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Old 01-31-2017, 07:34 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by DisillusionedPrepper View Post
Look back at any/all of motor sports.
It used to be you would beg, borrow, steal anything that had an engine on it. You could meet up with a half dozen like minded people, and race.
The original flat trackers were nothing more than the cheapest, most beat down bikes available.
Flat Track racing has enjoyed a rebirth in the pats few years on the back of just one engine. The Kawasaki 650 fell into the hands of Privateers and Harley Davidson started to get their butts whipped. The Howerton team that won this year with Bryan Smith is not associated with the factory but beat the Harley/Vance and Hines Factory bikes at their own game.

Sadly Indian has entered that sport by buying the three best riders and the winning team. Even still privateers can buy Indians and have taken races in the past from the factories. I'm hoping that the few good riders left on Kawasakis will stir things up. One brand racing stinks. Flat Track suffered through it for forty years.
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2008 Eagle Milano 150- 9,679 miles
2009 Honda Rebel 250- 10,434 miles
2009 CF Moto Fashion- 16,023 miles
2009 MC-114 50cc Cub Clone- 4,317 miles
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That's 30,049 China Scootin miles and Counting.
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