Dan Rouit Flat Track Museum gallery
Short Track 2 Stroke
Steve Eklund’s Boss Yamaha 250 Short Tracker
1976 YZC engine,
Boss frame, seat and tank, Ceriani forks, Barnes wheels.
Steve won 3 Santa Fe
Nation short track races on this Charlie Gardner Racing bike in
1976-1978,
and
also the 1978 Astrodome short track. Tragically, Eklund suffered
injuries
and
went into a coma on
Eklund lingered in the coma for more than 15 months before he died
on September 26, 1991.
This
bikes inclusion in the museum was made possible Bill & Carol Lilly of Shelbyville, Illinois
Thanks to
Larry Murphy, Johnny Issac’s and Marsh Runyon for transporting the bike
to the
museum.
1983 C&J Factory Honda 250
C&J frame, 250cc water cooled engine, Kosman
wheels, Marzocchi forks,
Grimeca brakes and Works shocks. Tuned by Jerry
Griffith and ridden by Doug Chandler
as a rookie expert to his first National
win at
Champion Bultaco
Early Champion framed Bultaco raced by Jim Odom. This Pursang 250 engined short
tracker won the 1970 Long Beach indoor called the Yamaha Silver Cup.
Sonic Weld Yamaha 250
Neil Keen’s
Sonicweld Yamaha 250 Brakeless Short Tracker
Later
model Yamaha engine in a rigid frame, Betor forks, and Barnes wheels.
This bike
has had some alterations since Neil rode it. Pipe
was made in
1974 Kenny Roberts Yamaha 360
This bike has a KR frame, tank and seat, and Marozocchi forks.
KR offer two styles of frames, a mono and a twin shock version.
Kenny Roberts, Sparky Edmonson and Jerry Griffith developed the frames.
This motorcycle was restored by Ken Thiebaud and is owned Mike Keith.
Kenny Roberts Hall of Fame page
Trackmaster Suzuki
Suzuki X6 Hustler 250cc twin powers this Trackmaster chassis.
Tom Horton restored and raced this bike in vintage races in Southern California.
1974 Van Tech Suzuki 100
Van Tech frames were made in the early to mid 70’s in Visalia, CA.
They were made for light weigh engines 50 to 250 cc’s. This one was raced in District 35 by Doug Garrison,
Curt Lange, Bill Johnson, and the late Jack Jones.
Restored by Pancho Vincent, powercoated by CAPS and painted by Kevin Stephenson.
Fast-Trac Kawasaki
125cc engine. Fast-Trac frame made in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
This bike was ridden by Bubba Shobert in his Sportsman days in Texas.
He gave it to Dan in the early Ninties, but it was not restored until 2004.
Bubba Shobert Hall of Fame page
1979 Champion Honda CR250 Short Tracker
This bike is one of three or four special built Champion frames with Champion fiberglass.
It has Ceriani dirt track forks, Barnes wheels and a Dave Bird up exhaust pipe.
This bike was ridden by A. J. Kirkpartic. It also was Dave Bird's son's Pro-Novice bike.
Sonicweld Suzuki
250 cc twin cylinder X6 Hustler engine. Ridged frame, no brakes,
stock forks, exhaust pipe made by the late John Dooley.
This bike is a John Hateley #173R Pro-Novice replica.
Bike restored by Carl "Poncho" Vincent.
1976 Bultaco Astro
250cc Bultaco factory built short track racer.
Ken Thiebaud restored this bike in the likeness of his own pro-novice year mount.
1971 OSSA Stiletto
Modified OSSA frame with lenghten swing arm and 250cc engine.
This bike was built and vintage raced by Tom Horton in 2003 and 04.
John Frank continued to race the bike and it is now owned by Mike Keith.
1971
Al Kenyon won the
framed Bultaco, but not this one. Jack Lancaster only built about 10 of these bikes.
This bike was restored by Northern Californian
1969 Bultaco Pursang
This bike was Dan Rouits first race bike. Dan rode 250 novice in District 35 in 1970 and 71.
He then moved up to a 650 Triumph and went up the ranks to sportsman expert at age 15.
This bike was restored by Dans good friend Ken Thiebaud. It was his first restoration and a gift to Dan.
Bultaco El Bandido
1967 M61 Bultaco El Bandido 360. This bike was restored and raced as a
Classic 500 Brakeless in AHRMA flat track events by Tom Horton
1969 Bultaco Sherpa S
This bike was found in a back yard in Fresno by Dan's nephew Rick Lombar.
This bike was restored Ken Thiebaud and is a tribute to gone but not
forgotten friend Randy Tompkins #41f from Easton, CA.
1964 Bultaco 200 Sherpa
This bike is a model 3. It was bought new by Al Haggard at a cost of $725.
Al raced this bike in
It has a 53 inch wheelbase and produces 29 hp at 9000 rpm.
Al restored this bike now lives in
This bikes inclusion in this collection was made possible by a very generous donation by Jim Simone.
Yamaha Mini
Rotary valved engine with GYT kit and pipe
Owned by Mike Keith
1973 Rickman Montesa
Owned by Don Roufs of D&D Bike Barn in Midpines, CA.
Carabela Factory Short Tracker.
125cc two stroke made in Mexico. Possibly made in 1979.
This bike came from the Bill Sekulich collection in Pennsylvania and has never been raced.
Harley 165
Raced in the 1950's by museum restore Carl "Poncho" Vincent.
A diminutive two-stroke machine that carried the Harley name even though
it was designed by the German DKW firm. In the peace talks following World War II,
the rights to the highly regarded DKW 125 were awarded to both Harley and BSA
as part of Germany’s war reparations. The BSA version of the machine became the Bantam,
while the American made Harley version began life as the 125, then was enlarged to become the 165.
Yamaha DT1
Donated by Middy Boggio and Dave Peterson of Riverside, CA.
Restored by Carl "Poncho" Vincent, painted by Kevin Stephenson
Champion H-D
1977 Championed framed H-D with MX engine.
Last raced by John Lindsay of Perris, CA.
1972 Rokon
1972 Rokon Automatic MDR (Mike Donahue Replica) - Number 2 of 4 protypes built. Preceded production run of 46 machines.
Powered by 335cc Sacks snowmobile engine – centrifugal clutch and Salisbury drive. With factory magnesium snowflake wheels and
disc brake. From the Chris Roberts Collection - Massachusetts.
Restored by Poncho – Paint by Kevin Stephenson – Powercoat by CAPS
The True History of Rokon Motorcycles
Trackmaster Yamaha
Trackmaster Yamaha, powered by a 125 cc YAS-1 twin with a GYT kit. Simons forks.
35b in honor of Fresno racer Mike Keith.
