Harley Hooligans

Harley Hooligans - Suicide Machine Co., put together this rowdy chromoly-framed Street 750 ripper that's ready to race on dirt, pavement, or anything else you throw at it.

 #HDStreet 750 | #HarleyHooligans

Photo by Michael Lichter 

Style Tracker - CRF Tracker Concept

Marcus Carlsson, for longtime readers and those who have good memory is not new to these enterprises. Years ago he caught my attention and all the web with its F1 Tracker, a tracker-based Ducati that was inspired by the Formula 1 of the '70s.
Now he has returned to work on this type of bike with a Honda CRF very minimal which owns nothing more than what you need to go fast.
Accepting my invitation Marcus tells the story of this project, which for sure will speak again the web.

Here is the story behind the CRF Tracker Concept by Marcus Moto Design.

 The bike, Honda CRF450 2006 that I bought from a friend near our family summerhouse outside a small town were I grew up. I had the bike there for a few years all standard for some fun forest and gravel road riding .
For a long time I have had the vision on the ultimate street tracker. Ultimate in my mind is one with minimal bodywork, centralized weight, lightweight carbon fibre and a concept motorcycle feel to it. So finally I got around to it and used my Honda CRF, a modern aluminium mx frame, powerful four stroke 450 thumper engine and light weight base. Then I added the HRC concept by Marcus Moto Design idea to it.

So in my dream mind it could be on Tokyo Motor Show as the HRC take on the Street Tracker. Or the HRC gift to Marc Marquez for him to hit the Barcelona streets after he wins the Superprestigio on the same bike.
If HRC built the CRF Tracker Concept was my vision when I started about 2,5 years ago. I move slowly on my bike builds unfortunately.
Every modification is done by myself. Even paint. Welding and modifying of FMF exhaust, welding aluminium sub frame, modelling and shaping bodywork mold base in foam, manufacturing gas tank, belly pan and bodywork in carbon fibre, (handlayed by me), lowering front forks, designing parts in the CAD programme NX and then 3D printing them (sprocket cover, axle cover, light bracket etc). The focus on the bodywork has been to make it as minimal as possible and at the same time improve the handling of the bike with for example mass centralized gas tank and exhaust. You can actually look straight down on the valve cover through a hole as nothing is lighter than a hole.

The frame and swing arm is stock but everything else is either modified or simply removed. The aluminium sub frame is the strength carrier for the rider and the mounting piece for the carbon fibre gas tank. On top of it all is the thin sleek carbon fibre body work where every surface of it has been questioned if it is need or not to reduce actual weight and show true lightweight appearance. Seats are for touring bikes! This is a barely street legal race bike with battery powered lights. Built for short stints on your favorite curvy village roads outside Stockholm. The licence plate is a Japanese one bought many years ago in a Tokyo moped market. It will be replaced with a Swedish one to reduce the traffic cops interests for the bike. They will probably have some opinions on the bike anyway. The LED ring that makes the front light has a 3D printed bracket developed on computer by me. The battery is hidden underneath the lower yoke. The covers on front axle are 3D printed and the cover for rear brake caliper is in aluminium. Both added to reduce the fussy and a bit disturbing areas there in typical concept bike manor.

The engine is modified with one-off FMF exhaust system with shortened silencer tucked in underneath the engine but with header length and MegaBomb intact for best performance. It breaths through a UNI pod foam filter.
Improved performance with Boyesen Factory Racing Clutch Cover and Boyesen Supercooler water pump cover, Robust and stylish red silicone Samco hoses matched to modified larger aluminium aftermarket radiators, Goldentyre 19 inch Flat track tyres and for the rear brake a Fasst Co brake spring kit.
Unique and bit weird bikes is what gets me going as too many custom bike look the same nowadays.
I have used FMF, Boyesen, Samco, Goldentyre, Fasst co for this build.

MarcusMotoDesign.com 

@marcusmotodesign

All photos by Simon Hamelius, Smhft.com

Indian Scout FTR750

A legend built for a return to the track - the Indian Scout FTR750 flat track race bike.

La FTR750 (Flat Track Racer) si ispira al passato , ai modelli da corsa del passato tra cui la Big Base Scout del 1948, plurivincitrice in diverse competizioni tra cui la Daytona 200.
Il motore che la equipaggia è derivato da quello della Scout, montato in un telaio in acciaio e con carrozzeria in carbonio.

La presentazione avvenuta a Sturgis ha avuto un finale inaspettato infatti il customizer Roland Sands, chiamato a presentarla è caduto giù dal palco, piombando sulla folla ! La stampa locale riferisce di quattro feriti lievi, ma niente di grave.
Decisamente un debutto col botto!

Mert Lawill Replica

Mert Lawill Replica Sportster 48 built by Shaw for The El Rollo Flattrack Race 

"SUPERSTAR", Bonnie Tracker

Following the current trend in Europe, Tamarit Motorcycles has done a great job, they were able to radically change the face of this Bonneville, giving it a new image much more lively and at the same time making the most fun motorcycle without extensive modifications on the motorcycle frame.

Most of the people who change their bikes always chooses the classic colors, matte black usually, but in this case were free to give vent to the imagination

"Our inspiration came months ago by typing "DIRT TRACK RACER" on Google. Motorcycles with bright, chrome, small deposits, no fenders, headlights off and with no front brakes colors. really beautiful and very personal bike. The same concept that we wanted to move to a street bike and following some rules of law. Their shapes were clear, our track dirt seat and presented in Neptune above, our protectors of the fork, the engine of the keel and our opposite numbers, are the most significant parts of this bike to acquire this look we wanted, l ' appearance of a motorcycle 80 bet on a classic cross-chromed handle, chrome mirrors, chrome chain cover, chrome speedometer and chrome wheels keep the source of the bike. "

For the wheels, we decided a mixed front and rear tire, Mitas E 07 were needed our intermittent kit and removing make an urban bike and the power, and Onlins of 36centimetros dampers move to give balance and height of the bike on the back and as the flagship: our BOCANEGRA, low loss placed under a totally dirt road look. We finally reached the hardest part, painting the bike. We wanted something really spectacular, and does not leave anyone indifferent, so we chose candy red bow metal with a white leaf and pearly gold. With those colors they could not have another name SUPERSTAR, and that name alone could bring the number 1."

Model: Triumph Bonneville

Year: 2010 Injection

Manufacturer: Triumph

Displacement: 865 cc

Escape "black mouth" Tamarit Motorcycles

Fork: 41 mm Origin

Faro: front mask Tamarit Motorcycles

Handlebars: classic handlebar cross

Mini speedometer: speedometer white koso

Grips: camel Biltwell

Fuel tank: Origin.

Seat: Dirt Track Motorcycles Tamarit.

Pneumatic tires Mitas E07

Other Accessories: chromed Highsider mirrors, intermittent shin-yo, keel Tamarit motorcycles, "covers chains" Tamarit motorcycles, fork protector Tamarit motorcycles and "lateral dorsal" Tamarit Motorcycles square.

Design and Painting: Motorcycles Tamarit.

Yamaha 500TT American Dirt Track Racer

Dopo aver provato lo scorso inverno il fascino del traverso grazie a Marco Belli e alla sua Traverso School tramite l'invito di Pakelo Lubrificanti, in tarlo ha iniziato a farsi strada nella mia mente .
Dopo avere usato la mia Yamaha TTR 600  per fare del fuoristrada, andare nel deserto del Sahara, fatto dei traversi in pista e diverto in strada in versione motard, ora è il momento di farla diventare un bella flat track.

Gli elementi sono pochi da cambiare ma devono essere mirati e come al solito io cerco sul web le ispirazioni e quasi come una certezza i migliori spunti arrivano sempre dalle stesse fonti.
Questa Yamaha 500 TT è opera di Deus

Motor – Yamaha 500TT
Wiseco Piston, Black Diamond valves, YMF cam, ported, balanced. Barnett Clutch.
Frame – American CCM Frame, Reynolds 531Chrome Moly. Recently media blasted and powder coated Dulux Gunmetal grey. (Has a nice little silvery fleck in it in the sunshine)!
Front forks – Fully adjustable White Power units with independent Compression and Rebound adjusters.
Triple trees / clamps – American A&A variable units with eccentric adjusters for trail adjustment (5 separate sets of oval adjusters come with the bike)
Front Wheel – A&A hub, laced to PM rim, with Goodyear Eagle rubber.
Handlebars – AFAM with Renthal bar pad, Renthal grips.
Foot-pegs – Bates
Rear Wheel – A&A hub, laced to PM rim, with Goodyear Eagle rubber.
Rear Brakes – Brembo master-cylinder with remote reservoir, Brembo Brake calliper and disc. Torque arm and brackets A&A
Tank – Red Max CJ Tracker tank with RedMax dual petcocks.
Rear Shock – White Power rear shock w/ adjustable clevis for ride height setting. Remote reservoir fully adjustable for compression and rebound.
Seat – Custom built
Air-filter – BMC air-filter.