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Mike_lee
Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2018 - 07:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Years ago, when i first learned about the Buells, i came across this gif of an (i believe) S1W on the strip. I think it was white. Anyway, the guy launched the bike and it actually caught air. I have been trying to find that gif for awhile now but cannot. Perhaps someone here has seen it and/or can share it. Ive included a pic that im pretty sure looked like the one in question but i cant be sure cuz its been over a decade since ive seen it.





From what i remember, the guy got a few inches of air which is pretty cool.
I think the gif im lookin for is taken from the other side of the bike. I duno tho.....
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Buellbum
Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2018 - 07:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

he'll surely get air with that fat, hot slick on the back. he didn't put that wheelie bar on for nuthin....
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Ratbuell
Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2018 - 06:51 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

That's an X1 in the pic, if it matters...
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Mike_lee
Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2018 - 07:03 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I got that pic from here. The guy was a member a while back.
I'm fairly certain this isn't the photo I'm looking for. Pretty sure it was a white s1w
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Mike_lee
Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2018 - 09:25 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Nallin racing perhaps? If someone has the gif of this...plz share : )

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Ronster
Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2018 - 05:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Tried drag racing
Drag racing
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Ebutch
Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2018 - 06:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)





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Ebutch
Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2018 - 07:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)













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Buellbum
Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2018 - 09:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

great pics!
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Ebutch
Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2018 - 10:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Me in 2003 on S2T at drages

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Hybridmomentspass
Posted on Friday, March 23, 2018 - 05:09 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

keep the pics rolling
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Mike_lee
Posted on Friday, March 23, 2018 - 06:24 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

That does look like a lotta fun.
Interesting that the red s1 that ebutch posted has the rear shock removed. Im guessin that its not needed on a straight line and perhaps some weight savings?
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Ratbuell
Posted on Friday, March 23, 2018 - 09:38 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Drag racers trick - eliminate squat, cuts wheelie likelihood. I used to run air shocks in my 72 Satellite, and would max out their pressure before a run to help with the short times and cut squat. In a 4400 lb station wagon...it would squat a LOT.

And on the motorcycle, it also reduces weight.

I have one of those struts around the garage somewhere...use it to hold the bike up if the shock is off for service.
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Madmacks
Posted on Friday, March 23, 2018 - 10:49 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

A Buell style motor and an XB fairing.. It's kind of a Buell



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Kc_zombie
Posted on Friday, March 23, 2018 - 04:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)







Your's truly circa 1999.
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Buelliedan
Posted on Friday, March 23, 2018 - 09:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Pretty sure u are talking about the NRHS performance catalog cover. Do a search for nrhs performance catalog PDF
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Mike_lee
Posted on Saturday, March 24, 2018 - 06:56 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Pretty sure u are talking about the NRHS performance catalog cover. Do a search for nrhs performance catalog PDF

That could very well be the one...looks awful familiar. Do you have a vid/gif of this event?
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Buelliedan
Posted on Saturday, March 24, 2018 - 04:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Try this:

http://www.nrhsperformance.com/NRHSCATALOG.pdf

(Message edited by buelliedan on March 24, 2018)
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