Best Motorcycles To Build A Tracker | 5 Best Bikes #6

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What motorcycles would be the best to use as a base to build a street tracker? Bonnier Motorcycle Group’s Custom and Culture Editor Morgan Gales joins the discussion. Which five will make the cut? Watch to find out.
Harley-Davidson Sportster: cycleworld.co/QLTEhH
Yamaha XS650: cycleworld.co/06Doeu
Yamaha SR400: cycleworld.co/DGsE8O
Yamaha Virago 920: motocruiser.me/r2k3Hf
Triumph Street Twin: cycleworld.co/BZdScC
What would bikes would you choose? Let us know in the comments below.
Street trackers are a subset of customized (and production) motorcycles that draw heavily on the design and performance cues set forth by actual flat-track racers, adjacent to cafe racers. This usually includes chunky tires wrapped around 19-inch wheels, wide handlebars, a small tank, and a solo seat tailsection. While these trackers may not ever hit the dirt, they look like they could. With the rise in popularity of hooligan racing the market for suitable street tracker donors has seen rising prices.
Cycle World Culture and Custom Editor Morgan Gales joins this episode of 5 Best Bikes. He just completed his own street tracker built from a 2000 H-D 883 Sportster, so he is the perfect guest to build a list.
We're ready to throw our 10-minute clock in the trash as we just can't bring ourselves to stay within the limit. Thirteen minutes after the start, the 5 Best Bikes to build a tracker list has been set.
Harley-Davidson Sportster
With nearly a quarter-century of production and a seemingly never-ending supply of aftermarket parts, Harley-Davidson's Sportster (in all of its variations) is a natural choice as a base from which to build a tracker.
Yamaha XS650
It's been used for every type of motorcycle build imaginable, from café racers to trackers to desert sleds, so it's undeniable that the Yamaha XS650 should be on this list.
Yamaha SR400
Yamaha's SR400 is a great, simple platform with a fun single-cylinder powerplant. While it may only crank out 22 hp in stock trim, that is more than enough to get sideways.
Yamaha Virago 920
Yamaha's Virago 920 might not have been a looker in stock trim, but we've seen this V-twin turned into some killer custom trackers in the past few years. They're cheap and plentiful, and for that, they deserve a spot on our list.
Triumph Street Twin
Triumph's entry-level modern classic is a great place to start if you want a new motorcycle that is reliable and easy to modify. A Triumph tracker is always a good look, and a newer Street Twin is a good ride.
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@clarahuliselan6966 3 года назад

Yamaha xs 650 Honda Cb350 Honda bt 500 Virago Honda Crf 450

@CajunGreenMan 5 лет назад

I would like to have seen pictures of the five bikes at the end at one time, not just the names. I don't have a memorized 'photo' for all of them, so actual pictures all at one time, would have helped, as well as been a good visual reference for what the 'tracker look' is all about, as currently defined. Fun issue to think about, keep it up!

@jayn8392 2 года назад

Would love to see more of that sporty tracker. And I feel like the "patina" comment was a bit of a dig. Looks like he pretty obviously wen't for that aeathetic. I have a sporty brat build and I did the same with my tank. Forced "patina"... rust basically. Then chemically treated to stop the process and satin "clear" coated. Ibjust like the look of it it. It's all kinds of mad max and looks cool as hell. I think his sporty is looking completely bad assnand I really want to see it in detail. l absolutely LIVE the seat design. Really inspiring. My bike I built more in that "Crazy Orange" style butbI am serioualy considering switching gears and doing a tracker esque style bike. I have only done a few mods that involved the chop chop, so I totally could do it. But man....I do REALLY like what I've done with it already. Maybe I just need another bike. I have had my eye out for a Honda CB for the last 5 years and even here in Idaho, where there is very little custom bike culture, they are becoming impossible to find running for a FAIR, not even good, just a fair deal on one is rare. Saw a guy wanting 2k for a non running 750 in middling shape, and another guy wanting 4k for a mid 80s one that was running but not idling right and dying on throttle. Potentially easy fix but the rest of the bike was in slightly rough shape (surface rust, exhaust pretty rusty, bad paint fading, tear in seat and just generally grimy and dinged up. Looked like it was stored under a tarp in brutal Idaho weather for a few years at least). Prices are just getting stupid.And I'm kinda running out of room anyway. Need to build a small shop in the back yard...

@timbollard5973 4 года назад

Great video thanks guys!

@hitthegas4963 5 лет назад

Good stuff guys, looking for #7.

@fjp3305 2 года назад

I'm thinking of using a 1989 XT 600 to do a flat tracker. Does anybody know if there are any issues with this bike to do that?

@73dustpan 5 лет назад

What tracker style bike would be best for someone who’s 6’1 250

@JoseSantos-rs4vl 7 месяцев назад

Were in Portugal the bike market sucks! Our power to purchase is very bad! Do you have any project for a yamaha xv250?

@HywelDyer-kt7bp 10 месяцев назад

I'd say anything 4 cylinder japanese with a tubular frame. Cheap. Easy to do, reliable and quick.

@dbwindhorst1 5 лет назад

But the *other* Honda 500 Ascot, the FT single...

@drewthelegend0188 4 года назад

I flatrack my vt 750 but wanna move to taller rear shocks

@dsd-downshiftdave8056 Год назад

Honda crf you can put that classic tank and custom dual seat to give it the same look as the other bikes but with single rear shock, and will be more versatile Disappointed that it was taken down Also would had been nice if you did before and after photos of these bikes

@nicholasbaker2904 Год назад

It's clear this was put into a box dispute the opening saying anything that gets you in the ball park. Who wouldn't like to see a build with fuel injection.

@docmoto6477 5 лет назад

Old thumpers make the best trackers. Just started an 81 XR500R.

@evanallen246 5 лет назад

Dawes was thinking... "But the XSR700 wheelies so damn good!"

@billwhite8479 Месяц назад

CB500T (1975/78) Such an easy conversion...keep all the parts you pull off and store in bubble wrap..

@_Bryant.R 5 лет назад

My choices: 1: 1200 Sportster. Easy to build, cheap, cool points for days. 2: XS650. Easy to build, if you're lucky you'll score an actual flat track frame for a good deal, sweet little powerplant. 3: CB750. There's plenty of hacked up examples too far gone to be worth returning to stock, Airtech Streamlining sells a rad tracker kit for them, easy to build, and you can never go wrong with these bikes. 4: Kawasaki W650. Only if you can find one that has been messed with. Too cool to chop up a clean stock one. But you get British style with Japanese engineering. 5: KZ750 twin. Plenty of power, cheap, good enough geometry. Honorable mention: CR500 framer. Throwing this one in there because we all need a CR500 street bike and I saw one that I will never get out of my head until I own one like it.

@_Bryant.R 5 лет назад

I agree with the dtx street tracker. The guy who picked a virago is cracking me up.

@justdad53 5 лет назад

Honda GB500, Suzuki 650, Harley Sprint, Triumph T100 carb version, Ducati 350, BSA Goldstar.

@peterharrigan185 Год назад

kawasaki h2 triple, yamaha tt500

@tylertaylor9497 Год назад

Xs650 850 Lemans Monster s1 900 Bonneville Cb500

@BehindTheEnthusiast 2 года назад

Honda Virago???

@emadartist 4 года назад

XT 600 Is cool too

@ricardosoares1611 4 года назад

Kawazaki kz750 twin Honda Cx650 Yamaha xs650 Moto Guzzi V7 Triumph bonnevill 900

@FrankWinters-fk3bo 7 месяцев назад

😊

@america1723 2 года назад

You guys missed the Royal Enfield INT 650

@GearHeadGeeks 5 лет назад

I have say that was disappointing. A street tracker is a street bike that actually looks like a flat tracker. That Harley does not look like a flat tracker. It could, but that one is ill conceived. Examples are what would make it a useful video.

@callumf2579 5 лет назад

ohleans

@VictorNolochemical 3 года назад

Why chop the Ascot 🥲

@flyingdutchy01 5 лет назад

Trackers/bobbers/caferacers etc look nice on your Instagram but are a waste of time and money. keep these old motorcycles stock and spend your money on maintenance. That way you can actually enjoy the bike instead of having your "project bike" stuck in a shed somewhere while your mates are out riding.

@randombuilds8336 5 лет назад

Eh, I have an XS tracker, 17" wheels, monoshock, showa BPF, rephased, EFI. Paid $100 for the bike one step away from the scrap yard. Have about $4k in it now, but everything is new on it and I've been commuting on it. Built properly they ride nice, but a lot of the "insta" builds are garbage. Too low, crap tires, built for looks not handling, only goes out for pics.

@upsidedowndog1256 5 лет назад

I think a Yamaha RD350/400 would make a great street tracker but finding one? Shame to ruin an already cool bike.

@upsidedowndog1256 5 лет назад

@Justin Dawes That is probably easier than finding a decent one. But even then, they are already cool as they are!

@upsidedowndog1256 5 лет назад

@Justin Dawes I recall reading that once. He likes a challenge in his projects.

@darylhagle8565 5 лет назад

The 5 best section of MT sucks !

@thomasopdahl1873 3 года назад

Too much time yammering on about classifying bikes. It turns modifying a bike to work better into just a platform for a bunch of talk. How about just talking about different bikes and how they'd perform for different applications involving actual use rather than whether it "looks" like it would.