Boy, did I have a fun Saturday morning! Currently it's "Street Vibrations" in Reno so there a billion motorcycles in the area (98% V-Twins). The headlines in the newspaper said, "the dyno drags are here, come and race" so this morning I showed up at the meet to race! Two bikes strapped down on dyno rollers with christmas tree, staging, etc. Hundreds of onlookers, Ness, Drag Specialties customs all around.
This cool hydraulic lift raises the 2 competitors up to the "racetrack" while everyone looks on.....My competition was 110 cu in maxed out Harley bagger with open pipes (remember weight is irrelevant in this situation). The crowd got real silent as we lifted up and-since you don't have to wear a helmet-I heard talking like, "that's one of them Hayabusas!" "What the hell is that?"you know the rest. Motors off, one of the techs gives us the briefing...ie no wheelstand problems, no traction problems, feet stay on the pegs, etc.
We fire up, stage, and the race is on! A guy later told me that when my Busa went into 3rd gear @ 11000 rpm, people were literally running to the display to find out what it was(quite the different sound from V twins!).
My competition went 12.3 @ 103.7mph and I went 9.793 @ 140mph...when he announced it the crowd freaked out!
(we all know in the real world that 140 and 9.7 are not commensurate but damn, it was fun!).
He then let me make a 1/2 mile run alone and it was 174.5 mph but I had so much left in 6th gear...it's so weird being in 5th gear @ 11K rpm speed shifting into 6th, while being surrounded by people and WITHOUT a helmet!
Anyways I just wanted to share....7 pics to follow.....last one is the high speed run. Raydog
This cool hydraulic lift raises the 2 competitors up to the "racetrack" while everyone looks on.....My competition was 110 cu in maxed out Harley bagger with open pipes (remember weight is irrelevant in this situation). The crowd got real silent as we lifted up and-since you don't have to wear a helmet-I heard talking like, "that's one of them Hayabusas!" "What the hell is that?"you know the rest. Motors off, one of the techs gives us the briefing...ie no wheelstand problems, no traction problems, feet stay on the pegs, etc.
We fire up, stage, and the race is on! A guy later told me that when my Busa went into 3rd gear @ 11000 rpm, people were literally running to the display to find out what it was(quite the different sound from V twins!).
My competition went 12.3 @ 103.7mph and I went 9.793 @ 140mph...when he announced it the crowd freaked out!
(we all know in the real world that 140 and 9.7 are not commensurate but damn, it was fun!).
He then let me make a 1/2 mile run alone and it was 174.5 mph but I had so much left in 6th gear...it's so weird being in 5th gear @ 11K rpm speed shifting into 6th, while being surrounded by people and WITHOUT a helmet!
Anyways I just wanted to share....7 pics to follow.....last one is the high speed run. Raydog
