Dry Lakes Racers Australia

DLRA wrote:

Gee, it's pretty (ugly) isn't it?

Don It kind of reminds me of a Japanese version of a Leyland P76

Regards Whitworthsocket

And you could wear cool helmets like this

http://www.lambretta.it/foto2/lotta6.jpg

Rock et

When we get the engine tuned properly we are hoping for 35+HP. Hopefully the graph below will show up (link included anyway). This shows that a standard Vespa 200cc with around 8-9hp will do ~100Km/hr - 60mph (which is about right from experience). With our new power we should do around 175km/hr - 1...

ben james wrote:are you the guy who used to do a page in two wheels every month

Ben,
No that is not me

[quote="Lynchy"]I flew down to Sydney last friday with my family and while they got the centre seats I got to sit next to a nice older lady. As you do you get to talking and I found out that she and her husband are into tether car racing. She pulls out a few pictures of her husband's cars ...

A great job, I can give you a bit of info on Lake Dumbleyung. If you do a Google earth search you see the water has pooled and when It dries out it is not flat. A mate of mines brother sharecrops on the north side. We used to organize a motorcycle rallies there on the south side in the seventies Reg...

I found this link last night
Thought it might be useful
http://www.metalgeek.com/archives/2005/05/01/000047.php

If you do decide to build a bender this is one of the better homebuilt efforts. m And If you are bending seamed pipe make sure the seam is on the neutral axis. That is if you are bending the pipe in the horizontal plane the seam should be facing directly upwards or directly downwards. Regards Whitwo...

David, If you have no luck with the exhaust place. Telephone around a few big engineering workshops. Or try some of the steel suppliers. If you are only after black pipe they might just have some bends in stock.Ask for 90 deg sweep bends. In the west I would try pipeline supplies (PSA). There should...

Both manufacturers have a long history involving LSR's

to Quote

http://www.vespaofca.com/timeline.htm

1952 The 100,000 Vespa is sold as the Vespa 125cc model beats the one-kilometer world speed record with a speed of 171 kilometers per hour.

http://www.100-mph-lambretta.com/

http://www.lambretta.it/lottaing.html

and the coolest one of all

http://www.lambretta.it/200kmhing.html

Regards Whitworthsocket