Wow, I wondered a while back if such a thing had been invented but couldn’t find anything…now I know. Amazing work ludo, that’s some dedication. Say, if you ever get tired of that front end (why, I don’t know) I’d be interested in buying it.
show me your flat trackers and desert racers
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Hi everyone. I'm new to the Jockey Journal and I am on a mission to find and hopefully get back my grandfathers Triumph 650 Desert Thumper. I've been searching for a few years and I finally found some pictures online which led me to you guys. Ascot TT posted some pictures of his bike in 2010. Does anyone on here know him or if hes still active?
This is a very special bike to us. My grandfather raced may races with this and my grandma even raced on the back with him! From Baker to Vegas!
My grandfather gave it to his long time friend Jack Davis for his son Duan in the late 80s. My dad then got it back from Jack in the mid 90s and resorted it to what you see here.
The bike has a Patterson Frame that we re-Nickle plated, the tank was re-painted by Phil Stanton who originally painted it back in the day. The tank isn't a Triumph tank either. Its an aluminum Husqvarna tank from the 70s.
I will find some original photos and post them up as well.
Please help us find this! It would mean the world to our family to get it back.
This is a very special bike to us. My grandfather raced may races with this and my grandma even raced on the back with him! From Baker to Vegas!
My grandfather gave it to his long time friend Jack Davis for his son Duan in the late 80s. My dad then got it back from Jack in the mid 90s and resorted it to what you see here.
The bike has a Patterson Frame that we re-Nickle plated, the tank was re-painted by Phil Stanton who originally painted it back in the day. The tank isn't a Triumph tank either. Its an aluminum Husqvarna tank from the 70s.
I will find some original photos and post them up as well.
Please help us find this! It would mean the world to our family to get it back.
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I assume he is chewing this brand:
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Not so cool old school stuff, maybe even far too modern computer shit for this site, but just tought someone might like this stuff.
I got covid a few weeks ago and had to be 5 days at home, almost got crazy but after watching tv for 2 days I got some inspiration to use my phone to make 2D CAD drawing of flat track-kind of bike using Buell XB engine. It's not 100% accurate as I just throw some dimensions out of my head, but you get the picture out of it. After finishing the chopper I plan on building the frame for this thing, I've also got some other stuff for this "racing bike" so it might be on It's wheels quite fast when I get to it. Making it rideable will take much more time, planning to do this almost without money and the engine needs new bearings... Anyhow, thats just my flat tracker dream.
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I got covid a few weeks ago and had to be 5 days at home, almost got crazy but after watching tv for 2 days I got some inspiration to use my phone to make 2D CAD drawing of flat track-kind of bike using Buell XB engine. It's not 100% accurate as I just throw some dimensions out of my head, but you get the picture out of it. After finishing the chopper I plan on building the frame for this thing, I've also got some other stuff for this "racing bike" so it might be on It's wheels quite fast when I get to it. Making it rideable will take much more time, planning to do this almost without money and the engine needs new bearings... Anyhow, thats just my flat tracker dream.
A mighty King Kong Cub, swiped as usual from vft.org.
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The owner is looking for history/general information associated with this "very high compression" 350cc Velo Viper over at For Sale VFT. Suspected of having raced in the Pacific NW region.
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The owner is looking for history/general information associated with this "very high compression" 350cc Velo Viper over at For Sale VFT. Suspected of having raced in the Pacific NW region.
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