The TT/XT500 is a staple of US grassroots flat track in a way it isn't elsewhere in the world. They seem to be more scarce, more...

Wayne Rainey in 1979, his rookie year, on a Shell Thuet XS650 at Peoria. Yes, yes and yes. Photo: MotoAmerica archives #Peoria...

Ooh, this is exciting. The late Shell Thuet was a flat track tuning legend, and, some believe, someone Marlon Brando's Johnny was based...