Ben Branch
January 23, 2020
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 you know your motorcycle racers this bike has two A-list former…
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Ben Branch
August 27, 2018
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 for dirt oval competition, it was built as a father son…
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Ben Branch
May 30, 2018
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 1200 and the FTR 1200 S. The Indian FTR1200 is a…
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Ben Branch
May 9, 2017
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 – to offer unique, unfiltered insight into their process. Flat Track…
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Ben Branch
November 10, 2016
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 was poured into the OW72 by the Americans, Australians, and Japanese…
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Ben Branch
May 4, 2016
The Indian Chieftain isn’t a motorcycle that many associate with going sideways on dirt. Fresh from the factory the Chieftain has a wet / dry weight of 821 lbs / 855 lbs and is designed…
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Ben Branch
January 24, 2016
Jay Springsteen is considered by many to be the greatest flat track racer in history, his remarkable career spanned almost 30 years and he won 43 Grand National Championship dirt track victories, as well as…
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Ben Branch
October 19, 2015
Anyone who knows anything about flat track racing will be able to tell you stories about “King” Kenny Roberts and his dominant performances aboard his Yamaha XS650, with its distinctive Yamaha Yellow paint with black…
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Ben Branch
May 8, 2015
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 in recent years by building wildly imaginative custom motorcycles with a…
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Ben Branch
January 9, 2015
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 construction (both the engine and transmission are part of the same casing)…
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Ben Branch
November 16, 2014
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 all time. Springsteen began racing professionally in 1975 and convincingly won…
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Ben Branch
October 30, 2014
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, I know it’s not for everyone but its clean, function-first design…
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