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Oehlerking Flat Tracker CX T
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Oehlerking Flat Tracker CX T

Oehlerking Flat Tracker CX T

Oehlerking Flat Tracker CX T

Oehlerking Flat Tracker CX T

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Everything superfluous had to give way, the replacement is fun. …

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… Self-made aluminum tank. …

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… YSS damper, …

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… dainty Hattech silencer, …

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Enduro handlebar, start number plate in the lamp mask and on the side covers, analog speedometer in the steering head tube.

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CX 500 E, the conversion base for the CX T.

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HRC’s legendary NS 750.

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Almost like Freddie Spencer?

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In the 1980s, Honda ventured onto the flat track with a concept bike based on the CX 500. in the saddle: none other than Freddie Spencer. Reason enough for Dirk Oehlerking to put on a reminiscence…

D.this brake! Delayed like a container ship at sea. Has someone spilled oil on the window? In addition, the fork doesn’t even dip an inch when braking. Everything feels strange. Unusual. So back to the builder, who of course came along on the maiden voyage of his project. Dirk Oehlerking stands in the shade of a tree, listens to the criticism and says: “Oh, yes, the fork’s anti-dive system! Totally forgot. I still have to deactivate. And you have to run in the brakes, I had completely dismantled, the pads have to get used to the disc … “

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Almost like Freddie Spencer?

CX 500 E conjured up an exciting flat tracker. The machine, painted in HRC colors, weighs only 161 kilos, has a seat height of 75 centimeters and looks damn stylish. But above all, it fits in with the times. “Flat trackers are on the rise,” says Dirk, pointing out that many manufacturers are currently offering scramblers again.

The flat track style is next

“The flat track style is the next one, wait and see,” says the master mechanic. Because in contrast to the hip scramblers, the forerunners of the enduro bikes, flat track bikes can score with a racing history. At least now we have arrived at the roots of Oehlerking’s CX T conversion.

Nobody less than Freddie Spencer, three-time world champion in road racing, drove an HRC prototype over the flat track in the early 1980s.

The bike called NS 750 was powered by a motor based on the CX 500. However, the V2 was installed lengthways, drilled out to 750 cubic meters and instead of the cardan the power found its way via a chain to the rear wheel. The machine could not really prevail against the Harley overwhelming power, the NS 750 lacked traction. The HRC Flat Tracker remained a rare bike that was never built in series.

Get as close to the look as possible

“Of course I could have turned the V2 in the chassis,” says Dirk. “But that would be super time-consuming and would be disproportionate to the costs. During the conversion, my main concern was to approximate the look of the NS 750 as cheaply as possible. ”Which he did well. Except for the LED indicators and the transverse engine, his CX T looks almost like the factory racer from the eighties. Even the small analog speedometer fits the time. Dirk – the man with a thousand ideas – simply placed it on the steering head tube. The original wiring harness of the CX 500 can be found under the self-made, narrow aluminum tank, the side panels and the rear. “No connector is different here,” explains Dirk. The former second brake disc at the front had to give way to the cool look. He achieves the flat look through the tank-seat-rear combination, for this he shortened the fork and had a new, more dampened and shorter shock absorber made. “So”, he says, “just give some more material and drive. You will see that the brakes get better with every meter. “

Client wants to have the entire collection rebuilt

What the hell do you do with a cool bike in Gelsenkirchen on a blazing summer day? The wheels with Heidenau K60 tires rumble along industrial wastelands, empty factory halls, through urban canyons that look like film sets after filming. Extinct. It quickly becomes clear: The healthy 50 hp that the Vau produces are completely sufficient here. The engine breathes freely through open K&N filter and trumpets his song through a Hattech silencer. It sounds dull. But humane. The engine revs up happily, but still has enough punch around the bottom. In general, Dirk placed great emphasis on building everything in compliance with TÜV. Because his client, a CX 500 fan, has a whole collection and wants Dirk to convert as many of the bikes as possible. So there is work to be done for the next few years.

An unpaved parking lot suddenly appears to the left of a hall, tempting! In your mind you can see the CX T darting at an angle through an imaginary, large oval. But what if the drifting skills are not nearly good enough to bring the bike back safely? Let’s leave it. You can also feel like Freddie Spencer without driving like that. 120 hours of work went into the project. The master does not want to reveal what it costs. After all, it’s already sold. It is late afternoon when the machine comes to a halt again in the Kingston Custom courtyard. To be more precise: it rolls out to the point. Perfect braking. Function perfectly. “You see what I said,” says Dirk, “can stay the same. Another machine is parked at the back of the courtyard and the brakes have to be retracted … ”
Maybe another time.

Technical specifications

Engine: Based on Honda CX 500 E, water-cooled V2 engine with 80 degrees cylinder bank angle, 496 cm³, 50 HP at 9000 / min, 43 Nm at 7000 / min, five-speed gearbox, cardan drive, K&N Air filter, engine mileage: 85,000 kilometers

Bodywork: Chassis cleaned (frame parts, airbox), modified lamp mask, 9 liter aluminum tank, flat track rear and bench in Storz style, Hattech silencer, YSS shock absorber, LED indicator, spring travel f / r 70/90 millimeters, seat height 750 millimeters

Working time: 120 hours

Info: http://kingstoncustom.blogspot.de

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