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NHRA bike rules?

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May be Mark or his brother Steve. He raced up here two summers ago on an older KZ. Jay Nickel in Douglas is also a good source of info. He raced a turbo/nitrous funny bike for 10 years.

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What are the rules about battery securing? What do you hold it in place with? As stock the airbox held it down, but they must require something to keep it in place.
 
gearhead13 said:
What are the rules about battery securing? What do you hold it in place with? As stock the airbox held it down, but they must require something to keep it in place.
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I raced IHRA and I questioned that as well, I was told by the tech that as long as the side to side is secure its good, if you roll over there are more problems then the battery? But it was a small town track.

Im building a battery box tonight, I think I will just velcro strap it around the box to hold it in. Plans are to mount my ignition on top of it, who knows, this is all new to me as well.
 
81gs1100 said:
I raced IHRA and I questioned that as well, I was told by the tech that as long as the side to side is secure its good, if you roll over there are more problems then the battery? But it was a small town track.

Im building a battery box tonight, I think I will just velcro strap it around the box to hold it in. Plans are to mount my ignition on top of it, who knows, this is all new to me as well.
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Its a small local 1/8 mile track. Their website doesnt have a forum to ask noob questions:( Its a sealed AGM battery. I dont want to show up and fail tech and get sent home:confused:
 
gearhead13 said:
Its a small local 1/8 mile track. Their website doesnt have a forum to ask noob questions:( Its a sealed AGM battery. I dont want to show up and fail tech and get sent home:confused:
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Are you running your stock battery box? if so, you should be able to find a piece of flat bar and bend it, mount it on each side of the stock bolt holes the battery box uses. Hell a straight piece should work, and just cut some rubber to squeeze between the bar and the battery for now, untill you get there and ask tech about the "rules"

Hopfully someone with some knowledge will chime in
 
Nothing specific about batteries in the NHRA rulebook in the section about E.T. motorcycles.
I would think as long as it's secured under the seat or other area where it can't become a loose projectile it would pass even the toughest tech guy's inspection. Might be a good idea to upgrade to a maintainence free or acid gel to prevent acid loss in a mishap.
 
Mine is a sealed AGM, so I am ok there. I am thinking a piece of 1" steel strap bent over it and bolted to the battery box. I do have some alu strap here would that suffice?
 
gearhead13 said:
Mine is a sealed AGM, so I am ok there. I am thinking a piece of 1" steel strap bent over it and bolted to the battery box. I do have some alu strap here would that suffice?
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Aluminum, titanium, plastic, I think you would be ok with anything that wouldn't allow it to be pulled out easy. If it takes you two hands to try and pull it out of its box, I think you are good.,
 
Coming together

Coming together

Well after a 425 mile trip to visit a fellow GSR member that had something I very much needed, I couldn't wait to get it mocked up on my frame.

I would like to again thank (madjack57745) for offering his old body work, at a deal worth the drive and the stories many times over. as well as great conversation and advice/help. Jack is the first member off GSR that I have met, and I can only hope everyone else I meet from here is as stand up of a guy that he is. And I hope I can get up there again soon and see him race, maybe I'll be ready to race too. :)

Here is a picture of the body setting on my frame. I am getting super excited to get this project finished.

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Mike, Your welcome. Hope you enjoyed the shop tour too. We're pretty proud of some of the projects that we've turned out, so I may have gotten a bit long winded.
I'll look around for some of the other bits and pieces that we talked about.
The bike looks good except for that color....Never did like it as much as I thought I would. Body apparently fit over your fuel cell without any issues. You must have cut 15lbs or more of fiberglass and foam to get it to fit the stock frame.
 
madjack57754 said:
Mike, Your welcome. Hope you enjoyed the shop tour too. We're pretty proud of some of the projects that we've turned out, so I may have gotten a bit long winded.
I'll look around for some of the other bits and pieces that we talked about.
The bike looks good except for that color....Never did like it as much as I thought I would. Body apparently fit over your fuel cell without any issues. You must have cut 15lbs or more of fiberglass and foam to get it to fit the stock frame.
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I put a box under the tank area and had no issues, I won't have the tank till this week sometime, but I don't see a problem. Yeah I cut all the foam out, and the body sits perfectly on the frame, all I plan to do is build a flat pan to even out the pressure. Just need to weld a few brackets and stand offs for the dzus fasteners and wire a tail light. I kinda like the color, its growing on me, kinda looks like Corvette sunset orange


And yes, the tour was great, i'd like to see the bike stable next time! Thanks for checking on the other parts, also let me know the dates of the race in Sturgis, if my bikes ready I'd like to go as long as I can get help unloading it from the suburban if it fits, otherwise I have to borrow a work trailer.
 
Color is 2008 chrysler firemist red
Most use a bicycle L.E.D. tail light. Self contained and cheap. Pick them up at Wallys, K-Mart or (the cheapest) E-bay
 
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