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Hirpms
Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - 07:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

What, no one drag races anymore? Haven't seen a new post since April. Where'd everyone go?
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46champ
Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - 08:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Still running my 86 Sportster but then again this is a Buell website so I don't think anything I do with a 4 speed Sportster means a whole lot. It could also be because drag racing motorcycles seams to be on a downward spiral. The 2 biggest motorcycle sanctioning bodies closed up 2 and 3 years ago and nothing on the national level has arisen to take its place.

Now if you are speaking of Buell in particular I wonder how many people who were racing 1125's have given up because they felt they were .

(Message edited by 46champ on September 11, 2014)
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Hybridmomentspass
Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2014 - 07:20 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I have had to take a step back due to school.
But my plan is to get back in it heavy in approximately eight months - I'll be graduated and wont be able to start teaching job until August, so that'll free up some time : )
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Hirpms
Posted on Saturday, September 13, 2014 - 11:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Probably right 46champ about the downward spiral in participation. Kind of a cyclical thing. Hopefully when the economy turns around that'll change. We have a pretty good turnout at our track here in Iowa. There was 4 of us racing 1125's at the end of last year, 3 at the beginning of this year. Two have switched to Busa's, one quit coming and the other one's gone land speed racing. I bought a hayabusa so my 1125cr's for sale.
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99buellx1
Posted on Monday, September 15, 2014 - 09:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Where at? Earlville?
I've run mine once in Cedar Falls.

Thinking I'm going to make an 1/8th pass in Humboldt soon.
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Hirpms
Posted on Monday, September 15, 2014 - 03:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yup, Earlville. There's a test and tune sunday and the last race on the 28th.
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Budgolf
Posted on Friday, September 26, 2014 - 12:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I'm getting ready to pick it back up this spring
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Fuzzz
Posted on Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 06:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The local track's season is over till May, but I thought ya'll might get a kick outta this...




My second time on a dragstrip, bracket racing, took 1st place in the motorcycle class at Champion Raceway, White City Or.
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Hirpms
Posted on Friday, October 24, 2014 - 01:03 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Way to go!
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Fuzzz
Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 02:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

BTW, that's my daily ride, 85+ K miles... Bracket racing, so I ran a 13.357 on a 13.30 dial in to win. Hoping to take my #3 Buell racing all next season :-)
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Hirpms
Posted on Friday, November 07, 2014 - 11:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Good luck to ya next year brother, nice bike by the way. I had one of those. (Good looking trophy girls too.)
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Absurded
Posted on Thursday, November 27, 2014 - 01:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

V-Twin drag racing is alive and well....
http://www.amraonline.com/

http://www.nhraracer.com/content/general.asp?artic leid=61670&zoneid=175

http://www.manufacturerscup.info/
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Fuzzz
Posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 01:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I'll enjoy my own little corner of the world, bracket racing is my "speed", but I do plan on lowering those times... LOL! Here's a concept photo of my play bike, I have 90% of the bike, so it should look pretty close to this when complete...


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Hybridmomentspass
Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2014 - 11:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

fuzz, holler at me if you need anything for the conversion to bars
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Fuzzz
Posted on Saturday, December 13, 2014 - 07:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yup, I'm pretty sure I want wheelie bars. Where's the most common place to mount them on a tuber?
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Hybridmomentspass
Posted on Monday, December 15, 2014 - 09:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

PM me
Many mount to swingarm.
Do you have the aluminum arm? or the steel?
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Battyone
Posted on Sunday, January 11, 2015 - 04:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I had a big off may 2013 and broke my back. Not super serious, but I'll never be quite right and probably always in a lot of pain.
Have been back on the track,but certainly not fit enough for racing proper. Sold one race bike on and swapped the other over to slick and bars with a bolt on rigid rear end. Been 9.50's but it's a soft motor built for nitrous and the 60fts have been poor so far.We'll see what happens this year??? Also picked up LittleJoe's light weight wheels and a few other bits and pieces, when he sold up and moved on.
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Hirpms
Posted on Saturday, January 17, 2015 - 10:31 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I have a Hayabusa rear end (swingarm, wheel, brake caliper, sprockets, chain and brake line) adapted to fit an 1125r, cr for sale if anyone's interested. Lengthens wheelbase 3" plus you can get busa swingarm extenders to go longer. I used it for 1 season, lowered my ET almost a whole second and added 10 mph. Two ride height settings.
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Absurded
Posted on Sunday, January 18, 2015 - 09:22 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Battyone, Is LittleJoe not running a Buell anymore? Thx
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Battyone
Posted on Monday, January 19, 2015 - 02:57 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I'm afraid Joe is done with Buell. When TwinMotorcycles destroyed his new motor on the dyno, the writing was on the wall. Having spent so much trying to get more hp and just ending up with a pile of broken bits, he's moving on to a BMW S1000.
I've taken a few spares off his hands, having spat another shim on his stock motor he decided to break the bike rather than fix it again.

Very sad losing Joe to four cylinders.
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Absurded
Posted on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 07:13 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Sorry to hear this...I enjoyed keeping up with his efforts and advances with the Buell..thanks
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Battyone
Posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 - 09:38 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

My first 1125 was sold on and races in our ET class. And my 2nd bike is now running slick and bars. I'm not fit enough to race, but will be doing some testing on it. I may have a rider for some rounds this season.
With Joe's wheels fitted it'll be a bit lighter so just going to stick with the stock motor for now. If we get her running well I'll turn the gas on.
Long term I want to build my own chassis, so I can work on the motor in the damn frame.
Absolutely no point in trying trick cams if you have to remove the frame to re- time...would make for a very long day at the dyno!!!
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Fuzzz
Posted on Thursday, July 09, 2015 - 12:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Finally getting well enough to work full time and work on my bike in my "spare" time...


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Fuzzz
Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 - 12:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Well, I did manage to get in two races before the local track season ended, and am reasonably pleased with the results. With only 8 passes down the track, 'Roxanne' dropped from a 13.5 to a 12.81 ET with a couple of .007 and .009 red lights as I was trying to relearn the tree. The bike ran about 105 mph on most passes, with the last 2 runs within .01 seconds of each other. It was fun, and I learned a lot, so I am looking forward to next year, with minor adjustments I'm pretty sure we'll drop to high 11's or low 12's.



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Fuzzz
Posted on Monday, June 13, 2016 - 12:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I've been extremely busy at the local drag strip this year, so I haven't gotten to race until last Friday night...... Pretty darn happy with my first full night racing Roxanne, we went faster every pass, starting with a 12.755 @ 108mph, and a fastest pass of the night for me, a 12.6 @ 110.42mph. Hopefully, we'll race four more times this season, and make it past the second round without red lighting.

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