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[Buffalo Bill]

Cool GSX racers

Cool GSX racers

Those GSX racers are cool, but why keep the headlight? In road racing rules, they want anything made of glass to be taped over or removed. No ethel glycol, and if you dump oil on the track your done for the day.
Bill
P.S. How about other makes for dragsters: Does anybody campaign the Yamaha FJ-1200, and what are the preferred Honda and Kawasaki bikes, from the same time period?

 

[rapidray]

Those GSX racers are cool, but why keep the headlight? In road racing rules, they want anything made of glass to be taped over or removed.

I used my headlight when night racing! Us drag racers rarely crash! Road racers, not so much.

No ethel glycol, and if you dump oil on the track your done for the day.
Bill
P.S. How about other makes for dragsters: Does anybody campaign the Yamaha FJ-1200, and what are the preferred Honda and Kawasaki bikes, from the same time period?

Nowadays, for the most part, you will see GSXR 1000s, Busas, ZX14s, GS1100s & 1150s, & old KZs. Once in awhile you will see an FJ but not too often. The cylinder heads were NOT a good design & the aftermarket market never go too enthused with the FJs. GREAT streetbike though!!! Ray.

 

[Buffalo Bill]

Thanks Ray!

Thanks Ray!

So none of the Honda's make for good drag racers?
About FJ1100-1200's, yea I've seen some very good deals for FJ1100's lately and from the specs and reviews I've read, they sound like a great highway bike, except for the 34 mpg.
Bill

 

[Kris V]

The KINGS of the drag strip will always be GS`s and KZ`s. Tough as nails and very reliable!

 

[madjack57754]

Vance & Hines raced both Fj1100 and Honda CB1100F based bikes in prostock for a very short time. Won with them too. Ray would probably know more about those bikes than me.....

 

[rapidray]

The Honda V&H did was a "Loophole in the rules" one race only bike. They won Gainesville, the bike got "rules" out, & got sold to Europe. Ask me for details on the Honda sometime! The Yamaha was the same year they ran the Yamaha roadrace team & it was a one year deal too as Terry was already retired & Byron had to race it. George Bryce made a comment about the bike not being able to win a race & then right after that comment, Byron won Topeka with it. The head was such a bad design for drag racing that Byron had to put THREE spark plugs in each hole to get it to make power!!! The combustion chamber was just TERRIBLE in that engine! A little Pro Stock Motorcycle history for you. A friend of mine here owns the ELR Kawi they ran & I am fixing the head on it right now. That bike was special too. It was a REAL ELR, MUZZY raced it as a Superbike, & then it became a V&H Pro Stock bike! Talk about pedigree! My friend even still has the black & silver bodywork it was raced in by V&H! Ray.

 

[trippivot]

FJ are reced in a spec class called "legend car" on small dirt oval tracks. They put the engine in sideways and direct drive it to the rear end. Most are like 40's type of car bodies.
start with a bad design and end with a bad product- for M/C drag racing.
The engine turns backwards to most every other motorcycle engine. There is a extra jack shaft to correct the rotating direction of the engine to make it go forwards. HEAVY engine as well as other design limitations.

honda is just a matter of getting parts and riding something different. Guys like me buy used parts from other racers and most well designed parts are KZ/GS. light weight and hi power is the name of the drag racing game.


nice picture ray your number I like too. mine is just 512 . I want a wally and will do my best to get one in 2012.

 

[steve murdoch]

I remember seeing a guy named Rod Mumford blow up an FJ at Norwalk Raceway in Ohio. Probably 20 years ago. Spectacular.
I see he is still in business...http://www.prochassiecycle.com/

 

[Buffalo Bill]

Tuned in at a bad time?

Tuned in at a bad time?

I remember seeing a guy named Rod Mumford blow up an FJ at Norwalk Raceway in Ohio. Probably 20 years ago. Spectacular.
I see he is still in business...http://www.prochassiecycle.com/

From his pics he knows something about the FJ.
From the notice on the home page he's recently crashed real bad, but recovering.
Bill

 

[steve murdoch]

Seeing that, a quick search showed that he had an accident on the street in Sept.
A page here with a bit more info on a hot rod FJ.
http://www.fjmods.btinternet.co.uk/rodmumford.htm

 

[81gs1100]

YAY!! Someone sent this pic to me as I was going down the track. 81 GS1100 stock cept for pipes, filters, and jetting. Best et was 12.63, with leaving easy off the line, 2.4 60' times.

 

[anthonygs1000]

78 based gs 1000

78 based gs 1000

1978 gs 1000 based 6.40 all day long in the 1/8 best 60ft 1.38 with no bar

ant

 

[Mindless]

Mine started looking a bit more like a racer yesterday when these arrived in the mail.

 

[motocycle shawn]

my gs1166 custom

my gs1166 custom

here is my toy.

my sexy 81 gs1166 custom
dyna 2stage
dyna coils
dyna shift minder
monster 5" tech w/recall
MPS air shift system
v&h sidewinder
TLR front end and brakes
TLR wheels and swing arm
6 inch stretch
had 29's then rs36's but i'm still looking for carbs now
rear tire is a 190/50r17 i think
custom paint by me.
skull by john greenhaigl
oh and yes this is a hard tail!
oh and a custom made leds set with remote switch
388 led's all blue even got them under the front finder

here is the first time i started it sorry about the sound cheap cam didn't like the db

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[rapidray]

Shawn, I have a set of 39mm Keihin FCRs for sale. Ray.

 

[gs1150streetracer]

Very nice love the tach and front end set up,bike sounds like a top fuel bike with that mic...ahahaha

here is my toy.

my sexy 81 gs1166 custom
dyna 2stage
dyna coils
dyna shift minder
monster 5" tech w/recall
MPS air shift system
v&h sidewinder
TLR front end and brakes
TLR wheels and swing arm
6 inch stretch
had 29's then rs36's but i'm still looking for carbs now
rear tire is a 190/50r17 i think
custom paint by me.
skull by john greenhaigl
oh and yes this is a hard tail!
oh and a custom made leds set with remote switch
388 led's all blue even got them under the front finder​

here is the first time i started it sorry about the sound cheap cam didn't like the db​

​

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[MMIssile]

Here is updated pictures (today)

I'm really diggin' the 1150. I'm about to embark on a pro-street type 1150 build.

 

[Guest]

My Grandfather on race day. The photo is marked 1945 but I'm not sure if that's correct since the war was still on, but regardless I find it inspiring.


Untitled-Scanned-03 by azr33, on Flickr

Untitled-Scanned-03 by azr33, on Flickr


Untitled-Scanned-04 by azr33, on Flickr

 

[Leigh]

Mate, that's pretty cool.
You gotta love those tractor tyres he's running.

 

[ChicagoBob]

One of my favorites.

One of my favorites.

For more, see http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2010/02/03/steve-mcqueen-hollywoods-own-true-son-of-liberty/