Harley flat trackers
Harley's make good flat trackers although the rules were often changed to ensure they remained competitive.
I like the look of a Harley flat tracker. These are not flat trackers nor are they speedway bikes: https://www.rideapart.com/articles/3...ys-flat-track/ I'm not sure I'd take my expensive Harley (even if I had one) on a speedway track. |
Re: Harley flat trackers
There was an article in Classic Mechanics a few months back about dirt-track racing in the UK, people are doing it on bizarre old 90s machines like Suzuki RF900s etc :)
I'd prefer a Kenny Roberts / Steve Baker TZ700 flat-tracker: https://amcn.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Ray.jpg |
Re: Harley flat trackers
The TZ700 soon became the TZ750 and was then banned (along with the Kawasaki triples) and the rules changed to 4 strokes only.
As Kenny Roberts said: "they don't pay me enough to ride this thing". (2min15) https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=8k8hJWKIVNs (from 2009) Kenny is doing a commemorative ride at the 3min30 point but the crowd is so loud you don't hear too much of the bike. |
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I had the pleasure of briefly meeting Steve Baker at a Mallory Post-TT meeting a few years back. Very gentle and humble man. He was 'parading' a full-fat TZ750 alongside a bunch of other classics (RG500s etc) but he couldn't resist giving it full noise on the start/finish straight. They are still very, very fast bikes, despite the (relatively) low power output.
It still amazes me that Mick Grant was speed-trapped at 191mph in 1977 at the TT :-o |
Re: Harley flat trackers
Harley Davidson make some good Harley Davidsons.
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