This has been quite the weekend.
No records set, but it was a successful trip as we returned with a running bike.
Stopped at Wheels Through Time in Maggie Valley, NC
All American motors - All in running condition
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| Couple trackers from the flat track floor |
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| They say it all runs, I would say 75% will probably start on the spot |
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| Boneyard |
Made it to the racer meeting Saturday morning
Downpour rain, couldn't understand
But before that we did a Rookie Orientation lead by Keith Turk.
Keith was partner in crime with David Freiburger for the Great Whizzer Defacing of 2008
So he remembered us and made sure to give us a hard time.
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| The specks in the right corner = starting line |
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| Trying to remove whatever makes those Hiya-boosas go so fast to put on the Triumph |
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| Quick while his back is turned |
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| Staging - Nice MG from Milwaukee 750cc motor |
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| If you go off course at least you land on cotton |
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| 1st run - 99.5 mph on 1.5 cylinders, 3/4 throttle, and one triple clamp tightened |
And he still gets the front end up between 3rd and 4th
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| More Wisconsin Folk |
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| Father and son duo Egli and Vincent |
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| 53 Stude |
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| HD - ERS 350 |
My dad got one run in on Saturday. Shut it all down at 6. We drained the break-in out of the bike and left it at the front of the pre-staging line for the night.
The record for our class is 117mph.
750cc Altered frame (Not stock at all) - Pushrod - Gasoline - 4 stroke
This bike has run 126mph at Bonneville and that was before the head was redone and the cylinders plated.
The bike has it.
Next morning, scraped the frost off the bike and I took a try at the bike.
Crummy run, thing was dogging.
The whole trip, the mid range of the bike the bike would bog but it almost seemed to have the power band of a 2 stroke. Once you hit it, hang on.
Couldn't even get the bike into 4th gear. Also a nice thick layer of fog on my helmet my whole run.
79mph
We tighten the base gasket and check the valve clearance once I get back in line.
Pushrod jumped off, I was running on one cylinder.
So we fix that while moving in line every 10 minutes, packing tools into the van - pushing the bike - and getting tools back out
My next run,
This bike is a fucking beast!
I can barley hold on as I roll the the throttle on.
I miss a shift and recover only to find the bike dead a half mile into the course.
I get to do a 1/4mile push of shame until a kid on a ttr125 comes to give me a drag push off the track.
Magneto pully slipped on the shaft throwing the timing who knows where.
Fix that again while moving through the line.
Its now noon on Sunday and at 2 Keith Turk gets the last run at Maxton ever.
My dad takes the last run.
Its getting close and my Dad is all suited up helmet on next one in line.
Keith walks out - points at his watch - jumps in his(or someones) Camaro and goes down the track.
Closing Maxton for ever.
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| Those stock car wheels get me every time |
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| DPR Racing - for you folk |
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| One more 53 |
It was a sign,
Something was going to happen to that motor on the last run.
We always have Wilmington, Ohio(The replacement meeting place for Maxton) next year.
Every record will be an open record, and with a $50 class change. That could mean a whole slew of records.
It was a good time, it was nice seeing as we skipped out on Bonneville this year.
Met alot of like minded crazies. Speed is a drug for sure.
