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Firemanjim
Posted on Saturday, April 08, 2006 - 02:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

So we have started the ball rolling on the next B'ville beast.Have work on a big motor going apace, just ordered the new Garrett ball bearing turbo custom assembled for my application from Innovative Turbo Systems(ouch!!),Jim Bantz has jumped in to build me a custom gas tank that will keep the Buell theme but allow me to lay flatter on the bike,am deep in talks with Al Lighton and Wayne Macdonald(owner of Tuneboy,turbo Triumph guy) regarding fuel injecting my beast,got another frame so I can cut with no guilt. Maybe not this year,but watch out,we are shooting for 250-300 hp on the turbo alone.
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Henrik
Posted on Saturday, April 08, 2006 - 08:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Holy moly - get a good fairing on that bike and you'll be flying.

Post pictures and descriptions as the project unfolds.

Henrik
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99buellx1
Posted on Saturday, April 08, 2006 - 08:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)





Yeah, keep a good picture log going for us if you can.
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Bluzm2
Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 12:21 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Holy Crap Jim!
That is too cool!
That is just SICK!!!!

I can't wait to see it!

Brad
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Prior
Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 01:53 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Jim,
Sounds like the next few years in LSR should be very interesting. I want to see pics too. Actually, I want a signed and framed picture after you shatter a few records...

Go Jim, Go!
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Blake
Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 09:45 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I volunteer to ride it. : ]
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Peter
Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 04:16 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Still no known cure for the virus....



Go, Jim!
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Firemanjim
Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 10:35 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

But honest Doc,I'm not sick---
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Henrik
Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 11:11 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

But honest Doc,I'm not sick---

Oh, come now. I know you better than that ... you'r a sick, sick man. Trust me, I'm a trained professional : D

Henrik
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Court
Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 11:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Whoa baby . . .this is cool stuff!

Look...either admit your sick or go find another group to play with.

I know where I can get you a Doctor's note!

: )
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Bob_thompson
Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 02:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Jim, sounds great. Its really addictive. I imagine you are shooting for a particular class. What are you thinking of running in and with all these rule changes are you content that by the time you are ready to run you'll be OK. For the three years I ran there rules stayed pretty consistent making it much easier from year to year. Bob
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Firemanjim
Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 04:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

OK,but I want a second opinion.And I'll need that Drs. note for absence from work.
Court,did you get me e-mail RE Aus trip expenses?
Bob,I may just tell the SCTA to stuff it as I know Terry and I are talking about going to the Bub's meet this year.AMA and FIM rules,they pay money out, and you can get a for real "world record" as the FIM is the only sanctioning body that can give one out.
And really,the classes I run in(blown pushrod) the records are all pretty soft as not alot of supercharged or turboed Harleys etc running.I just want to keep going faster,get my 200 MPH club hat, and end up with the worlds fastest Buell--not too much to ask.And get up near the speeds the turbo jap bikes are getting,too--250 +/-.
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Pammy
Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 06:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Worlds Fastest Fireman...wasn't that a movie or something?
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Blake
Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 08:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Not too much to ask at all, considering who is in your corner. : )
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Henrik
Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 10:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

A second opinion ... sure thing.

It is both my first and second opinion that you'r a sick, sick man. Trust me, I'm a trained professional : D

Henrik
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Firemanjim
Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 11:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

What,you asked your alter ego??
Darn,well I guess I just have to learn to live with my disease--I understand it's progressive and will need more and more agressive treatments.
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Paulinoz
Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 03:25 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Move away from this mainstream medicine; go with an old Australian traditional herbal remedy. Coopers Pale Ale in large dose's after LSR events, will not cure the problem but will often make the solution clearer .
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Pilot
Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 07:50 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Jim Mate, I hope I can partake in your therapy.
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Firemanjim
Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 10:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Thank you Dr. Paul,I will go with your sage recommendations,is group therapy needed?
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Henrik
Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 11:07 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

What,you asked your alter ego??

You know, you're never alone with a Schizophrenic ... ba dam bam : D

Henrik
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Firemanjim
Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 08:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I got word from Snail that his turbo Gix 1000 is up and running really well!! Hopefully he will be down in the near future to put it on Terry's dyno. And I want to be there,never seen a bike pull 300-400hp on a dyno before,should be a treat.
Bonneville is gonna be real fun this year!!
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Mikej
Posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 08:20 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I thought Snail had a 'busa, did he get a 1000 now to play with as well?
(I'm out of touch with the 'borg)
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Firemanjim
Posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 10:51 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

His Busa is his "Adventure Touring/dirtbike" the Gix is his Bonneville beast.Pics at Team Elves here--
http://www.teamelves.com/Events/2003_event/galleries/Starkweather/index.html
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Mikej
Posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 10:54 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Thanks
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Firemanjim
Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 12:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Here are a few pics of the start of the "new beginnings"

race bike 1


race bike 2


race bike 3
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Revperf
Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 02:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Itty bitty little hair dryer ain't it. I would really consider speaking with the infamous Mr. Dickey about going to a base bolt pattern ductile cylinder for that biatch. Given the amount of cylinder pressure that you are going to build the moment of inertial pressure the on the cylinder base area is going to be pretty extreme. Not to mention tying the cylinder head down with a little something more that 4 conventional head bolts. Go ahead and fire ring the heads and run them directly on the cyls. with Viton o-rings. You wouldn't want to get out there at the "2" and lift a head off. That would tend to suck. Just my humble .02

BN
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Jima4media
Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 02:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Hey Jim, Is that one of those new fangled radiators on a Buell?

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Blake
Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 03:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Wow! That "little hair dryer" looks to be significantly larger than the one I had pumping up the 350 CI V8 in my Chevelle SS back when. The old '70 SS didn't have an intercooler either, just some boost activated water/alcohol injection.
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Phillyblast
Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 04:49 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

one word:
Daaaaayyy-ammmm : D
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Bluzm2
Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 05:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Holy crap Jim, that is one big blower!
Your needed part will be on the way tomorrow.

Brad
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