KSPZ3
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posted January 06, 2009 07:34 PM
Bill,
Is the video still working - I had trouble with the link.
  
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hotzxrod
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posted January 06, 2009 07:52 PM
1 day i must tri
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Flyboy
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posted January 07, 2009 07:28 AM
 Edited By: Flyboy on 7 Jan 2009 16:45
Link to video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwGL-b8SYg8
(set viewing to "high quality")
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One fast red ZX-14,
Three World and four National Land Speed Records,
One faster red and white Cessna Turbo 210
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KSPZ3
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posted January 07, 2009 07:27 PM
Bill,
Excellent video - I noticed there was no salt on the tires and black marks on the salt - I understand the salt was much better this year than last - How was your traction...
Kevin
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Flyboy
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posted January 08, 2009 07:44 AM
Kevin, are you Kevin Patterson of BUB 2007?
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"The World's Fastest Indian"
One fast red ZX-14,
Three World and four National Land Speed Records,
One faster red and white Cessna Turbo 210
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KSPZ3
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posted January 08, 2009 07:28 PM
quote:
Kevin, are you Kevin Patterson of BUB 2007?
Thata would be me........ I have pictures to prove it.....
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Flyboy
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posted January 08, 2009 07:49 PM
Kevin, great to hear from you and I loved your video. I made a comment at the end but someone or somehow it got erased. Yes the salt was perfect this year and the lines much shorter. It was three times as much fun as last year. Too bad you couldn't make it out. Coming out in 2009? And do you still have your 14?
Bill
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'There's more living in five minutes flat-out on a bike than some men have in an entire life'.
"The World's Fastest Indian"
One fast red ZX-14,
Three World and four National Land Speed Records,
One faster red and white Cessna Turbo 210
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posted January 08, 2009 08:58 PM
Have read your posting from previous trip to Bonneville, This is yet another great story and report. 
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Flyboy
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posted January 09, 2009 08:05 AM
Edited By: Flyboy on 9 Jan 2009 16:18
Thanks guys for your kind comments.
Gyroscopic effect-
I've been asked a number of times about crashing at high speeds and did it worry me. As I explained in "Bonneville 2006", I was scared to death before my first time at Bonneville until I spoke with an Engineer who explained to me that the stock motorcycle was quite safe due to "gyroscopic effect". As young kids we learned to put string around the axis of a toy gyroscope and then pull it. As the the cyclinder turned quickly we could then balance the toy on the end of a pencil or your finger. The engineer went on to explain that on your motorycle you have three gyroscopes. Your front wheel, rear wheel and your chain. Therefore the faster you went, the less chance you would have of going down.
I found this short video on Youtube of a man bailing off his bike at Bonneville at a high rate of speed. As you watch it observe what his bike is doing with him at the controls and then notice what happens to the directional stability of the bike when he falls off. It's very fascinating. That is why we use kill switches tied to our wrists. If we didn't kill the engine when falling off, the bike would continue forever until the gas ran out, it hit something or it slowed down enough to eliminate gyroscopic effect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTfKJFrUi9w
Bottom line- Going fast at a racing venue (and not on a street or highway) is very safe on a stock framed bike. If you start "to lose it" just let go" until stability returns.... but stay on the bike.
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'There's more living in five minutes flat-out on a bike than some men have in an entire life'.
"The World's Fastest Indian"
One fast red ZX-14,
Three World and four National Land Speed Records,
One faster red and white Cessna Turbo 210
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KSPZ3
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posted January 09, 2009 03:03 PM
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Kevin, great to hear from you and I loved your video. I made a comment at the end but someone or somehow it got erased. Yes the salt was perfect this year and the lines much shorter. It was three times as much fun as last year. Too bad you couldn't make it out. Coming out in 2009? And do you still have your 14?
Bill
Bill,
Sounds like it was a great year - still have the 14 - it is ready to roll - although I need to do a little tuning refinement - did not run it much this year - I was playing at the drag strip on the VRod - running in the points. Therefore missed all the LSR stuff. I am a bit doubtfu on returning to Bonneville - at least in the short term - I am getting gun shy on the Land Speed stuff - the ride at Bonneville was just too much on the edge... and with the multiple serious accidents this year - I am thinking it might be good to quit while I am ahead. It sounds like 08 was a great time to run - I am impressed with you 199.xxx. As a reminder - how did your numbers compare with you 06 Modified runs as compared to your MPS runs - I am assuming they were both identical setups with the exception of the body work.
Kevin
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posted January 22, 2009 03:50 PM
wow
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