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I would be interested to see that Harley once its completed emoticon

My next bike project is something thats been itching away for years. Now I have finally decided to build it. I did build something similar about 25 years ago for a laugh, but it was scruffy and ended up blown to bits on the 1/4 mile and dumped (Stupid things you do eh?). Actually is quite a funny story.

Anyway I'm going to build a Board Track Racer, Harley owners in recent years have took a lot of the styling from this period (1906-1930) to build what chopper builders call "Bobbers". But I'm not into choppers, but race bikes, so I want to build an American style racer from the early 20th century.

Of course an old Harley motor would be ideal, but they sell for many thousands of pounds. Recently an early Indian Board Track Bike (Known as "Boardies") sold for £137,000! No kidding!

So I'm probably going to use a Honda CG125 donor bike. They're still cheap at about £150 as a wreck, seeing as I never want to ride it on the road, this shouldn't be a problem.

Now you're into Harley's you should check out some of the early history, it is amazing, 100mph average laps in 1912!

This is the inspiration for the look of the bike. emoticon

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If you've got a spare half hour, check out board track racing history on the internet, awesome stuff!



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Fresh out of the paint shop after being taken there by trailer and on the way for its first MOT in 21 years, and it flys throughemoticon

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WOW Dave, nice bikes. Seen some like that at the Bulldog Bash a couple of years ago, didnt know the history of that type of bike but they were real nice looking bikes. Good luck with your project
Al

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Love the exhaust note Al, anything that vibrates the camera mic is good with me emoticon
Dave i love the bare bones looking bikes with thin wheels, everyone seems to go with fat wheels nowadays, not really my cuppa tea. ive stuck with thin ish tyres on mine.
The guy who is building mine helped build this jap engined thingy here
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and had alot to do with building this
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They guy he shares a workshop with where my bike is being built came second in the world with this BSA
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and heres a pic of mine just after christmas, and thats it for pics of mine until its finished
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Wow, looks like your bike is in good hands Paddy, I missed this post somehow, love the first 2 bikes and yours has a great stance to it, its going to be something to be proud of for sure mate and cant wait to see it all done and being ridden again-by a very proud owner emoticon
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here it is finished, started life as a standard Sportster and ended up like this

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Bloody hell!

That looks awesome emoticon

How long are your arms exactly? emoticon

Wow, wouldn't like to ride it too far, a trip to IOM would be interesting emoticon

Makes my flat tracker effort look a bit lame, I'll finish it by Sunday if the last couple of bits arrive tomorrow, I'll put up some pics, but its not of this standard. emoticon

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