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Ron Wood BMW F 800 Flat Tracker

By Paul Crowe

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

Posted on August 13, 2007 Filed Under: Motorcycle Builders, Motorcycle Racing


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Comments

  1. Keith says

    August 13, 2007 at 10:33 am

    Cool looking ride , this is a good thing for BMW .

  2. Trey says

    August 13, 2007 at 11:33 am

    I’m not into flat trackers, but that is absolutely beautiful!

    Trey

  3. PigIron says

    August 13, 2007 at 12:24 pm

    So put on a light kit and register it. It’s done all the time.

  4. kneeslider says

    August 13, 2007 at 12:34 pm

    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.

  5. Clive M Sanders says

    August 13, 2007 at 1:26 pm

    Road legal is a matter of opinion….

  6. PigIron says

    August 13, 2007 at 2:54 pm

    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. Keith says

    August 13, 2007 at 3:22 pm

    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 .

  8. Bryce says

    August 13, 2007 at 5:22 pm

    Gorgeous bike. I’d love to see BMW build a street version of that.

  9. deacon says

    August 13, 2007 at 6:40 pm

    http://www.cyclenews.com/ShowStory.asp?HeadlineID=10857

    Can a competitive dirt tracker be built for under $6000? Famed dirt track tuner Bill Werner thinks so.

  10. deacon says

    August 13, 2007 at 7:04 pm

    picture of aforementione kawi 650r

    http://www.amaflattrack.com/picture.php?n=Photo+Gallery&f=h3izzkgrvb_1180359135.jpg

  11. chris says

    August 13, 2007 at 7:11 pm

    love the megaphones. beautiful. simply beautiful.

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