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I gotta have a Triumph Flat Tracker. I have seen two. Dwights and another one. I am seriously scanning the states for one. Dwight..I may call upon your expertise. I'll even sell my ride for one. The older I get the older I want. 
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Wow! Well here's ya a coincidence, Doug! I've just returned from watchin' the last Flat Track race of the AMA season which was run here in Prescott. Great day of racin'!
Anything you wanna know just ask.
(...though the idea of you sellin' that beautiful BA Bobber of yours is somethin' I don't wanna think about!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Yep Steve, there's some real beauties on that link!
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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After looking at the link, now I want (this) one too... 
Live to love, love to live.
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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AS nice as they are, Doug, you will not be selling the bobber.
That is all.
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AS nice as they are, Doug, you will not be selling the bobber.
That is all.
I figured I would get some backlash regarding mine. But I gotta have it. I need more cowbell.
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All right, please explain, Flat Track Racer??? Yes I am blonde 
Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts. - Charles Dickens
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Kathy, if you've never watched "On Any Sunday", then go purchase a DVD copy of it, and once you get that darn clear cellophane wrapper off the sucker, pop that DVD into your DVD machine, sit down on your couch and enjoy learning what Flat Track Racing is all about, or at least what it was all about back in 1971.
(...though it hasn't changed all that much since then)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Better yet, here's a short clip of that movie which somebody has uploaded into YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmVfrS8OEVw
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Oh, I've seen those races before. Just never knew what they were called. They're fun to watch. It must take some guts to do those. Thanks. I wonder how many knees they've blown out over the years? 
Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts. - Charles Dickens
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This coming weekend Stockton, CA is having a flat track race: The Stockton Mile To bad I have standby Bob 
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steel plate on the bottom of their boot, no brakes, 160mph and dirt thats as packed as ashphalt with ruts as rough and deep as any you have ever seen!!!! these guys are the ultimate racers. the only thing more exciting is flat track racing on ice
ENJOY!!!!! NEWT!!!!!
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D*mm...that's some cool video, but oh my!!!
Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts. - Charles Dickens
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Here's a couple. Try not to drool too much.  I know it's a Scrambler, but me likey. 
Steelheart- '03 Speedmaster Black/Yellow
The Hayabusa Killa
16" Shorties/140 mains/Airbox drilled
Procom CDI
"There is no cure for Celibacy. But we can treat the symptoms."
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Flat track was cooler before brakes!
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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Me likey that Scrambler too, Brian!
It kind'a sort'a reminds me of a Rickman Metisse in a way.
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Me likey that Scrambler too, Brian!
It kind'a sort'a reminds me of a Rickman Metisse in a way.
Ever see the Steve McQueen Desert Racer from the new owners of the "Metisse" company?
Metisse Motorcycles
Justin Calkins - Iowa Falls, Iowa USA
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The Rickman:
47hp
300lbs
$19K!!!!YIKES
The Trumpet
60-somethin hp(open pipes ya know)
450lb stock, but those pipes have to be alot lighter
Maybe $8k or less if you start w/ a used Scrambler and roll
your own.
Now if I only had $8K....
Steelheart- '03 Speedmaster Black/Yellow
The Hayabusa Killa
16" Shorties/140 mains/Airbox drilled
Procom CDI
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how about this 1  
“There is no heaven, there is no ******, except here on Earth.â€
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Very nice lookin' Street Tracker there, Paul. However, that baby would look even better and look like it's ready for some racin' with a set of Dunlop K180 Flat Track tires on it.  I have a set of those on my 1970 Triumph Street Tracker, and even though you might think their grip on road surfaces such as asphalt wouldn't be that great, they're so soft and "gummy" that they actually grip very well. I can really lean my tracker into turns and always feel totally secure while doing so on paved roads. (...oh, and I think I'd also cut down that front fender just a bit too if that beauty belonged to me)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Me likey that Scrambler too, Brian!
It kind'a sort'a reminds me of a Rickman Metisse in a way.
Ever see the Steve McQueen Desert Racer from the new owners of the "Metisse" company?
Metisse Motorcycles
Yep. As a matter of fact Justin, South Bay Triumph's owner Matt Capri was thinking of being a distributor for these re-issued beauties for a while, but I think he's recently changed his mind about that. In fact, he had an original Metisse sittn' in his showroom for a while to see what kind of public reaction he would receive. And, the one he had sittin' there he claimed belonged to Steve McQueen's son Chad, and that it was the one Steve himself had owned.
I was kind of taken aback a bit that the foot pegs were machined from solid billet aluminum that did not fold up. I would've thought folding pegs would be natural on a motorcycle whose main purpose was dirt riding.
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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And you may see me tonight
With an illegal smile
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Yeah it would look more in place with a set of knobbies, but its fully road registered here in Australia, I came across it in a car park at a swap meet a few years ago, and I just had to snap a few pics, I left a business card under his helmet, but he never got back to me, I loved it
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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the hydro clutch looks intresting!!
If it isn't broke, I haven't messed with it.
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