Big D Cycle Blog

Recently, we have been working on a former Les Edwards Triumph Trackmaster to compete in the dirt track events at Mid-Ohio. This bike is being built for a customer, who is going to let Ryan compete on the bike in hopes of obtaining the grand national number one plate that is up for grabs. This bike is being put back together more or less as it was, when Les Edwards was tuning the bike. Some components are being updated like the rear brake, etc. Keith is building the motor to Big D Racing specs, and we have a dirt track aficionado assisting us with setup and providing more information on Triumph dirt trackers then anyone person should know. We will keep you updated with the bikes progress, and the results from Ohio. Included in the photos, is a picture of Dave Hansen making a move on the same bike back in the day.

Ryan set two more records this year at Bonneville. One on the 607 bike, and the other on Randy Johnson’s production 750 Norton Commando.

The Norton went 123.9MPH, and the 607 went 129.28MPH.

You can view the results of all of the runs we made here

Here are some more recent pictures of the project. With all the traveling for races and Bonneville coming up, the pace of this project has slowed a bit. Ryan is in the process of welding up all the necessary mounts and brackets on the frame.

Ryan has a brief appearance in this AMA promo video. Look for him around the 20 second mark.

Ryan got his photo published in this month’s inside line.