Bruce Brown

XTINCT said:
Danno, That is a beautiful motorcycle (#1 Sprint). It's one flaw is that it's in the wrong garage.
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A flat tracker is pretty much a machine distilled to it's purest form; Two wheels tied together by a frame with an engine, controls and seat. You'd have to try pretty hard to ugly one up. I am of the biased opinion that Ron Wood's big-tube Norton tracker is the best-looking motorcycle ever made and I don't even like red.

Bruce Brown
 
Danno said:
A flat tracker is pretty much a machine distilled to it's purest form; Two wheels tied together by a frame with an engine, controls and seat. You'd have to try pretty hard to ugly one up. I am of the biased opinion that Ron Wood's big-tube Norton tracker is the best-looking motorcycle ever made and I don't even like red.
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I agree! I am of course biased, but I have always thought that the flattracker was the purest form of MC. Engine, frame, wheels, GO!
If I knew how to post a photo I would send a pic of mine.
 
I would think on the small circuits they compete on, a Speedway bike would be quicker, but on a half-mile, the tracker, with actual suspension and proper geometry, would blow it into the weeds. With their steep, short-travel front ends, Speedway bikes would be quite a handful at triple digit speeds.
 
The later water-cooled TZ350 would still shit over most 350 / 500 single cylinders in the IOM so you might be slightly better off against the air-cooled two strokes – and even they can be made reliable for the IOM.
 
The Maxton TZ350 would be very hard to beat with any bike. One with the original Yamaha frame might be a bit easier. I think that somebody who made a serious attempt using a 500cc four-stroke, might be kidding themselves.
 
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