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posted March 22, 2011 09:40 AM
Sooo wish I could be there, best of luck folks & safe travels.
  
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entropy
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posted March 23, 2011 02:53 AM
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Sooo wish I could be there, best of luck folks & safe travels.
yup, we wish you had been able to make it. help us battle the wind, drink the beer.
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posted March 24, 2011 05:05 AM
Good luck and be safe everyone! 
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posted March 24, 2011 07:38 AM
Out the door in 15 minutes. YAY!
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entropy
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posted March 25, 2011 01:43 AM
the wind ain't gonna do us any favors, but the forcast for mornings is doable 8-15 from front right. Typical Texas.
Big news announced at thu driver's meeting.
This is the last meet at this facility, May event will be in Beeville TX, 20 min down the road.
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ZRXDean
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posted March 25, 2011 04:49 AM
Sucks about the wind, maybe it will be better early in the morning.
Is the Beeville track any longer? Nice that it's so close.
Again, good luck today.
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glarior
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posted March 25, 2011 06:08 AM
Stupid wind. I hope to get some runs in the morning time. Im trying to get to the track around 6 today (friday) that way I can do the meeting, bike inspected, then put her on the line
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madkawboy
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posted March 25, 2011 08:15 AM
Update from Texas:
Oldkawboy ran 187 on the limiter. He is regearing right now.
Entropy had minor problems on his first pass so he was unable to make a clean pass.
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TRNorBRN6001
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posted March 25, 2011 08:20 AM
Hope those winds are calm in the AM. I'll probably be riding in with JC.
Too bad West Texas fell through for them, I heard it was a long runway. I hope Beeville's airport can support LSR needs.
If Beeville makes for May, I'll run.................even if it's 9/10's, LOL.
Good Luck you all stay safe and ride strong today!
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posted March 25, 2011 08:53 AM
jen has 221 on first pass
as for my heap making boost but the mirco tech won't add fuel
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posted March 25, 2011 09:03 AM
Just got off the phone with Oldkawboy and he got a bad gust of side wind and had to let out of it. 188 mph
Entropy just went 215 mph with Jims ( CNC Comp) new head on the bike.
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glarior
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posted March 25, 2011 06:53 PM
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Hope those winds are calm in the AM. I'll probably be riding in with JC.
Too bad West Texas fell through for them, I heard it was a long runway. I hope Beeville's airport can support LSR needs.
If Beeville makes for May, I'll run.................even if it's 9/10's, LOL.
Good Luck you all stay safe and ride strong today!
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Where at in west Texas were they trying? I missed that part in the meeting today
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glarior
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posted March 26, 2011 07:53 PM
Woohoo! I ran 201.0! Thank you TFA and friends! Could not have done it with out yalls help. Try again tomorrow!
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ZRXDean
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posted March 27, 2011 04:18 PM
Congrats! Big jump from 186, WTG.
How did everyone do today? What was the fast speed of the meet?
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posted March 27, 2011 06:08 PM
 Edited By: oldkawboy on 28 Mar 2011 02:11
Well the head & side winds didn't take the morning off again & the humidity was 100%, really needed some power to run good numbers.
Big congrats to Johnny Cheese for running 214 & getting his dues, he was SO stoked & I'm glad I got to see it!
I ran two 191+ passes and that's all it would do but it was exciting to say the least.
Karl tapped out at 211 today.
Still got 1125 miles to home but it's like Dunkin' Doughnuts.......it's worth the trip!
Many thanks to Karl for everything.....what a stand-up guy.
Dan
Oh yeah Dean.....
I saw a carbon body Viper run a 239+, don't know if anyone topped that.
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ZRXDean
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posted March 27, 2011 07:29 PM
Thanks for the report Dan, and congrats! Safe travels home.
I heard about that Viper, pretty amazing.
I think Jen Robertson got fast bike of the meet @ 227, WTG 9secJen.
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posted March 27, 2011 11:20 PM
Edited By: entropy on 28 Mar 2011 07:28
thanks a bunch to Dan & Lydia coming down from Knoxville, Ryan and Bill making it from Chicago, Cal Bill from LA, Tom-ozonkiller from Arizona, Rob from Colorado. Some long driving, yup.
big congrats to Dr Cheese for 213.2!!!!!!
I've been coming to the Mile since Oct 2003 watching JC & turbo coppertopbattle wind and mechanical gremlins.
GREAT to see him finally get his T shirt 
My heap ran 215.3 on Fri, then 212.0, 213.3, 212.7, and finally 211.9 on Sun am.
Looking at the logs, the 211.9 was a rider perfect pass, 6500rpm+/- outa the hole, minor spinning, every gear spot on, AF=12.5-ish, crossed the line at 10,500+/-.
I was expected to see a 218 ticket.
211.9???? WTF??
figured bearings or valve seats giving it up and parked it. oh well, not a good test of Jim's head 
Just now i looked at Accuweather history and saw for 9am:
- 6mph straight headwind
- baro = 29.73
- humidity = 100%
- temp 72F
also(thinking it over), on Sun ozonekiller was running 196-197 on his tweaked NA ZX14, about 5mph+/- off his normal speeds.
In our friendly rivalry, my Busa consistently runs about 15mph faster...
hmmm... maybe just bad air????
I'll drop the pan & do a leakdown.
If all is well, i'll see Tom at mojave on April 10 & race him for beers on a 15mph handicap. 
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posted March 28, 2011 08:18 AM
Jen did 221 on the old copper top as well.
Ryan Arnold (Texas Mile Race director) ran 207 to join the 200mph club.
As Karl said JohnnyCheese ran 213 and change to join the 2 club along with helping out a ton of people as well.
For a little Texas Mile history, Johnny was the first person down the Texas Mile in Oct 2003 and he was the last person to run down the track, kind of a fitting end.
I had tons of fun as usually just hanging out and goofing around. Kind of sad not to be going back to Goliad....................I only missed one event from 2003-2011, It was the summer 04 event. I hope to make all the Beeville events,LOL.
Gary
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oldkawboy
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posted March 28, 2011 03:39 PM
Great to see you again Gary, thanks for the help with the sprocket changes.
Couldn't find you or your bike when we bugged out, hated to leave without saying g'bye.
Karl,
I'm predicting the motor is fine.......sure sounded great when you blasted off!!! Keep us posted.
Dan
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636titanium
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posted March 28, 2011 03:58 PM
congrats Dan! The guys said you were having a great time. I'm glad you had some good runs, even with the wind.
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posted March 28, 2011 05:57 PM
Sorry I missed you and the wifey before I left, Dan. I had to head out for my kidos baseball stuff. Very glad you all could make it to Texas. Hope to see you all soon. I think I just watched you do the sprocket and nodded in agreement on proper assembly, LOL. Wish I could have helped you all out more, but you had things well under control.
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Ozonkiller
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posted March 28, 2011 09:16 PM
I just walked in the door. Freakin' head wind all of the way home made the trip 2-1/2 hours longer.
Karl, I'll take that bet!!!
and I'll gladly pay.
I'm so confused about this weekend. I, too, hope it was just the lousy air and wind, otherwise sumthin's up with the motor.
I'm gonna take it to the track this weekend and see if the mile an hour is still there.
What a great weekend with all of you. Thanks and congratulations to all of you
Tom
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entropy
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posted March 29, 2011 12:15 AM
Tom,
it was great hanging with you this weekend, glad you made the trip.
Unless i REALLY get off my ass this week, i'll not make it to Mojave.
Good clean oil, but bad leakdown... all 4 cyl, intakes. shit.
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ZRXDean
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posted March 29, 2011 04:42 AM
Argh, that sucks. But c'mon you could swap out 8 valves in 4 hours.
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entropy
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posted March 29, 2011 05:06 AM
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Argh, that sucks. But c'mon you could swap out 8 valves in 4 hours.
yup, i could throw my Carpenter head on, but i already have a test of that set up at Mojave.
Prob better to spend that $2K on RBR, it still needs a buncha stuff.
Tonight i'll pull down the motor and send the head to Jim, he wants to do the forensics.
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