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Danno

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• Dec 19, 2017

• #21

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.

 

XTINCT

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• Dec 19, 2017

• #22

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.

 

Danno

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I use www.postimage.com Works pretty much like Botophucket used to before they got greedy.

 

acotrel

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• #24

Is that Commando flat-tracker faster than a Jawa speedway bike ?

 

acotrel

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• #25

Or these ?

 

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Danno

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• Dec 20, 2017

• #26

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.

 

XTINCT

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• Dec 20, 2017

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Yea, the speedway bike is more basic yet. Cool stuff!

 

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• Dec 21, 2017

• #28

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.

 

acotrel

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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.