Track stories 2007

[lecroy]

Hey Bob are you going to post some videos of the event?

[Baatfam]

Hey Bob are you going to post some videos of the event?

Gosh....I'm so far behind.
I started editing the first weekend, but only got the first couple of minutes done.
It takes me an hour to edit one minute of video....
Plus I'm trying a new mic and the sound needs work...

Now I have two weekends on tape with the third coming up on the 21st.

I'm hoping to get at least the first weekend done this week....

Your not the only one askin':-D

Bob

[lecroy]

8.35 last night. Off the gas and sputtering.

[Baatfam]

8.35 last night. Off the gas and sputtering.

Very fast....

[rosco15]

Wow thats getting it. What kind of mph?

8.35 last night. Off the gas and sputtering.

[chef1366]

8.35 last night. Off the gas and sputtering.

That's awesome!! You'd be close to the fastest time I've seen at Famoso. Are you running silly gas?

[lecroy]

Thanks! She only ran a 151. Keep in mind it was running 155-56 so a little chop. I made a clip so you can hear how bad she sounds... Still no solid ideas on what the problem is. Heading to the shop to look at a few more things.

The bike does have nitrous, but I have too many problems to add one more to the mix.... yet. The only reason the bike went from 8.50s to the 8.35 was a change to the clutch. With all these new billet parts I decided to tweek the clutch a little more. She had a 1.27 short time, locking up at about 12 feet out versus about 30 feet before.

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/b82bb07d-23ee-44eb-9392-996901356db7.htm

[lecroy]

Double points weekend again. So no new records tonight with the Flag bike. Need to get my rest to push these bikes all day. Hoping we can repeat last weeks numbers.

Have a good weekend.

[RacingJake]

Made it to the track tonight and after a lite rain we were back at it. Still have'nt got into the 6's yet... still at 7.03, 7.07 and 7.08 but my mph is 104 or 105 and still spinning the slick at the line. I guess I just need to replace it, maybe it's time for some new fiber too's cause it been years since I replaced them too.

Humidity was at 85% tonight and the bike was still screaming. I may just slap the bar and lockup back on and get my left thumb back in the action

I'm wondering how many rpms the GS can take cause I can easy go past 12K with this head and the bike likes it :roll:

But it's still fun

[rosco15]

Jake, come on back to the world of box, bar, and slick racing. The waters warm.

Went four rounds for the win. It was a big weekend for the points. I was 1 up on second place. He red light in the first round. Puts me up 5 rounds. I just need to keep it going. Starting to get alot more comfortable with dialing the bike. Lights were 520, 517, 521, 518, 539, 519. Alot better than my 560-570's a couple weeks ago.

On a downer note a friend of mine had a small heart attack at the track yesterday. They llife-flighted him to metro in Cleveland. Ended up being a complication with a stint he had put in a year and a half ago. They went in and fixed it and it looks like he'll be just fine.

Added a pic. Thought it was a good one.

[lecroy]

Ok, here is the most boring drag video you may ever see. I call it "Life of the Pusher Man"

With a slider you have to get the bike back to the pits, somehow. You see a lot of golf carts and mini bikes towing. There are people that ride their sliders back by snapping the throttle. And let's not forget Ryan's air clutch!!

Beyond this, there are the pushers. With the camera in the left hand (except when we clutch), front tire about 6 - 8" away at all times from the other bike and your foot locked into the bars. Traveling at speeds up to 20 miles per hour. Sheer heart pumping excitement. Once I even lost my sneeker. It's all about the rider and the pusher man, talking about stratagy, the other teams, how the run went...

Why did I waste the tape...

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/9f34ccbe-c91e-4b05-ab9d-996c00c5f022.htm

[RacingJake]

Jake, come on back to the world of box, bar, and slick racing. The waters warm.

The lockup's back in & the 7k chip is back in the 2step. Only thing left is the bars :-D

[lecroy]

Back in the saddle again Jake? Well, we can't say you didn't give it a good try. It's hard to go fast without bars and a slick. No idea how those people figure out the shootout bikes. That is IMO one of the best classes to watch, after T/F. I like it better than Funny. Those guys can ride and the clutch tuning must be a nightmare.

Great shot. That's what it should look like! Glad to hear things are starting to come together with that clutch. There was a guy at the races last weekend that was talking to Doug about the slider. I ended up showing him your website. He may be in touch with you. I think he is interested in making one.

After talking things out with Terry, the flag bike's motor came back apart tonight. I hated to do it but we just could not come up with the cause of the high end studder. It's not going to run any quicker until this is nailed. Looks like I will be down again for a few weeks. Maybe we will have some cooler weather by then.

What, no one liked that action film? We pit guys get no respect! LOL.

[lecroy]

Hey, how do you cool your bikes?

I got one of those blue squirel cage fans for Father's day from Sam. That thing pushes some air! I can cool in a 1/4 of the time with that thing.

[lecroy]

Sittin at home on a Friday night. Can't get my fix and gettin the jitters. So help an old man out and post some results!

Think the down track studder is solved. Once I pulled the head and measured it, looks like it was not setup the same as Red and the there was just not enough valve seat pressure. This is the only time I have had anything in question from Paul's shop (FBG).

Consider that the head was first sent to them two summers ago. They could have said that it had been too long. After talking with them they agreed that if it was something they did wrong they would correct it. I shipped it with copies of the invoices and my orignal letter that talked about it being for a turbo.

I called today and it sounds like she's got some new parts in her. Should have it back early next week. Small mistake but sounds like they are going to help out and do the labor for free.