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Isiahstites
| | Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 01:46 am: | 
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My first run was good and exactly what they wanted out of a rookie inbetween 125 and 150mph. The bike pulled extremely hard through first, second and third gears! I was really suprised at just how hard the bike pulled. In 4th and 5th around 7000 rpm the bike started breaking up and at this point I believe the thunderjet may have added to much fuel at the higher rpms as it is vaccum operated. So my one and only pass for the season was 128 mph with a really rich tune in the bike. I made the neccesay jetting changes in hope for a second pass. I felt if the bike ran as good as it did in first, second and third and could do the same in fourth and fifth that It would make a 150 pass with no problems.
After a few of the Roadsters blew tires and had some spinouts on the course they deemed it unsafe and stopped all second round runs for Saturday in an effort to move the course over. So I would have to wait until Sunday morning to see what she really has.
Well we got up early this morning and got to the track at around 7:00 A.M. so I could get a good spot as the air is better in the morning. I was 4th in line and attended the drivers meeting at 8:00 A.M. where all the driver were told they may cancel the event due to the ambulance not being able to be on site and that they did not want to take any chances with anyones saftey. They relayed to us if they could not contact an ambulance by 10:00 A.M. that they were going to call the meet.
Well around 9:45 A.M. an ambulance was on site and everyone was excited to get the race going until the wind decided to pick up...........they cancelled the meet at a 11:00 A.M. and we packed it up and headed home.
On a side note the bike was very steady at speed and I did not even notice it was rigid. The bike accelerated hard and the brake worked good. I couldn't of been happier with the overall performance of the bike top to bottom. With some tuning we will be back stronger that ever next year. After my run Cami said to me she was really proud of me for going that speed. I said thanks and didn't think it was such a big deal until she reminded me I had built that bike from top to bottom. That I had turned every nut and bolt and made everything work together.........it was at this point I smiled and thought wow I built this bike and it worked! That was a great feeling..........
Scott
Waiting in tech
Getting ready to run
Man, machine and 1.3 miles WFO!
I'm off!
Visibilty after the cancelled meet
Here is how dirty the bike was after one pass
An end to the season.
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Bluzm2
| | Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 09:57 pm: |
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Scott,
This has been a GREAT thread. Thanks for taking the time to share your adventure with the rest of us Buellies.
I expect the hear great thing from you next year!
Cami was right, you really do have something to be proud of. Ya done good, damn good!
Brad |
Isiahstites
| | Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 10:21 pm: |
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Bluzm2-Thanks for the comments it is greatly appreciated! Stay tuned for a new build thread coming soon.
Scott |
Firemanjim
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 12:21 am: |
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Very cool,Scott. It sucks when the weather decides the race and not you. I saw a Sportster at the AHDRA races at Pomona on sat that must have just come from El Mo as it was covered in dust and had a P-PP number plate. |
Court
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 05:33 am: |
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This is a GREAT read!
Well done . . . . run, no run , record, no record . . there is something very cool about starting from scratch and building your own machine.
Thanks for the great write up.
Court |
Road_thing
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 06:34 am: |
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Thanks for the thread, Scott, I enjoyed it. Nice work on the bike.
Good luck next year--can we come along again and watch?
rt |
Diablobrian
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 06:20 pm: |
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Great write-up.
Racing is full of ups and downs.
You got there and ran the bike up to speed and nothing went wrong mechanically.
I'd declare that a victory.
I look forward to reading your continued adventures in land speed racing.
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Rasta_dog
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 12:50 pm: |
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Wonderful thread. This tale is not over, right? When does the new season begin? |
Isiahstites
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 01:07 pm: |
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Rasta,
The tale has only just began......new season in may and the bike will be in a new form. I am currently just about done planning the new build and am almost ready to start joining metal with fire.
I originally decided I was not going to post part II here on this website, however I now realize by your post and many others in the last few days that I was not just posting into space and that people here are actually watching.
With that being said stay tuned I will be back to post round two which will include a new chassis a set of custom fairings and there has even been talk of maybe putting a friends 1650 motor in the bike that is making around 160 hp in the bike.........who knows what the next year will bring.
Scott |
Hexangler
| | Posted on Friday, November 16, 2007 - 06:35 pm: |
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Scott,
I wonder if having the velocity stack perpendicular to the air flow at high speed causes irregular carburetion? Venturi effect reducing air in air fuel mix?
Hex (Congrats on getting her to the church on time!) |
Isiahstites
| | Posted on Friday, November 16, 2007 - 07:58 pm: |
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I say yes it does! And I had planned from the get go that it was going to be a problem. I have friends who have told me stories of racers actually having a soaked right knee due to the air running past the stack creating a vacuum and sucking out both fuel and air. It will be replaced in 08' |
Blake
| | Posted on Saturday, November 17, 2007 - 02:46 am: |
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So... what you are saying is that the Bad Weather got you this time out (double entendre intended ![: ]](http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/clipart/proud.gif) ) ?
I too thank you very much for sharing your experience and taking us all on the adventure with you. VERY cool stuff! Reminds me of some of the good old days here on BadWeB. |
Alchemy
| | Posted on Saturday, November 17, 2007 - 09:19 am: |
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Great read. Thanks so much for posting all progress reports and taking us along. It is quite a unique experience to be able to follow along over time to see such an effort come into existence. |
Isiahstites
| | Posted on Saturday, February 02, 2008 - 06:53 pm: |
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Year # 2 here
http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/158 664/334326.html?1201996367 |
