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Steve McQueen’s Excelsior Super X Factory-Built Flat Tracker

Ben Branch January 23, 2020
Steve McQueen Excelsior Super X Factory-Built Flat Tracker
  • American
  • Flat Track
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing

This 1926 Excelsior Super X factory-built flat tracker would be a special bike even if it wasn’t for its A-list former owner, in fact if…

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Father & Son Project – The Lloyd Brothers Honda XL600R Street Tracker

Ben Branch August 27, 2018
Honda XL600R Street Tracker 22
  • American
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Flat Track
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles

Lloyd Brothers Motorsports have been building some of the quickest flat trackers in the world for over 25 years, but this project wasn’t built…

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Dimitri Coste – Heroes of the Indian FTR1200

Ben Branch May 30, 2018
Indian FTR1200
  • American
  • Flat Track
  • Indian

Editor’s Note: The new FTR 1200 has now been released. You can click to see the Silodrome Cheat Sheet for the new Indian FTR…

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Fuller Moto Ducati Pro Street Tracker

Ben Branch May 9, 2017
  • Ducati
  • Engineering
  • Flat Track
  • Motorcycles

Editor’s Note: This article was written by Bryan Fuller of Fuller Moto. When possible we like to bring you articles written by the builder…

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“King” Kenny Roberts’ Yamaha OW72 Flat Track Racer

Ben Branch November 10, 2016
  • Flat Track
  • Motorcycles
  • Yamaha

The Yamaha OW72 looks remarkably similar to the Yamaha XS650 on which it’s based, but this similarity hides a staggering amount of engineering that…

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RSD Geico Indian Chieftain Tracker

Ben Branch May 4, 2016
  • American
  • Flat Track
  • Indian
  • Motorcycles

The Indian Chieftain isn’t a motorcycle that many associate with going sideways on dirt. Fresh from the factory the Chieftain has a wet /…

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AMA Flat Track Matadors: Jay Springsteen

Ben Branch January 24, 2016
  • American
  • Films
  • Flat Track
  • Motorcycles

Jay Springsteen is considered by many to be the greatest flat track racer in history, his remarkable career spanned almost 30 years and he…

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Yamaha DT-07 Flat Track Concept

Ben Branch October 19, 2015
  • American
  • Flat Track
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles
  • Yamaha

Anyone who knows anything about flat track racing will be able to tell you stories about “King” Kenny Roberts and his dominant performances aboard…

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Ducati Flat Tracker

Ben Branch May 8, 2015
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Ducati
  • Flat Track
  • Italian
  • Motorcycles

Benjie’s Cafe Racers is an Italian custom motorcycle workshop run by Benjie Flipprboi, he’s a man who has gained no small amount of respect…

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Yamaha XS650 Scrambler Tracker

Ben Branch January 9, 2015
  • American
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Flat Track
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles
  • Scrambler Motorcycles

The Yamaha XS650 was launched in 1968 and at the time, it had the most advanced parallel twin motorcycle engine in the world. It used unit…

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AMA Flat Track Racing: Jay Springsteen

Ben Branch November 16, 2014
  • American
  • Films
  • Flat Track
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing
  • Retro

AMA’S Flat Track Racing Young Matadors: Jay Springsteen is an vintage documentary about one of the most successful and beloved flat track racers of…

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1972 Harley-Davidson XR750

Ben Branch October 30, 2014
  • American
  • Flat Track
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Vintage

I sometimes upset certain types of vintage motorcycle enthusiast by telling them that the Harley-Davidson XR750 is one of the most beautiful bikes ever made,…

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