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Hogan's Heroes: Flat Track
By John Hogan on 29/11/2009 14:07:55
John Hogan sees if Flat Track really is as cool as it looks. Even if you're rubbish at it
Mission #9 CCM flat track school Preconception: Flat track is coolReality: Flat track is cool What I learned: I'm no Jay SpringsteenWhen it comes to activities that could result in personal injury, I have a fail-safe rule. I get my wife to watch
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Sliding Stateside: AMA Flat Track
By Warren 'Wozza' Pole on 28/10/2002 15:06:21
US Flat-tracking is changing its image and producing the next generation of future MotoGP and WSB racers. No longer looking like extras from the set of Deliverance, these new flat-trackers are cool kids with modern gear and a whole new attitude...
middle of nowhere) and our final destination of the Honda Hills flat track circuit where we're hooking up with Larry Pegram and Marc Williams, two of America's hottest flat track riders.The track itself turns out to be an unspectacular looking half
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Flat track inspired Royal Enfield
By Visordown News on 25/11/2010 10:20:51
New flat-track styled 500cc engined Royal Enfield Fury
BRITISH MANUFACTURERS have a close association with the history of flat-track racing with both Triumph and BSA taking success in the States and Royal Enfield will be adding their marque with the new flat-track inspired Fury.The road-going flat
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Kawasaki bags maiden AMA flat track win
By Visordown News on 03/09/2010 09:55:16
Parallel-twin Kwacker trumps Harley at prestigious US flat track event
.Piloted by Bryan Smith, the machine took victory at the prestigious US event, normally dominated by Harley-based racers.Earlier this year, Joe Kopp gave Ducati their first AMA flat track win at the Pro Flat Track Grand National Championships."If I can't ride flat
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Ducati breaks Harley stranglehold at AMA flat track
By Visordown News on 05/05/2010 11:27:17
Joe Kopp steals victory to give Ducati first-ever AMA flat track win
AN AMERICAN flat track ace has given patriotic Harley-Davidson supporters something to think about after taking victory at the Arizona Mile on a Ducati flat track racer.Ducati-mounted Joe Kopp ended Harley-Davidson's stranglehold on the class after
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2009 Yamaha R1 Street Tracker
By Visordown News on 07/09/2009 11:20:10
Take a stock 2009 R1 and give it to a flat-track fanatic and this is the result
WE LOVE specials here at Visordown so we just had to show you this awesome flat-track style 2009 Yamaha YZF-R1, built by Gregg DesJardins.It's been heavily modified, with a custom rear subframe, cut-down tank, custom swingarm, aftermarket wheels
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Harley XR1200 retail price announced
By Matthew Edwards on 02/05/2008 16:46:18
Inspired by the classic Harley Davidson XR750 flat track racer but in reality it's nothing like it
HARLEY-DAVIDSON has confirmed production start-up for its dirt track-inspired streetbike developed specifically for European customers. Inspired by the classic Harley Davidson XR750 flat track racer the XR1200 is a motorcycle built for the twists
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Hayden injured in training crash
By Visordown News on 03/01/2012 17:13:18
2006 MotoGP champion breaks left shoulder whilst riding indoor flat-track on a Honda XR100
in the final round at Valencia. The American was training at a private indoor flat-track facility near his home in Owensboro, Kentucky.“Obviously, injuries are never good,” Hayden said, “but it’s part of motorcycle racing. Just like at Valencia, it was kind
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Altitude Sickness - Tackling Pikes Peak
By John Cantlie on 29/06/2010 15:27:47
There is a race twelve miles long, with 156 flat-out bends on a mix of tarmac and dirt. on any one of those corners, running off the track means plunging over a cliff and hitting rocks. We tackle the legendary Pikes Peak hillclimb
.Our team was assembled by the superhuman efforts of Landers Sevier from Birmingham, Alabama. Landers made our assault on Bonneville’s salt flats possible two years ago. “I’ve got aKTM690SMC and an Aprilia SXV450 – which do you want?” he asked way back
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Nicky needs to slide
By Robin Goodwin on 10/05/2010 15:56:30
Road Racer X launches petition for Ducati to get Nicky Hayden on the Ducati flat tracker
Following Joe Kopp's historic win on a Ducati in AMA flat track, alarms bells have been going off in the heads of many, "Hey why doesn't Nicky Hayden jump on the Duke flat tracker?"Well the guys at the excellent American publication Road Racer X
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