Cruzn620 Posted October 20, 2007 Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 alright...here is the race bike, the yamaha (at this point it is down to bare frame, but this is where i started) and the harley. enjoy that harley is about as ratsun as you can get and still be american made! Quote Link to comment
Cruzn620 Posted October 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 oh yeah...here is a pic of me on the old race bike...best one i could find Quote Link to comment
tnip Posted October 20, 2007 Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 man i love the way that race bike is setup... it wouldnt take much, imo, to make it into a sweet lookin road bike... like if you powdercoat the frame and engine and tranny all black... and got some light set, it almost wouldn't matter what style lights you use front or back... i really like that thing man. and the yamaha looks like it's just asking for a cafe seat and tailsection. and i do like that harley too... a couple things i would do different if it were mine, but so what, it's yours.. it's great man.. all of em are. Quote Link to comment
kiznook Posted October 20, 2007 Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 flat track is AWESOME! your bikes are sweet, I even like the harley...I like them less and less these days, but yours is different, like a cruiser you'd expect a flat-track guy to ride :D Quote Link to comment
Cruzn620 Posted October 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 thanks for the compliments!!! i love the old harley, man i get more looks on that thing than some of the choppers around here! EVERYBODY asks how i ride with that seat on there. if you keep it under 200 miles a day, you are fine, its like sitting on a steel chair...not comfortable, but not back breaking. it shifts terrible, you don't want to rev it over 4k, and its slow, but its great just to ride around...in fact, people say it gives me cool points! the yamaha, i have already made a tail section for it, i made a fiberglass mold of the flattracker's seat...so yes, it is going to be 100% cafe when i am done...and i hope to be done by spring. as for making my flattrack racer into a "street tracker" well...we are working on a similar project. that bike i am on in the pic, thats an ATK600DT, it was ATK's (my cousin used to be a dealer) version of an off the show room floor flat tracker...well, he has 2, the one you see there, and then one he has that started life as a motocross version, but he's building up the 600 motor and putting the street bits on it. thanks again for the compliments Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted October 20, 2007 Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 Nice bikes, love the action shot :D Quote Link to comment
69FJWagon Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Very nice bikes! IMO flat track is one of the most under rated form of motorcycle racing around and takes big BALLS, high speed sideways action and no brakes :eek:...if I remember correctly. Quote Link to comment
Cruzn620 Posted October 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 we use rear brakes only now. yeah, its not physical like motocross is, but it definately tests your testicular fortatude at times! Quote Link to comment
phiz Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Nice set of vintage small expansion coffmans on the RD. Ah memories...buit in the days before CAD and personal watercraft....you could start forest fires with those things! Is the packing burned out of them? Quote Link to comment
OL YELLER Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 we use rear brakes only now. yeah, its not physical like motocross is, but it definately tests your testicular fortatude at times! Yeah but ya know Us motocrossers all wanna be flat track racers....Having just recently retired my old body from motocross (last year at 65) I can tell ya from experience, the competion keeps ya young...Like that photo of ya "backin er in"..always wanted to try that with a "big bike"..(lite weight Yamahas are ez to slide thru a corner....LOL:lol::lol: Quote Link to comment
Cruzn620 Posted October 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 on the coffman's, i have no idea what shape the packing is in. i haven't gotten to that part of the build! and ol yeller...great pics! i sure hope i'm still racing at your age!!! Quote Link to comment
Cruzn620 Posted December 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 Christmas update...the yamaha RD that i am restoring, it is my cousin's...well, not any more. he gave me the title for christmas! so now its really mine! i am so excited, im going to start an official thread for the build up next week, i have the frame back from powder coat and stuff. this bike is going to be awesome! Quote Link to comment
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