smokinzx14
Needs a life
Posts: 10197
|
posted May 06, 2007 03:43 PM
 Edited By: smokinzx14 on 6 May 2007 16:45
How did this guy get so fast ??
Sat we had a motorcycle heads up race ...We had been watching one guy we know getting faster and faster . He had problem going fast because of wheelies ....We were thinking he was just getting better at riding the bike ...BUT then it happened ...He wheeled very hard and slamed the bike back to the ground ...The front fender few of the bike !!! We said what the hell just happened ???? Someone picked up the fender and gave it back to the owner , THEN we saw it !!!!! The guys had 20 to 25 pounds of the tape type wheel weights inside the fender !!! The hole inside of the fender was covered with this tape on wheel weights !! The fender was so heavy it just broke off at the mounting points ...If he had added a brace of some type we would have never known ... It gives me a great idea ..  But i'll add a brace so the fender doesn't break off ...lol... 
____________
Smokin Performance Cycles..
Tampa Bay , FL .. Brocks Performance Dealer ..
Gen 2 ZX14R Best ET 8.43 , Best MPH 164.95
  
|
ninja12
Needs a job
Posts: 3310
|
posted May 06, 2007 03:52 PM
nothing new, busa guys have been relocating the battery to the headlight area forever.
The stick-on is new to me, but epoxy and lead BB's under the front fender is a common
trick. Use a smaller tire to make room for more weights.
The easy way is a threaded rod thru the front axle with regular barbell weights on each side.
Ballast is what the big boy calls it.
|
flatoutbu
Pro
Posts: 1054
|
posted May 06, 2007 04:06 PM
if i can get a tire to hook i'll try that....
____________
06 Blue 14
9.008 at 153mph @ 195 suited
|
flatoutbu
Pro
Posts: 1054
|
posted May 06, 2007 04:07 PM
has anybody tired a link pro? sorry dont mean to hijack...just thinking you might not need ballast with a link pro
____________
06 Blue 14
9.008 at 153mph @ 195 suited
|
tslewisz
Expert Class
Posts: 328
|
posted May 06, 2007 05:32 PM
Ever heard of the brick?
http://stores.skipjack.com/brockracing/Detail.bok?no=88
|
Bently
Needs a life
2012 14r In Blue and no Mods!
Posts: 5428
|
posted May 06, 2007 06:29 PM
nothing new at my track as well, well maybe stick on wheel weights but there are a couple guys with Busas that have homemade Bricks between 20 and 30 lbs .
|
ninja
Novice Class
Posts: 81
|
posted May 06, 2007 06:37 PM
Edited By: ninja on 6 May 2007 19:38
I made a 22 pound weight that mounted betweeen the header and engine on my zx9r. Invisible wheelie bars is what I called it. It was a steel tube that I filled up with lead shot!!!
|
SteddyTeddy
Pro
Posts: 1664
|
posted May 06, 2007 06:45 PM
Edited By: SteddyTeddy on 6 May 2007 19:46
quote:
has anybody tired a link pro? sorry dont mean to hijack...just thinking you might not need ballast with a link pro
No but I would like to try one on my bike. At $350 I can wait just a little longer.
Smoking I'll have to try the weights and put my 45 rear back on. 
|
smokinzx14
Needs a life
Posts: 10197
|
posted May 06, 2007 06:53 PM
quote:
quote:
has anybody tired a link pro? sorry dont mean to hijack...just thinking you might not need ballast with a link pro
No but I would like to try one on my bike. At $350 I can wait just a little longer.
Smoking I'll have to try the weights and put my 45 rear back on.
Don't make me put the 40 jet back in ...lol..
____________
Smokin Performance Cycles..
Tampa Bay , FL .. Brocks Performance Dealer ..
Gen 2 ZX14R Best ET 8.43 , Best MPH 164.95
|
flatoutbu
Pro
Posts: 1054
|
posted May 06, 2007 07:17 PM
just seems alittle counter productive....none of the guys at my track load the front...maybe traction is just poop at my track...I watched a straight link work really good wednesday night but i havent tried one yet..
____________
06 Blue 14
9.008 at 153mph @ 195 suited
|
Halvefast
Zone Head
Posts: 806
|
posted May 07, 2007 04:49 AM
quote:
has anybody tired a link pro? sorry dont mean to hijack...just thinking you might not need ballast with a link pro
Chip Hunter seems to like the one he is using 
I saw some comments over on Psychobike
|
BobC
Pro
Posts: 1736
|
posted May 07, 2007 11:36 PM
Edited By: BobC on 8 May 2007 00:44
I would have thought that adding 20lbs of unsprung weight to the front wheel was a very dumb thing to do. In the fairing yes but on the front fender ??
Can I suggest Tungsten as a better material than lead. It's used for counter-weights on boom microphones in tv studios etc and has an SG of 19600 kg/cu.m compared to lead at 11340 kg/cu.m, nearly twice as dense.
____________
Candy Thunder Blue 2006 ZZR1400
Stock wheelbase
Max: 205.4 mph in 1.25 miles
2012 ZZR1400 in Golden Blazed Green
Brock CT Full System. etc
Max: 203.1 in 1 mile (so far)
|
ZXLNT
Needs a job
Kawpuke Extraordinare
Posts: 2853
|
posted May 08, 2007 01:27 AM
How much does tungsten cost vs lead???
|
fury
Expert Class
Posts: 427
|
posted May 08, 2007 02:41 AM
Mercury in a tube.
Your front axel?
|
|
|
HOME
NEW TOPIC