01-18-2016, 08:54 PM
Everyone has a dream bike that they would someday like to own. I'm very fortunate in that my ambitions are modest and therefore affordable. The bike of my dreams has always been a J.A.P. engined vintage speedway bike, this one dates from 1947. I bought this bike in April of last year and have just completed the engine rebuild and it is now ready for methanol and firing up. In England speedway is a race of four laps of a quarter mile oval cinder track. The bikes have no brakes and no gears, the only controls being a throttle and a clutch. Engines are 500cc single cylinder units with long stroke for plenty of torque. I'm not sure if you have speedway in the US, I suspect flat track is your equivalent. What you do have is one of the worlds best speedway riders in Greg Hancock who was world champion in 2014 and who shows no signs that his mature years are going to slow him down.