handlebarlife
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Hello all. This is Andrew, avid motorcycleler. In my ten years of riding I have ridden across the country on my 82' Suzuki GS450, rebuilt a handful of bikes, currently own a 100hp Harley-Davidson FXR and I'm nearly finished with my first ground-up build destine for land speed racing. Said bike is named "KnuckleDuster" and is a 93ci or 1475cc HD Knucklehead powering a vintage style chassis. The SCTA class designation is 1350-APG, record held by Larry Cason at 169.969mph. With the KnuckleDuster never being ran on the salt, obtaining that record is light-years away.
World Records aside, my personal goal right now is hitting 200mph on two wheels. NOT HIGHWAY SPEEDING but at an actual racing event, weather it be Bonneville or Texas mile or ECTA. Enter Gen III Hayabusa. Why Gen III and not 2 or 1? I don't know. no real reason. But I feel with minimum mods to the Hayabusa, I can hit 200mph. Trying to keep the bike in a stock frame/ stock engine classification so I can obtain the standing record of 200.975. However, For the price of a new bike I could Build out a bike that could be faster. Doing so would put me in a different class with a higher speed record. With only 7 months till Speed Week that's a incredibly short build time, with that plan, a 200mph bike run in 2023 probably wont happen. So do I want to do another full build after the KnuckleDuster is finished and campaign for 200mph in 2024? Or do I run stock class this year, maybe hit 200mph and maybe get a world record run. Anyways, after I hit 200mph I'm going to make plans for 300mph. I don't want to stop going fast. Did you like what you read and want to follow along with my adventure? I hope you like structured and organized social media posts cuz mine are far from that. You can go to the insta and follow me. Handlebarlife. Thanks
World Records aside, my personal goal right now is hitting 200mph on two wheels. NOT HIGHWAY SPEEDING but at an actual racing event, weather it be Bonneville or Texas mile or ECTA. Enter Gen III Hayabusa. Why Gen III and not 2 or 1? I don't know. no real reason. But I feel with minimum mods to the Hayabusa, I can hit 200mph. Trying to keep the bike in a stock frame/ stock engine classification so I can obtain the standing record of 200.975. However, For the price of a new bike I could Build out a bike that could be faster. Doing so would put me in a different class with a higher speed record. With only 7 months till Speed Week that's a incredibly short build time, with that plan, a 200mph bike run in 2023 probably wont happen. So do I want to do another full build after the KnuckleDuster is finished and campaign for 200mph in 2024? Or do I run stock class this year, maybe hit 200mph and maybe get a world record run. Anyways, after I hit 200mph I'm going to make plans for 300mph. I don't want to stop going fast. Did you like what you read and want to follow along with my adventure? I hope you like structured and organized social media posts cuz mine are far from that. You can go to the insta and follow me. Handlebarlife. Thanks