A complete rundown of the latest KTM I have built for Max at Akin Moto in QLD, the complete write up will be at www.engineeredtoslide.com/blog check out it and all the other bikes I have built.
You mean to tell me that there isn't one motorcycle manufacturing engineer that doesn't have the creativity to come up with a sweet bike like that one WTF !!! Well done !!! Wish I had one too!
If only he'd let us see the finished product. Don't care for his face, don't care for the youngen type camera holding. Be steady boy, period. No MTV shit Just let us see the fuckin bike !
Dude, my Father was doing this same thing in 75 to race and eventually killed on a Flat tracker in 09. He'll be in the new system. God Speed, and nice work.
I wasn't sure about this build as it unfolded. But can admit, what an absolutely stunning looking build. I LOVE IT 😍😍😍😍 I would ride that every single day ❤❤❤❤❤ BEAUTIFUL 👍👍👍👍👍
Awesome to see this done in a real deal machine shop. And it's so refreshing to see so many people pissed off about "ruining such a good bike" HA. The thing looks incredible now.
These guys really, really know how to work metal! Man... You can see how nice those curls of metal come out of that drill. Exactly the right speed of the drill etc. Everything they do they do it right. Compliments and what a great bike!
Personally for me @ 5:31 the bike/build was the sharpest. There was something about that old Honda tank left alone on it's new found body, dam sexy, raw, with a unique sense of power. A serious weapon on many fronts, would love to rip up the streets and run from the corps (corporate police) or take it to a local flat track race. That subframe is a work of art, what would that cost?
I just want to throw in my opinion and say this is potentially the best thing i have ever seen. Would love to have seen some fly by videos. I am in the unfortunate position where i have the skills but none of the machinery to do these projects. I have a 2007 ktm 300 supermoto at the moment and would absolutely love to do this to it. I read your blog write up on your website and it was fantastic. I wondered how you managed to lower the forks so much and retain full function. Hats off to sir. Keep up the good work.
Nobody realizes the way you built this bike that you can convert it back so easily, that's so dope! This is my favourite build on RU-vid, my only complaint is the video could have been longer, I didn't want the build to end! So many haters have no clue about the details, they're just jealous silly little twats!
I love flat track. As a teen, we would go to the Astrodome every year, and watch the weekend show. I’ve seen the likes of Kenny Roberts, Bart Markel, Jay Springsteen, and Mert Lawill race. One year, the hometown boy, Mike Gerald won it, and was televised on ABC Wide World of Sports. Yeah, I’m old.
You have a really good eye for design. This came out great. I know this sounds kinda strange, BUT, I love to see the chips come out of both sides of the hole. Well ground drill bit. I know, weirdo.
I loved that video and the end result. You'll probably get back to the fuel tank extenders and reshape the whole tank making it nicer. But I think you should show us how the bike slides
awesome build, i'm jealous. would be nice to have the price for such a job listed. Felt a little let down by the poor "riding" footage at the end, after that build/vid, needed some better action footage!
Looks good, don't think I would have put those extensions on the tank, not like your going for long trips on it. Fun to watch, thanks for posting it up!
I would have to change the Bars, and I know what I would have tried, I have just the fix, from a 1975 Yamaha MX400, they are 36" wide, or a real set of flat track bars, but then again maybe those new Tracker bends, but they need to be wide for the feel, it would really change it's character, kinda like the icing on the cake. AMAZING BIKE, BUILD, ART.
Great bike, great clip, no tedious commentary and the music wasn't overdone, well done. KTM make fantastic bikes that, especially their road models, are so eye wateringly ugly that I seriously couldn't own one, so anyone capable of making a kato actually look good is a genius and, with so much to be done, a bloody hard worker! One question, with all that steel fabrication, what the hell does the subframe, and finished bike, weigh?
Dude! have loved the look of this bike ever since I first saw it. You should sell bolt on kits. Would pay big money to get my 2010 300 like this! Keep building though man, respect.
