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Roland Sands KRV5 Tracker Photo Gallery
Photos of the Roland Sands KRV5 Tracker.
Roland Sands KRV5 Tracker
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Sands cuts a corner with the Tracker. Sands promised the Tracker can now be ridden even harder now that he had added a front brake to the Tracker.
The turned down handlebars give the Tracker the board-track feel Sands was shooting for.
If you create a unique custom with King Kenny's MotoGP engine, it seems only fair to let Mr. Roberts take a spin.
The Tracker's forks are locked into place with triple trees fabricated by Sands’ own company, Roland Sands Design (RSD).
The vintage looking Bill Wall Leather custom seat gives the Tracker a classy cue from the board-track era.
Another view of the Tracker's Titanium exhaust and rear fender.
The Team Roberts Logo adorns both sides of the fuel tank.
Sands' RSD company and his parent's PM (Performance Machine) shop created the Tracker's controls, including the rear brake control here.
Did the original board-trackers have a steering damper? Not bloody likely.
From building the frame to starting the bike took about two months for Sands and his crew.
One of the biggest challenges in using the MotoGP engine was 'getting the gas tank to look right and getting all the lines to blend in together.'
Coming out of the RSD garage are the Tracker’s Contrast Cut Judge wheels, with a 23-inch front with 3.5-inch rim matching a 21-inch rear with a fat 9-inch rim.
Another piece of Team Roberts material to find a place on the Tracker is the radiator, which Sands salvaged off of the progenitor to the KRV5, Roberts’ 500cc two-stroke MotoGP machine.
Sands’ buddy and sometimes Biker Build-Off competitor, Jesse Rooke, who was spending quite a bit of time crouched down and getting a closer look at his colleague’s handiwork when it was unveiled at the '06 USGP.
The KRV5 has seen four years of MotoGP service and produces 200 horsepower.
The KRV5 chassis retains the rigid rear suspension properties of its conceptual forebears.
The Tracker's front suspension is sourced from a GSXR1000.
The emaculate paint job by Sands’ standby painter, Chris Wood from Airtrix, includes the Team Roberts logo on the fuel tank.
The KRV5 Tracker drew a respectable crowd at the 2006 USGP.
With his 2006 machine, the KR211V, doing well on the track, King Kenny himself made sure to pop in at the unveiling of Sands Tracker.
The 990cc KRV5 has yet to be dynoed by Sands, but he promises it produces at least 200 horsepower.
It may not look like it at first, the Tracker does sport a fairly slender profile. Although nowhere near as slim at the original board trackers, which looked like a 10-speed bike.
The twisting rear pipes on the five-pipe exhaust cross over each other in a gnarly twist.
On the right hand side of the frame, two of the front three exhaust pipes make their exit.
The Tracker only had one brake at the USGP unveiling, and it was this radial mount Contour unit from the Performance Machine shop.
Straight ahead the Tracker hides its surprising MotoGP powerplant.
Sands was interviewed by the MotoGP.com camera crew.
A shot of the Tracker's back end, with one of the five Ti exhaust pipes exiting above the fender.
Three-time world champion Kenny Roberts and former AMA champion Roland Sands partnered up for a unique project - the KRV5 Tracker.
What do you get when you combine famed custom builder Roland Sands and the KRV5 powerplant from Kenny Roberts MotoGP bike? The KRV5 Tracker.
Sands poses with his board-track creation - the KRV5 Tracker.
Sitting in the shade of five umbrella girls while the media fawns over your latest custom creation. There are worse ways to make a living.
