the

Bloody glad to see he recovered from that off

[Paul in NZ]

Yeah I'd love to go to Indy, see them Sat night and the GP the next day.

Buy a lotto ticket and take me too.....

[Grizzo]

Fuck a Duck!

That's some rag doll shit right there!

[Zedder]

...thats not good for the frame...or the bars...or the engine...or the

Bloody glad to see he recovered from that off

And was back racing too.

"Wreck Wednesday" the good ole USA.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Fuck a Duck!

That's some rag doll shit right there!

He had that nasty look of a dead man eh.

And was back racing too.

"Wreck Wednesday" the good ole USA.

Yeah tough cunt!

[wharfy]

Yeah I'd love to go to Indy, see them Sat night and the GP the next day.

When I was a lad I used to get the US Two Wheels mags - they had a lot of flat track stuff - Gene Romero was one of my favorites in those days - I would have loved to go and watch the Sacramento Mile - it was often the deciding event in who got to wear the N1 plate - I believe it is no longer run


http://motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffa...es/romero2.jpg

I find it interesting that the "street tracker" is one of the more popular custom bikes being built in the states now - I could go one if I had the disposable dough

[Crasherfromwayback]

When I was a lad I used to get the US Two Wheels mags - they had a lot of flat track stuff - Gene Romero was one of my favorites in those days - I would have loved to go and watch the Sacramento Mile - it was often the deciding event in who got to wear the N1 plate - I believe it is no longer run


http://motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffa...es/romero2.jpg

Yeah it's a great sport, and one I'd love to see up close.

[Madness]

I was talking to a mate the other day about the flat track racing that used to be held out of Martinborough many moons ago. I remember seeing road bikes with steel bars in place of rear springs going hard. It was a fun days spectating for sure.

[Crasherfromwayback]

I was talking to a mate the other day about the flat track racing that used to be held out of Martinborough many moons ago. I remember seeing road bikes with steel bars in place of rear springs going hard. It was a fun days spectating for sure.

Yeah I raced a few times on their limestone circuit. Was awesome fun. Till you fell off on it.

[JimO]

i saw a race meeting years ago at Forbury park a few years ago where speedway bikes and big trail bikes were in the same race, the speedway bikes were crossing the finish line before the trail bikes were at the second corner

[Motu]

I raced on a dirt track with a speedway bike - he started half a lap behind, and after 8 laps I was the lead bike with him right on my tail. This was a pear shaped track that needed brakes for the hairpin, I had brakes, he didn't.

Flattrack is the closest for of motorcycle racing there is - the lead can change 4 times in the middle of a corner, although they class an oval as 4 turns, turn one is corner entry, turn two corner exit. Plenty of big prangs, and riders go out with big injuries to race again.