Comments on: Triumph Specials from Drags and Racing Motorcycles

By: Jason Sherman

Jason Sherman — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:43:58 +0000

Mate it’s a thing of beauty, does anyone know i you can purchase a frame?

By: willie schmitz

willie schmitz — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:45:05 +0000

Beautiful show bike. To glitzie for a race bike but with lights and f. brake would be a great street tracker.
Glad to see some interest in the modern Triumph.

By: OMMAG

OMMAG — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:28:49 +0000

I’ve lived in or near rural areas for much of my adult life.
Gravel roads are the norm and a wide gravel road is the equivalent of a super highway in some parts. Even poor quality paved roads are a rarity in many rural regions.

My experience with bikes like the Yamaha 650 twins in these conditions is excellent and the limitations of the crotch rocket bikes become very apparent when the good pavement runs out.

I’ve never built a completely stripped down “Tracker”style bike … but the Yamaha with the right simple mods will reward you in ways that are hard to imagine unless you’ve tried it.
My ’74 has a 750kit and carb mods, clutch kit, 2 into one short header, short gears, fox shocks and a rebuilt fork, shorter bars, drilled disk, touring rubber and cut fenders.

When you can ride around guys in hot rodded compacts on roads that look like rally challenge courses you know you’ve got something good going on.
And the sound from that little hooker pipe really makes people sit up and take notice! Sweet music.

By: Blair

Blair — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:15:52 +0000

That flat tracker’s so pretty I missed the bling wheels until these guys pointed it out.

By: taxman

taxman — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:05:12 +0000

street trackers just don’t do it for me. i prefer the cafe look. but i can still appreciate a nice bike.