Drag bike / land speed : porno thread - Page 2

Asphalt Outlaw Hero · 01-21-2009, 03:48 PM

This was owned by Zach Reynolds,he was the grandson of RJ Reynolds.He had RC Engineering build this in 1970.It cost $5,000 for the motor in 1970!
He use to race it at the cabbage patch in Daytona before those coniving cabbage salesmen moved in.

He hated tobacco.He was killed in a plane crash in 81.He had a bunch of bikes.

Asphalt Outlaw Hero · 01-21-2009, 03:51 PM

I found this on EBAY a few years ago.It was run in 78 and 82 on the salt flats.

Asphalt Outlaw Hero · 01-21-2009, 03:57 PM

This is Ed LaBelle.he did a lot of racing in the 60's.This is one of the Vincents he drag raced.

norton73 · 01-21-2009, 05:15 PM

EJ Potter, the Michigan Madman

Small block chevy in an Indian frame. He had direct drive to the rear wheel. Put it up on the center stand, rev the motor to 5 grand and push it off the stand.

His book, "Michigan Madman" is a great read.

norton73 · 01-21-2009, 05:21 PM

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hogslayer

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BTW, that's not the Hogslayer, that's Triclops. The Hogslayer is a twin engine Norton;

MeRide · 01-23-2009, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by norton73

EJ Potter, the Michigan Madman

Small block chevy in an Indian frame. He had direct drive to the rear wheel. Put it up on the center stand, rev the motor to 5 grand and push it off the stand.

His book, "Michigan Madman" is a great read.

Traction must have been a bitch!

rollinrob · 01-23-2009, 08:31 AM

Don't know if this counts as "old school" but it's definitely homemade.

MeRide · 01-23-2009, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by rollinrob

Don't know if this counts as "old school" but it's definitely homemade.

Love the cam driven Hilborn fuel injection pump!

MeRide · 01-23-2009, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by rollinrob

Don't know if this counts as "old school" but it's definitely homemade.

Oh, and definately not "old school". Back in the day there weren't blast blankets. Real men took the cylinder chunk right in the chest and walked it off

rollinrob · 01-23-2009, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by MeRide

Love the cam driven Hilborn fuel injection pump!

Here's a closer pic

charliemik · 01-23-2009, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Bloodweiser

ATGATT?

MeRide · 01-23-2009, 11:19 AM

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ATGATT?

Rollie Free had everything he needed to get the speed record. I don't think they had such a thing as skin grafts back then so ATGATT wasn't in the lingo.

EvilClown · 01-23-2009, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by MeRide

...Back in the day racers made their bikes from scratch. Very few production parts were made for drag racing. Only a few years later you could build a drag bike from a catalog. But back in the late 1960's and early 1970's those racers were building based on drag strip experimentation and learning along the way. We forget this with today's computer aided design measures. It was so much more challenging then. And they had real disadvantages when it came to technology. For example, traction. Nobody was making wide drag slicks for motorcycles so riders typically smoked the rear tire all the way down the track or got lucky and hooked up along the way netting a quicker ET or higher speed. Somewhere around 1973 or so came the advent of car tire bikes, slipper clutches, wheelie bars, and other things that would take the sport to another level.

Keep in mind that drag bikes are yet another form of the diverse sport of motorcycling! Whether drag racing, land speed record seeking, on the dirt, on the road, the dirt track, the road racing track, etc. its all motorcycling!

Don't you know someone with an old school drag bike? Perhaps you could post some pictures of it.

Neat thread.

MeRide · 01-23-2009, 12:19 PM

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Don't you know someone with an old school drag bike? Perhaps you could post some pictures of it.

Someone already posted pictures of that old schoool drag bike

EvilClown · 01-23-2009, 12:35 PM

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Someone already posted pictures of that old schoool drag bike

Hmmmm...give me a hint.

BTW, have you seen these handmade martini glasses?

01-21-2009, 03:48 PM	#16
Asphalt Outlaw Hero Antique Adventurer Joined: Apr 2004 Location: Dixie Oddometer: 472	This was owned by Zach Reynolds,he was the grandson of RJ Reynolds.He had RC Engineering build this in 1970.It cost $5,000 for the motor in 1970! He use to race it at the cabbage patch in Daytona before those coniving cabbage salesmen moved in. He hated tobacco.He was killed in a plane crash in 81.He had a bunch of bikes. __________________ No good deed goes unpunished.

01-21-2009, 03:51 PM	#17
Asphalt Outlaw Hero Antique Adventurer Joined: Apr 2004 Location: Dixie Oddometer: 472	I found this on EBAY a few years ago.It was run in 78 and 82 on the salt flats. __________________ No good deed goes unpunished.

01-21-2009, 03:57 PM	#18
Asphalt Outlaw Hero Antique Adventurer Joined: Apr 2004 Location: Dixie Oddometer: 472	This is Ed LaBelle.he did a lot of racing in the 60's.This is one of the Vincents he drag raced. __________________ No good deed goes unpunished.

01-21-2009, 05:15 PM	#19
norton73 drinkin' Joined: Dec 2003 Location: Beautiful Downtown Springville, Alabama Oddometer: 8,074	EJ Potter, the Michigan Madman Small block chevy in an Indian frame. He had direct drive to the rear wheel. Put it up on the center stand, rev the motor to 5 grand and push it off the stand. His book, "Michigan Madman" is a great read. __________________ Loose nut holding the handlebars He’s one of those who knows that life is just a leap of faith. Spread your arms and hold your breath, always trust your cape. Guy Clark "The Cape"

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01-23-2009, 08:31 AM	#22
rollinrob Beastly Adventurer Joined: Apr 2003 Location: Nevada City, Ca Oddometer: 1,222	Don't know if this counts as "old school" but it's definitely homemade.