flatoutbu
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posted May 27, 2008 08:24 AM
Kawabunga I give you respect on the different design of the bike...not my thing but i understand where your coming from. I could never deny my bike the body work or at least full race body work. I think you add'd a set of BST's and ditch the shinko and went with a PP race, you should see another 15 pounds off that bike. I think slammed it would look better too me...
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kawabunga
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posted May 27, 2008 03:33 PM
I appreciate the input flatoutbu. We are going to continue to lighten the bike including wheels, drag shock, rear tire etc as well as lowering it some more. We needed a base line to start development and all will see a lot of changes very soon. We are addressing all the little things around this stock motor before we drop the stroker in. We will be spraying the motor very soon with the Muzzy Dry Shot System and their pro swingarm with a drag shock.
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flatoutbu
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posted May 27, 2008 05:41 PM
Well i like the ideal of no gas tank. I imagine that took a big chunk of weight off the bike. I never weighed my gas tank but i'm betting it's a good 20-25 pounds. I have sat on my bike with no tank and body work and wondered what it would be like to launch it like that.
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bigbrown
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posted May 28, 2008 06:56 PM
well now the whole team is on here, i appreciate everyones input on the bike. don has waited along time to do this. i just got into drag racing bikes." always did trucks". we were lucky to find a rider like lee white! i do believe he is going to shock alot of people. anyways thanks for the support. thanks don and lee for turning an ordinary 14 into something that will be remembered.
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kawabunga
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posted May 29, 2008 01:35 AM
Welcome bigbrown...great to see the whole team on here now. Lee's right, we have what I believe may be one of the best, if not the best rider in the country. We have only just begun!
A major thank you needs to go out to Rob Muzzy for his support and belief in this project. All of the Muzzy products on the bike fit perfectly and functioned perfectly.
We will be running the bike in this stage of development at 2 more test sessions before installing the Muzzy Dry Shot System, Muzzy Pro Swingarm and lighter wheels
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00Busa
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posted May 30, 2008 10:37 AM
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We made 5 passes with all 60' times at 1.44 except when Lee launched it at an 8 grand try and went up in smoke. We actually didn't finish the bike until 5 am Sunday morning and the first run was at 1 pm. We were running a Shinko slick that I am changing to a MT. I will be massaging the PC map before we run again thursday night. Also we were on 87 octane and no spray ( using nitrous in the bottle to shift ). All motor, stock...valve cover has never been off. Rider weighs 128 with gear...haven't weighed the bike yet, but will. There will be footpegs on the swingarm where the spools would attach. Lee wanted pegs in stock location because of his riding style. There are some tenths we left on the table that with fine tuning, suspension and rider placement adjustments to be made. We are looking for 1.30 60' and 5.35 thursday night.
What did it go Thursday ?
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kawabunga
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posted May 30, 2008 03:28 PM
Lee our rider had to work second shift thursday night and tonight, so no testing until next thursday. I will be making some changes between now and then. Hope you can make it out next thursday Busa, you make for good competition.
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