Krook Street Racing Husqvarna

Krook Street Racing Husqvarna

David Andersson used to have a Husqvarna SMR 570 in his garage in Sweden. The he stumbled across the Mule Motorcycles website—Mule being Richard Pollock creator of the Web Surfer Bike EXIF Calendar bike and a regular commenter here. “I went down to my garage and started disassembling my supermoto to see if it could be turned into something resembling a flat tracker” says Andersson. “It couldn’t. The only usable parts were the engine the hubs the brakes and maybe the kickstand.”

So Andersson contacted a local frame builder and started a blog to document the progress of his transformed Husqvarna. He named the blog after the street where he lives and within a couple of weeks he was in contact with a “whole host of people with infinitely more flat track know-how than myself.” The build process was long and torturous but as you can see the result is sublime.

Spec sheet

Frame/swing arm: custom fabricated from steel

Engine: Husqvarna SMR570. Blueprinted by Halvards

Front wheel: 19 x 3.00 Morad rim Talon hub Braking wave disc

Rear wheel: 19 x 3.25 Performance Machine wheel Braking Wave disc with custom carrier

Forks: Gixxer 750 K6 (custom fabricated yokes)

Handlebars: Star Bar

Brake calipers: ISR front and rear

Master cylinders: ISR front Brembo rear

Shock: Öhlins

Tank: RaceTech

Seat unit: Pro-Carbon seat pad from First Klass Glass

Muffler: SuperTrapp

Lights: “Bates” front LED rear

Computer: TrailTech

Tires front/rear: Maxxis 27 x 7 / 27.5 x 7.5

Wheel base: 1350 mm

Rake/ground trail: appr 235°/110 mm

Weight: appr 125 kg with half a tank of gas

Source: Bike Exif