TEST & TUNE WEEKENDS IN S.A.

[penny]

Absolutely don . we had 900 mtrs of noise and 400 of braking .Some people would have notched up 20 runs .one busa ran 9 times on saturday for 160 plus maybe 171 ." Electric " Spog ran 205 klms on the gps .
the facility has a full workshop surrounded by a 8 ft high fence making a courtyard for all . the barby was inside and members took various heaters to make real cosy .as usual a good party .
packed up at about 1pm sunday . many thanks go to the organisers and to dave hinds for spending all day by himself as a track marshall down at the deep end
only one incident as harky went into the gravel trap which did its job and he remained upright .
only one spectator from Vic .

[RGV]

Yep was a fantastic weekend im just putting some pics on photobucket

First ones are video

[penny]

old footage of the track
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrEj2YXafI0

[DON NOBLE]

Thanks for the vids and pics

[AuotonomousRX]

Looks like fun, wish I could have been there

Pete RGV#866

[Holeshot]

Absolutely don . we had 900 mtrs of noise and 400 of braking .Some people would have notched up 20 runs .one busa ran 9 times on saturday for 160 plus maybe 171 ." Electric " Spog ran 205 klms on the gps .
the facility has a full workshop surrounded by a 8 ft high fence making a courtyard for all . the barby was inside and members took various heaters to make real cosy .as usual a good party .
packed up at about 1pm sunday . many thanks go to the organisers and to dave hinds for spending all day by himself as a track marshall down at the deep end
only one incident as harky went into the gravel trap which did its job and he remained upright .
only one spectator from Vic .

HI Penny
It wasn't a Busa that ran 9 times on saturday it was former A/Street Bike national record holder Lionel Linn on a ZX14 Kawasaki
He ran speeds of 171, 173 and 175 MPH (GPS recorded).

[sge805]

Thanks Pete, Dave, Smurf and everyone else that made such a good easy going event. We all had a great time and managed to get some great data out of the whole week end. The two day event is definitely beneficial for the vehicles dedicated to the track as we had time to run three bikes that havnt yet been down the track. We had a few gear change issues with my non-operating knee on the chopper but we got over that in the end and the methanol guzzler was a whole lot of fun. I will post some pics soon but if your on facebook then hit me up and check out the test and tune album that my wife put together. Thanks again guys.
Shane Gaghan #805

[DON NOBLE]

Congrats to the organisers ...well done .
And love that pic of Smurf with the steering wheel

[Cookey]

Congrats to the organisers ...well done .
And love that pic of Smurf with the steering wheel

According to Old Timer the item in his right hand is part of the fire supression system.

[Rob]

What's with the pulse jet?? That should have ben nice and noisy!

[RGV]

Pulse Jet Video

[AuotonomousRX]

Hey Dave how did the RGV go?

Pete RGV#866

[RGV]

Hi Pete RGV went very well. Borrowed a GPS early Sat and got 117 in 5th on a new motor, later Sun wound it out a bit more and got 124 by the tacho on my EGT gauge, still in 5th with 16 front and 44 rear so was a bit slow off the line. Std tacho is reading around 500 rpm high. Would have got higher speed with lower gearing as we only had around 1000 m. Was leaving the braking later each run, but not too brave, one bike ran off into the kitty litter. Got to 1245 deg F so need to go up 1 more on mains for the Lake.

And bought it home running

Will take head and barrels off over the weekend and check things out but seems good by the plugs.

Hows yours coming along, any changes or going to leave it as is till March? Ive got another set of barrels and heads to play with that i will take next year and might swap over up there.

[SPOG953]

Congrats to everyone concerned with Tailem Bend organisation. Fantastic weekend, great mob, plenty of laughs & shit-stirring. Special thanks to Pete#6,DirtyDave & PennyPaul for their efforts. Thanks for everyones patience while we charged batteries. The VOLTwerks crew will be there with bells on anytime the gates are open !! Hopefully setting more un-official class records ! SPOG953

[AuotonomousRX]

Great News Dave

The event sounds like it is just what we need to get some Seat time/Testing done and try out our ideas.

My bike will undergo Big Changes, going to Run APS G 250. I will post stuff on Build Diaries around August. I should have a few bits by then. It is ready now for the Claypan as MG 250.

Pete RGV#866