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Ron Wood BMW F 800 Flat Tracker

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Ron Wood BMW F 800 flat trackerA BMW flat tracker? It looks like Ron Wood has taken the 798cc twin found in the BMW F 800 series and dropped it into one of his gorgeous flat track frames. The bike had its first outing at the fairgrounds in West Liberty, Iowa running in an AMA race. It looks like BMW is going to get into competition wherever it can and I have little doubt they’ll be a contender.

As I mentioned before, Ron Wood flat track motorcycles combine simplicity and function into a beautiful bike. Now, if they would just make them street legal.

Thanks for the tip, Bob!

Link: BMW flat tracker
Related: BMW buys Husqvarna

Comments

  4. I’m not sure if a racing bike like these has a VIN number, does it? Same thing as the Harley Davidson factory drag bike and the Buell XBRR, you can’t make them road legal.

  6. If you are replacing the frame of an existing bike you generally have to re-register it with a “salvage” or “re-built” title that reflects the new frames VIN number. Exact procedures vary by state but it will be legally transferable in all 50 when you are done.

    Building from scratch without an existing title is more involved and generally requires closer inspection of the bike by the authorities.

    Chopper builders sometimes incorporate the section of the stock frame that has the VIN into the new one in which case you don’t have to get the government involved at all.

    Those dirt track frames have a pretty steep steering head angle. A lot of times you can hack/bob/chop a stock frame into a decent looking roadster or street tracker but of course it won’t be anywhere near as light as a custom built one like Ron Wood’s.

  7. Pigiron thats right , thats the way we do it up here in Alberta with a home built custom , just use the VIN number from a discarded frame .