'77 Flat-tracker

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Edited Date/Time 1/26/2012 7:34pm
Ill bet this thing is a blast to ride!

[img:39458]https://i4.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/81/a3/acf8_12.JPG[/img:39458]

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JPT 1/10/2007 12:50pm
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Oh yeah!
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bigmaico 1/10/2007 5:24pm
1/10/2007 5:24pm
Hey Bobby:

You want to try an old Flattracker?

I can make it happen!

Let me know!
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Racer92 1/10/2007 5:31pm
1/10/2007 5:31pm Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 6:01pm
[quote="bigmaico":3da1a]Hey Bobby:

You want to try an old Flattracker?

I can make it happen!

Let me know![/quote:3da1a]Heck yeah! Gimme a call Howard!

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bigmaico 1/10/2007 7:50pm
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[quote="Racer92":f58e5]Heck yeah! Gimme a call Howard![/quote:f58e5]

Bobby:

Will do If I can find your number, my friend races vintage flat track & short track.

He has several bikes. Yamaha TT 500, Honda 350 twin & I think he still has his Penton Short tracker.

I'll see what I can setup!
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Racer92 1/10/2007 7:52pm
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[quote="bigmaico":9a966]

Bobby:

Will do If I can find your number, my friend races vintage flat track & short track.

He has several bikes. Yamaha TT 500, Honda 350 twin & I think he still has his Penton Short tracker.

I'll see what I can setup![/quote:9a966]I still have you in my cellphone, will call ya tomorrow.
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JPT 1/10/2007 9:48pm
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Remember, Go like Hell and turn left.
project racer 1/11/2007 11:14pm
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Riding a short tracker will make you moto guy's feel like you have never ridden a motorcycle in your life. <img class= " title="Laughing">
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Tiki 1/11/2007 11:52pm
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[quote="BobbyM":48e8f]right turn track?[/quote:48e8f]
I'm no expert but I thought it was left?
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[quote="project racer":b8f6f]Riding a short tracker will make you moto guy's feel like you have never ridden a motorcycle in your life. <img class= " title="Laughing">[/quote:b8f6f]

i want to try it. flat-track just looks fun.
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Racer92 1/12/2007 7:32am
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[quote="project racer":13b2f]Riding a short tracker will make you moto guy's feel like you have never ridden a motorcycle in your life. <img class= " title="Laughing">[/quote:13b2f]Ive gone pretty fast while turning left before; just doing it sitting down.

[img:13b2f]http://photobucket.com/albums/b277/database2/HRH1.jpg[/img:13b2f]



Im sure its a whole 'nother thing doing it on two wheels - but willing to give it a try!
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TJ 755 1/12/2007 11:14am
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[quote="Tiki":db7d6]
I'm no expert but I thought it was left?[/quote:db7d6]
it is, kinda tough without a left leg though :shock:

BTW I dont like 2-smokes on DT.
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JPT 1/12/2007 12:45pm
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My dealer had a nice little short track out behind his shop. We used to have a lot of fun on it.
floridaflash (MD) 1/12/2007 3:39pm
1/12/2007 3:39pm
when the Mini O s first started we raced flat track hare scrambles and then moto x it was way more fun back then, had a blast setting bikes up for flat track
project racer 1/12/2007 4:33pm
1/12/2007 4:33pm
two strokes on a flat track teaches you more about throttle control than any other type of motorcycle competition, IMO.
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Racer92 1/12/2007 4:40pm
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[quote="project racer":1113f]two strokes on a flat track teaches you more about throttle control than any other type of motorcycle competition, IMO.[/quote:1113f]Believe it or not, sprint car engines behave alot like 2-strokes. You hafta really learn throttle control. No clutch, no gears/transmission, just insane power-to-weight ratio and instantaneous, explosive power.
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se7enmx 1/12/2007 7:40pm
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I race my KX 250 set up for flattrack. It has improved my skills for moto. It has helped my entrance speed in the corners. Throttle control has improved. I think every moto guy should learn to race on the ovals. I've raced moto for 30 years, flattrack is just plain fun. Rubbin' is racin'. The steel shoe comes in handy sometimes.
Cygnus (MD) 1/21/2007 7:21am
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[quote="SE7ENMX":8c606]I race my KX 250 set up for flattrack. It has improved my skills for moto. It has helped my entrance speed in the corners. Throttle control has improved. I think every moto guy should learn to race on the ovals. I've raced moto for 30 years, flattrack is just plain fun. Rubbin' is racin'. The steel shoe comes in handy sometimes.[/quote:8c606]

My 98 cr 250 took me to two state champonships in 2000. I won the sporstman and 250 pro and took second in open pro. In open pro and sportsman I was racing agains rotax600's and yamaha 600's. Flatrtrack is the most fun I have had on two wheels. I really want to set up my 450 but there aren't many races around here any more. :cry:
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Pursang 1/22/2007 3:18pm
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We don't need no stinking front brakes! <img class= " title="Laughing"> That thing looks nasty in a good sort of way that's for sure.

Back in the mid-70's there was a place in Central PA that had a Sort Track and a MX. We'd slap on flat track tires and run the short track on Saturday night and then Sunday morning put the knobbies back on and run the MX on Sunday. Made for a fun as hell weekend, especially when you're 15-16 years old.

I know I'm getting old and remembering the "old days" with a lot of fondness but the sport seemed more fun back then. The big mini's thing was just starting so you didn't have this you have to start racing when you're 5 years old to make anything of yourself scenario they do now. No wonder most of these kids burn out before they can go Pro. I loved my racing days and even though my career didn't pan out it still has given me a ton of great memories...and more than my fair share of aches and pains as well (but they were well worth it in the long run).

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