Motoblogs and personal experiences of motorcycle owners

12/17/21 All female charity track day... Got to the track Thursday, set up our pit then went and shot guns on the range til dark. Had nice roommates in the cabin. Friday morning was cold. The riders...

Let's get this show on the road....

A rare occasion that you can leave your leathers on during the break without sweating.... Temps were cool all day. It had rained the night before. We had sun most in f the day but fronts would roll th...

Most flat trackers I've seen have been sporting a swingarm made from rectangular "tubing". And while that is probably the easiest and best solution, and probably the stiffest and lightest as well, I c...

Loaded and ready to head to Las Vegas tomorrow. Riding with Apex Assasins on their year end 2 day event. I’ll be corner working 1/2 days and riding the other half. Weather looks to be mid 60s and lov...

If you are building your own flat tracker, you need some measurements. These are the ones we're aiming for - measurements that have been collected from several sources and different kinds of flat trac...

Oddly enough, the question of what wheels to use has been the hardest nut to crack so far. The thing is, no modern bike uses 19 inch rims any more. At least not at the back. The only cast 19-inchers I...

Husqvarna is a veeery old brand. It's been around since 1689 (yup, that's 320 years) and has been making bikes since 1903 (the same year that Harley Davidson was founded). Over the years the Husky log...

One of the most distinguishing features of a flat/street tracker is the seat unit (along with the big wheels and wide handlebars). The traditional flat tracker seat unit comes in many flavours, but pe...

The majority of the dominators electrical components CDI, fuse box etc are housed in the now departed fairing. In order to keep the wiring at the headlight to a minimum i simply pulled everything back...

Engine Up to you this one but if you bought a good bike to begin with then all you need do is paint it! PJ1 satin engine paint was used and if you follow the directions to the letter you should be f...

After much agonizing and after asking lots of questions to a lot of people (thanks Jan W, Ben, Gary et al) I finally decided on a 27 degree steering head angle (also known as rake). However, (and this...

No, it's not a left over section from Saddam's super gun. That huge lump of metal will turn into a steering head in the hands of my new best friend "Indiana Jensen" – a really skilled, local fabricato...

BRAKES Again all standard and original except for the Goodridge stainless braided lines for better looks and performance....

Here we go. Over the next couple of months, I'll be sharing (cause sharing is caring) my experiences while turning my run of the mill Husqvarna SMR 570 into a "street tracker". If you have similar pl...

THE WHEELS Rear wheel is standard 17" rebuilt spokes or just powder coat the whole thing as i did on version one choice is yours. Front wheel is now a 19" this is achieved either by using the origina...

The fuel tank on both bikes came from an early (1980's?????) Honda CG125 Which will require a small amount of work underneath on the tap side in order for the tank to sit down enough to get it level w...

After receiving so many enquiries about the building of these bikes i have finally got round to going through step by step on the whole process....

This is how it looked before i started taking it apart, it had all kinds of technology from the 80s, and the weight was about 400kg...

Wiring job on this boy is not easy...