Like many of you, I have a long-held love of board track racers. There’s something pure about the design and construction of these early motorcycles that we lost along the way and I think that’s a damn shame.
This particular Indian board tracker was recently restored by award-winning car and motorcycle artisan Jim Prosper, the original bike was so complete that the only 2 non-factory parts on it are the fuel tank and handlebars.
She’s heading for the 2013 Las Vegas Antique Motorcycle Auction on January the 10th, 11th, & 12th of 2013, so you still have some time to save up. Then you’ll just need to make friends with a chap who owns a velodrome.
Ben has had his work featured on CNN, Popular Mechanics, Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, and many more.
Silodrome was founded by Ben back in 2010, in the years since the site has grown to become a world leader in the alternative and vintage motoring sector, with millions of readers around the world and many hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
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