Rags to Riches: A custom Honda CX500 street tracker
There’s nothing pretty about the Honda CX500, but it does have its charms. Case in point: the owner of this CX500 picked…
Read more »Street tracker motorcycles take their design cues from racing flat trackers (or dirt trackers, as they are sometimes known).
Unlike the racers, a street tracker custom will have front brakes to make it road legal. It will also usually have matching 18- or 19-inch wheels, a slim and elongated fuel tank, a short and kicked up tail unit, and sometimes a high-mount exhaust.
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