Hemmings Motor News Blog

It would never pass the NTSB or the new jersey inspection!

In the full article the images are bigger and you can see the exposed chain and exhaust waiting to destroy a rider's legs....brutal.

It also says we Upstate New Yorkers don't ride motorcyles in the snow. That's easy enough to tell from this pic. There isn't a plow blade on the front. Install one and then it is ready for Upstate New York.

I have heard of racing motorcycles on snow and ice. Long ago some of the "brutal is ok" people would put roofing nails (1"x1" square head) through the tire from the inside out. Put a bunch of them in the tire and you have a homebrew snow tire. Lay a wide strip of leather inside the tire, carefully install the tube (don't let the leather slip out of place) and fill the tube with air. I'll bet that the nails got trimmed down so they would not go through a riders set of thick leathers.

The lack of fender and chain guard looks very brutal. The chains for riding (off road and not very fast) on snow and ice look pretty reasonable.

It is a hill climber for sure. The extended rear wheel, tire with chaining and rear fender positioned and chopped as it is, pretty well expresses that. Plus, lack of snow

Ice racing over here (Montreal, Canada) is usually done with self-tapping screws used in the ventilation industry when done by the amateur (see pic). They install the screws in the big/thick thread of a motocross tire. They also sell pre-studded tires (pic 2) if you're willing to put the money into it. Both will achieve something seen in pic3 at dizzying speed.

The two tins must be for the bruises on riders back after a chain break.

What would it do on sand in the desert?