Written by Andrew Jones
C?mon. Admit it. You’ve toyed with the idea of buying a beater bike, customising it and entering a race at your local flat track. But it’s an odds-on bet that, like most of us, you haven?t put your money ? or the dirt ? where your mouth is. Unlike us lazy buggers, one Spanish custom shop had the get up and go to make things happen. And as if to prove a point, they’ve gone and done it twice. Please welcome the ?Hamster 01? and ?Hamster 02? twin Yamaha XT350 trackers from Barcelona?s very own AdHoc.

Shop owner Dave?s small talk let’s us know that not only has the placehad a Christmas makeover, but there’s also some cool stuff in the pipeline for 2019. ?We are just finishing off a very interesting collaboration build that will be shot soon. We also have three new bikes in the pipeline and we’ll be kicking off our second G-Class Mercedes customisation.? Now, we’re not sure what kind of bike a ?Mercedes? is, but we have it on good authority it’s German and expensive…
And why the ?Hamster? nickname, I hear you ask" Of course, you don’t call your flat tracker a hamster without a solid reason, and AdHoc?s David Gonzalez had a pretty good one. ?When you think about it, flat trackers are a lot like a hamster on a wheel.? You have to admit it, he’s got a point – although I’ve never seen a hamster lose it on a corner and burst into flames. At least, not yet.

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