A little no pedal project

[Ludwig II]

There were frame builders like Antig, Ansel, Elstar. I even saw a 500 Triumph in one once, I can't remember if it was competitive at the event, probably not. The old factory motocrossers used to spin up rather than find traction compared to singles.

Do you do Facebook? Nice page for photos and detail shots:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/530272923674162/photos/

Google page of vintage grass track:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=v...nKHlAhVLblAKHdwNCGcQ_AUIEigB&biw=1366&bih=595

Douglas DT5 (Dirt Track) racer. The knee hook was from the old leg trailing system, it stopped riders being dragged off the back when digging the left toe in to help the slide.

 

[Ludwig II]

500cc James if you want to experiment with a V twin. Not many sold, and there's a story most were robbed of their bronze clutches.

 

[Ludwig II]

Alf Hagon was a speedway and grass racer, he mde and sold frames and parts. He also had a stab at drag racing. This was nominally a 1300 JAP, but was mostly Hagon.

 

[indian22]

Cinder & grass bikes as well.

Rick C.

 

[indian22]

The James & Crocker bikes though they be different beast, still beasts they be, mythical and truly wonderful to behold.

Rick C.

 

[Ludwig II]

Nobody's going to build it, but whilst sifting through various sites, and idea came to me. You know how engines are sometimes connected to the frame by metal plates? Has anyone ever made a plate metal frame where the frame itself forms the left and right crankcase faces? It's wonderful what you can think of when making it is somebody else's problem.

 

[Ludwig II]

By the way, this is a Scitsu.

http://www.eurospares.com/graphics/chassis/PlateOrSheetFrames/MSquiresScitsu.txt

From this page about sheet metal frames:

http://www.eurospares.com/graphics/chassis/PlateOrSheetFrames/

 

[indian22]

Nobody's going to build it, but whilst sifting through various sites, and idea came to me. You know how engines are sometimes connected to the frame by metal plates? Has anyone ever made a plate metal frame where the frame itself forms the left and right crankcase faces? It's wonderful what you can think of when making it is somebody else's problem.

Talk about a stress bearing member!

Rick C.

 

[Ludwig II]

Another grasstrack frame, this is a schoolboy class bike.

 

[culvercityclassic]

Another grasstrack frame, this is a schoolboy class bike.

that is wild and a 2 stroke to boot

 

[Ludwig II]

There's a small capacity grass track club in the English Midlands, Formula Grasstrack. This is a fairly typical bike, using a 125 Honda engine.

 

[culvercityclassic]

 

[culvercityclassic]

I am really liking the small cc flat tracker bikes and may have build one of them next.

 

[Ludwig II]

I have sometimes wondered if anyone has taken a European grass or long track frame with a big single in itround a flat track, I wonder what the times would be like compared to a normal flat track frame.

 

[Ludwig II]

Bruce Cribb, New Zealander resident in Britain. He has taken an ice racer round many speedway tracks and smashed the conventional track records.

1967 Jawa

Modern Jawa

 

[indian22]

These ice guys are ate up with crazy & you've gotta' love it!

Rick C.