VOL. 53 ISSUE 42 OCTOBER 25, 2016 P93
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here's something about little bikes
that gets grown men all excited in the
pants. These bikes remind us of the
wonders of being a kid, of giving zero crap
about anything other than riding. Then we
go and chuck a big-bore kit at them. And
shit gets real.
Welcome to the wondrous, often insane
world of Mad Dog flat track racing. This is
pure racing on small bikes where technique
and skill reigns even more supreme than it
does in other forms of motorcycle sport.
A grown man weighing over 220 pounds
has, for the most part, no business riding a
BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
PHOTOGRAPHY BY WILLIAM MARKUS AND SCAYSBROOK
