FMF Belladonna tracker #3

FMF Belladonna tracker first mock-up

Original height with new tank and seat

The XR rests, 5 kilos..

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Co mechanic Simon Cederquist with the Belladonna tracker project #5

The Yamma is going off the lift to leave space for the Honda

The Honda is on the lift

Garage view

5 min beer break

Magnum joins in

Heavy mother fucker

Wang bang thank you mam..

Lowered 15 cm and 9 kilos later

Todays mission, loose weight, the Honda FMF Belladonna tracker project is going apart and we want it to be as light as possible. With some consultancy from long-track word champion Joonas Kylmäkorpi we agreed to loose the back shock linkage and connect the shock direct from the frame into the swing-arm and save 4 kilos. Joonas that raced in Netherlands the other week got the opportunity to see his first flat track race, he gave us several great ideas about the setup.
After a few hours of fighting the shock and the air filter box was out, we have got a new flat track seat from Japan and a short Yamaha TW tank that matches the design of the seat (You want to move forward towards the handlebar wile cornering on the small tracks i Sweden). We are going to replace the heavy air filter box with a light K&N filter, and check the jetting. We lowered the bike to a hight which we felt was cool (we got some tips from the trackers in Italy) Next step is to find the right suspension and the right tires, we also need a 18 inc rim for the front wheel (no we are not going for normal 19 inc front/rear since it going to be to expensive), but more on that in the next post.

//P:Belladonna is dirty

FMF Belladonna Tracker #1

Flattrack is until today almost unknown in Sweden, there haven't been one single Flattrack bike on a Swedish oval from what we know. We think this is strange since we have a long and strong left turn tradition in Sweden. The Flattrack discipline is growing rapidly in Europe and it is our dream and mission to see this racing culture spread across our borders.

So we contacted the super cool brand FMF to get a partner to build a bike (a bike that runs both on the streets and on the track) and show people that is hasn't have to cost a fortune and take a life time to get started.
We are going to follow the different moments of the project here on the blog to inspire many others many to do the same, to get one of the coolest racing discipline on track in our long country.

So we said with a little help from some friend not spend more than 2500 €
And not spend more than two month building it.

If this is possible, then we are going to have the bike on the track just before the snow start dropping down from the sky. We are living in a remote county and have absolutely no more knowledge in building trackers than what we know from building and tuning speedway bikes and trackers for streets, so if you have been racing Flattrack your hole life feel free to contribute with your ideas. We are not going to build an exhibition bike or a bike that for fill the regulations for a race in a series We are going the built an amateur Flattrack tryout bike the regular people can move some dirt with and maby later build one them self without having gold in their pockets.

Part two tomorrow, Find and get a Object.

//P:Belladonna is covered in dirt

New FMF Belladonna tracker project in the house

Here comes a paparazzi picture we found on a strange blog on our new FMF project. The bike magazine photographer are luring in the bushes around the BDT dungeon to get a peak of our new secret project, we promise to reveal all the details soon.

//P:Belladonna is running fast.