I know the rotax 600s were very popular in the 80's/90's, but less so now. And the chassis were always someone else...Knight, J&M, Trackmaster, etc... Whatever type that frame is, the gas tank suggests a honda motor.. So why are you referring to the flat trackers as "Rotax"? Seems that most now are honda, kawasaki, or KTM.
This really helped me. Can you provide advice or anything related to downshifting? I'm on a 250, and have never downshifted into a corner while sliding. Any advice on the timing, etc would be helpful.
Hey FTF, could you give me some advice on gearing. I am trying to help an amateur in the 250cc Class. Can you tell me what gear he should be in for best results on a half mile? He is running in 4th on a half mille and 2nd on the short track. His bike (Stock other than a pipe) is hitting redline at the end of the straights but it seems like the other riders are pulling him pretty easy on the straights. ( Do they run in 5th and run a bigger sprocket on the rear or 3rd gear and run a small rear sprocket?) I think this kid has talent and just needs to run with the top guys....he is trying second gear starts and that seemed to help his starts. Thanks for your help Reply
My late friend and AMA junior pro rider had a Ron Wood Rotax bought from Ron's own collection A single shock frame bike, only maybe 3 were made. Awesome machine.
I roadraced a fair bit, and I don't know that the technique is really much different. The slides in roadracing are less obvious, but still there. I'll have to think about that. Thanks for the idea for another vid!
@@FlatTrackFactory At the very least, body position and the outstretched left leg are different from road racing. I'm sure there are many more differences that I can't think of right now. Looking forward to your video.
I could never get standup wheelies down always dropped down on me or did remove a few rear fenders trying them but I can do fast and slow set down wheelies no problem . And was always told that stand-ups were easier. But same for flips on like a trampoline or off diving board I can do front flips easily but not backflips and I've even heard Travis Pastrana tell someone that back flips are easier if you can do back flips on a trampoline or off a diving board no problem that flipping a bike will be easier for whatever way you can flip easier. Lol don't think I'll be trying the front flip on a bike anytime soon though 😂
Thanks! I've run many sizes and gotten away with it. The Dunlop vendor seems to recommend 90-100/90-19 ttmotogear.com/collections/new-dt-4/products/dunlop-hd-dt-tubes?variant=22259554615356
Here is how you go faster in flat track. Shitcan your overpriced, overweight, under-powered 4-stroke and get a less expensive, lighter and more powerful 2-stroke. Make sure it's a framer so you're not using a cobbled up motocrosser, which still sits 3" too high even after you hack it up. Problem solved.
You know what I would really like? A video on track shape/geometery. I've got a medium sized property and would love to build a tiny little mad dog track.
Full build detail/how/why/what parts: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-p0ozqePWxVY.html 0:15 Walk around outside tour 2:50 Front Living Quarters 5:50 Van on Lift: underneath tour/generator/water tanks/plumbing/storage boxes
Though some 50 years since I raced speedway. Brakes are dangerous! Speedway is very close to each other. Sometimes body contact. So applying brakes would make riders crash into each other a lot. Probably lock wheels to. With compression rate around 15 to 1 and overall gearing about 9, you have good engine braking. Speedway is very physically demanding. A motocross friend tried my speedway bike. He said that one speedway lap was much harder than a motocross lap.
