Category - Flat Track

TRICKED OUT TRACKER: 1990 Honda NX650 ‘Primera’ Dominator by Side Rock Cycles.

When you're building custom bikes for a living, the most cost-effective strategy is to stick to a specialised marque. Experience – having done something many, many times before – is valuable. But, as someone smarter than me once said, variety is the spice...

FAST FEMMES: Royal Enfield launches BUILD. TRAIN. RACE.

Royal Enfield might be the globe's oldest motorcycle brand but their success doesn't come from simply standing still. Keen to expand their presence in North America and encourage more women into the motorcycling fraternity, they've come up with one very...

IN YOUR DREAMS: Kawasaki ‘Nightmare’ Flat Tracker

Telling someone 'it can't be done' has proven to be one of history's great motivators; Einstein and Edison were considered too dumb by their teachers to amount to anything, billionaire vacuum cleaner mogul Sir James Dyson couldn't get a single company to look...

SIDEWAYS IN STYLE: Triumph TR6 Flat Tracker by Christophe Canitrot

There are millions of people who ride motorcycles around the globe; most on small capacity machines to commute through big cities, others ride for fun, while an even smaller group makes use of them for their weekend sporting activities. But then there are...

FAST & LEFT OF FIELD: ‘Have Fun Flat Track’ in Japan

The resurgence of flat track racing around the world is no surprise; it's fast, dangerous, fun and great for spectators to watch. Christine Gabler and Marc Holstein have been over in Japan for the Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show but also travelled out to watch...

GO LEFT: Honda CB250 ‘Americanos Flat Tracker’ by JasinTom Motorcycles

The style of motorcycle we're into at any one time can change like our taste in music; your staple might be the thrash metal of a 2-stroke race bike, but as you age you might begin to enjoy the mellower sounds of prog-rock as you take a trip with friends on a...

THE STREET RIPPER: Honda SLR650 by Rusty Gold

In the heart of Amsterdam resides a small moto shop called Rusty Gold. Inside you’ll find a plethora of vintage and custom motorcycle parts, accessories, riding gear, and the self-professed “meanest coffee” in town. The shop was started by Zoran, who...

RUNS IN THE BLOOD. 1977 Yamaha XT500

We all have family heirlooms that have been passed down from generation to generation. Like expensive silverware, bone china plates, antique furniture and the most precious of all – motorcycles. We love a good story about a bike being in the family for...

LONDON CALLING. Bike Shed Show 10th Edition

We were lucky enough to have local photographer and moto journo Tom Bing cover the Bike Shed show for us. He is friends with the Bike Shed crew and a lot of the bike builders, so it was great to get a glimpse of what goes on behind the scenes as well as the...

The Quail Motorcycle Gathering 2019

Not only is Paulo Rosas the head honcho at the aesthetically pleasing moto gear brand Pagnol, but he is also a talented photographer that is always shooting away at every motorcycle show. Paulo is also a good friend of Pipeburn, so we hit him up for some...