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"""I picked up the bike as a total. It was a pure stock 2000 with 3000 miles and light cosmetic body damage from an easy laydown, some squid's fantasy turned into a nightmare. The only wear on the rear tire was one narrow strip in the middle, the rest of the tits were still on the tire.
The day after I got it running I took it to the track one time and ran a 10.16 @ 140 - 100% pure showroom stock, no mods of any kind. That was the last day of the racing season.
I do all my own work. I built it, tuned it, and ride it. Over the winter I added the pipe, lowered it, did all the regular little mods, and ran a 9.67 @ 147 the first day out with it this spring while making my NHRA licensing passes. The next day I blew the tranny - a bent fork and chipped second gear dogs. I tore it apart and sent it to Fast by Gast for backcutting. Then, the day before I had planned to reassemble everything and get back to racing I had a little mishap and broke both my hands. After hanging around in casts and pins for 2 months and then another month of therapy I was finally able to get back to work on it.
Since the engine was already out, I figured I might as well put cams in now instead of tearing it apart again (I'll disclose cam details in the future). The engine has a lot of dyno time on it, and there's a lot more planned. The head has never been off. Needless to say it has untouched STOCK crank, rods, bore, pistons, rings, head, valves, springs, compression, gaskets, etc. The only engine mods are cams, BDE Gen3, PC2. Of course, it has most of the other little minor power mods and tweaks mentioned on this forum. Thanks Motorhead and fellow members.
Naturally, the bike is lowered and has an airshifter and shiftlight too. I had Frank Adams build a 0-6" adjustable swing arm for it. I'm running a used "road race take off" 180 Pirelli Dragon Super Corsa. It seems to work ok for me on a good track between 14 and 18 psi depending on the track condition. With a stock arm it should easily hook up with 25-30 psi. I really wanted a new lightweight MCR2 (my old MCR2 on another bike was typically out of round) but too many people reported splitting problems as soon as they came out. Since they seem to have resolved the splitting problem I'll put one on when the Pirelli wears out. Hopefully, it will be round and hold together. Since it is flatter and a little softer, it should work a little better than the Pirelli on a marginal track.
This weekend was the second time out with it on a track that could hold it. Two other brief occasions on poorly prepped tracks had the expectable results. It worked well this time. It'll be even better the next time...
I still have a lot of dialing in and tweaking to do. It's nowhere near being optimised yet. I'm pretty sure there's at least another tenth in it, probably a little more."""
I have 2 good friends that I regularly race with/ hang out with at the drag strip.
Buzzard has found a wonderful compromise in the Busa that he will not share with the world.
Head never off, yada yada. No spray, normally aspirated, etc.
Just what you read above.
I was there, I took photos (after eliminations), and he is my tuner/supplier.
Hard to gulp?? Here ya go:
Stock busa,
lowered, streched, cams, pc2, shift light, air shifter, airbox mod, race tire. 200lb fat, bald guy. 9.03 in 1/4 mile. real.
comments, suggestions, jaw-drops...... ? ?
"""I picked up the bike as a total. It was a pure stock 2000 with 3000 miles and light cosmetic body damage from an easy laydown, some squid's fantasy turned into a nightmare. The only wear on the rear tire was one narrow strip in the middle, the rest of the tits were still on the tire.
The day after I got it running I took it to the track one time and ran a 10.16 @ 140 - 100% pure showroom stock, no mods of any kind. That was the last day of the racing season.
I do all my own work. I built it, tuned it, and ride it. Over the winter I added the pipe, lowered it, did all the regular little mods, and ran a 9.67 @ 147 the first day out with it this spring while making my NHRA licensing passes. The next day I blew the tranny - a bent fork and chipped second gear dogs. I tore it apart and sent it to Fast by Gast for backcutting. Then, the day before I had planned to reassemble everything and get back to racing I had a little mishap and broke both my hands. After hanging around in casts and pins for 2 months and then another month of therapy I was finally able to get back to work on it.
Since the engine was already out, I figured I might as well put cams in now instead of tearing it apart again (I'll disclose cam details in the future). The engine has a lot of dyno time on it, and there's a lot more planned. The head has never been off. Needless to say it has untouched STOCK crank, rods, bore, pistons, rings, head, valves, springs, compression, gaskets, etc. The only engine mods are cams, BDE Gen3, PC2. Of course, it has most of the other little minor power mods and tweaks mentioned on this forum. Thanks Motorhead and fellow members.
Naturally, the bike is lowered and has an airshifter and shiftlight too. I had Frank Adams build a 0-6" adjustable swing arm for it. I'm running a used "road race take off" 180 Pirelli Dragon Super Corsa. It seems to work ok for me on a good track between 14 and 18 psi depending on the track condition. With a stock arm it should easily hook up with 25-30 psi. I really wanted a new lightweight MCR2 (my old MCR2 on another bike was typically out of round) but too many people reported splitting problems as soon as they came out. Since they seem to have resolved the splitting problem I'll put one on when the Pirelli wears out. Hopefully, it will be round and hold together. Since it is flatter and a little softer, it should work a little better than the Pirelli on a marginal track.
This weekend was the second time out with it on a track that could hold it. Two other brief occasions on poorly prepped tracks had the expectable results. It worked well this time. It'll be even better the next time...
I still have a lot of dialing in and tweaking to do. It's nowhere near being optimised yet. I'm pretty sure there's at least another tenth in it, probably a little more."""
I have 2 good friends that I regularly race with/ hang out with at the drag strip.
Buzzard has found a wonderful compromise in the Busa that he will not share with the world.
Head never off, yada yada. No spray, normally aspirated, etc.
Just what you read above.
I was there, I took photos (after eliminations), and he is my tuner/supplier.
Hard to gulp?? Here ya go:
Stock busa,
lowered, streched, cams, pc2, shift light, air shifter, airbox mod, race tire. 200lb fat, bald guy. 9.03 in 1/4 mile. real.
comments, suggestions, jaw-drops...... ? ?
). So maybe next time.
