They go BOOM!
They go BOOM!
For Sale: Flat track bike, suit beginner racer. One careful lady owner, only selling due to upgrade. $15000 ono
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Its a spectacular sport all right....
...thats not good for the frame...or the bars...or the engine...or the
Bloody glad to see he recovered from that off
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That's some rag doll shit right there!
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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
"You never understood that it ain't no good, you shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you" - Bob Dylan
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.
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
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.
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