The KRV5 Tracker is a creative collaboration between motorcycle designer Roland Sands and racing legend “King” Kenny Roberts. Roberts’ had the idea to utilize one of his KRV5 engines for something other than the MotoGP track. Sands’ was looking for a build project that would challenge and inspire his creative talents.
With knowledge of Sands’ racing pedigree and design style unifying form and function, Roberts’ felt Sands’ would know exactly what to do with a coveted KRV5 engine. The project plans were solidified with a handshake at the MotoGP paddocks of Laguna Seca in 2005.
Sands’ promised to deliver the bike a year later. Nine months would pass before the design plans were finalized. With only two months before the looming completion deadline, the first pieces of tubing were bent and welded.
The two months were spent by the RSD team with their heads down fabricating and building at a furious pace.
The bikes’ unique makeup of RSD components, a one-off frame, and custom sheet metal; coupled with the Team Roberts V5 MotoGP engine have created a completely original 200 horsepower Boardtrack racer of the future.
Make: RSD – Roland Sands Design
Year: 06
Model: KRV5 Boardtracker
Fabrication: RSD Team
Hardware: Titanium
Assembly: RSD Team
Value: Sell all your kids and then we’ll talk
ENGINE:
Type: Kenny Roberts V5 Moto GP Spec
Displacement: 1000cc
Year: 2005
Horsepower:200+
Heads: Aluminum KRV5
Valves: Titanium
Pistons: 5, Carbon Fiber Injected
Ignition: Complicated
Exhaust: Titanium – 5 Individual hand built
Fasteners/Hardware: Titanium
Clutch: Slipper
Finish : All hand polished heads, cylinder and cases and custom hand painted carbon valve covers, transmission cover.
Builder: Team Kenny Roberts
Frame: Type: RSD KRV5 Boardtracker
Builder: RSD Team
Rake: 24 degree
Forks: Turned down GSXR 1000, Black anodized
Triple Trees: RSD Design, Available soon
Wheels Front:
Rim: 23” x 3.5” RSD Contrast Cut Judge PM
Brake: NONE
Wheels Rear:
Rim: 21” X 9” RSD Contrast Cut Judge PM
Brake: PM Contour Bracket and Radial Mount Brake
Fender: Welded in
What Connects you to the bike:
Handlebars: RSD Designed and built
Electrics: Moto GP spec Deutsch connectors
Seat: Bill Wall Leather Custom
Foot controls – RSD designed race mount with RSD pegs, Performance Machine Master Cylinders
Fuel Tank(s): Aluminum
Paint, Chrome, and other F/X’s:
Finish: Army Green Metallic with flat tan flake panels and RSD pattern
The Painter: Chris Wood at Airtrix
Roland Sands Designs
Owner:Roland Sands/Performance Machine
Address: 6892 Marlin Circle. La Palma, CA (Originated In Long Beach) 90623
Phones:800-479-4037
E-Mail:rwsands@performancemachine.com
