This oddity was brought to our attention by Sideburn 37 cover bike builder Ross Sharp. Oddity, you're thinking, It's a beauty. Yes, but it's an XR750 street tracker with no visible means of starting it, other than bump, and that would get pretty tiresome. Sideburn has featured a killer XR750 street tracker, Brad Peterson's in Sideburn 18, but it had a remote starter socket. I've also seen Kevin Atherton's road-going XR750 in the flesh and being ridden, it too has a remote sta

Long-time proponents of the street tracker, Deus Ex Machina got back in the game recently with a custom-built special for newly retired MotoGP star, Dani Pedrosa. Grand Prix’s diminutive nearly man was awarded for his longevity, numerous comebacks from bone-crunching injury and 54 race wins (31 in the top class, plus 125 and 250 world titles) by his long-term taurine-laced sugar solution supplier. Michael ‘Woolie’ Woolaway of Deus Venice, California was given the job of creat