New bike ;-))

That's what it's about, getting out there and actually doing / building
things.

 

If I had the resources I would make very similar beasties.

Well done that man.

Si

 

Am I the only one getting a stiffy from looking at that exhaust? It's like
the racing pornstar of scooters.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

That's a really nice wee draggy.

--

Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10

 

Perishing paint pots Petel, you made the exhaust?

 

heh - I hadn't thought of it that way, but you're not wrong.

 

Yep!
I made a cone roller out of steel tube then rolled the cones to match the
equations for tuned exhausts and the angle of both the cones to give me the
rev-range and flow I needed.
The steel is 0.8mm sheet cut from an old steel locker.
--

Petel
Buell 02 M2
C90 ZZR
Gilera sprinter "Blue Dwarf"
Piaggio sprinter "Red Dwarf"

 

Simon....If you look closely you`ll find there`s no front brake or brake
light/speedo and the fact it holds only 1.5litres of fuel and runs a total
loss electric system powered by a small 2.8A battery with no chargeing
system "might" make it a bit impractical for cruising to the coast on ;-)

Actually I`ve got the front disc and caliper and the magneto coils are still
in place for chargeing...............er no, I don`t think so )

--

Petel
Buell 02 M2
C90 ZZR
Gilera sprinter "Blue Dwarf"
Piaggio sprinter "Red Dwarf"

 

Gwarn, YKIMS.

--
Alex
BMW R1150GS
DIAABTCOD#3 MSWF#4 UKRMFBC#6 Ibw#35 BOB#8
http://www.team-ukrm.co.uk
Windy's "little soldier"

 

I spose a daytime only MOT isn`t out of the question but it would be totally
pointless with a tank range of 5miles approx.

--

Petel
Buell 02 M2
C90 ZZR
Gilera sprinter "Blue Dwarf"
Piaggio sprinter "Red Dwarf"

 

Fill a camelbak with petrol, hey presto,
impromptu back mounted petrol tank.

--
Alex
BMW R1150GS
DIAABTCOD#3 MSWF#4 UKRMFBC#6 Ibw#35 BOB#8
http://www.team-ukrm.co.uk
Windy's "little soldier"

 

Drink a gallon of petrol and hook yourself up with a catheter.

 

Be quite a larf to run it on a 'run what you brung' day, though...

 

You don`t need to be road legal to run at a RWYB.
The only requirements are a full license/appropriate clothing and lid and
something that "looks" like it would run for just over 1/4 mile
In fact the opposite is often true,junking the unneccesary things like
lights/most of the electrics/one of the brakes makes for a lighter bike.
Last year we ran the Red dwarf at five meets, the only comments we got were
good ones (including me overhearing one of the starters saying "has that
little red beauty made it to the top yet?" when Dave had the honour of
giving it it`s very first run and it popped and banged all the way to the
finish )

This Sunday is in fact a RWYB and the only chance to test both of the bikes
before April 3rd when we`re entering them both in the scooter "X-races",
this round is at Shakespeare Raceway ( er Long Marston as I still know it)
http://www.x-race-uk.info/home.php .Most of the rounds coinside with RWYB`s
as scooter drag racing is still quite new in the UK.

I`ll post results of the testing on Sunday night "IF" the`re not too
embarassing;-)

--

Petel
Buell 02 M2
C90 ZZR
Gilera sprinter "Blue Dwarf"
Piaggio sprinter "Red Dwarf"

 

Petel wrote

Is it fucking bollox. They were getting them to blow up at well over a
ton when I were a lad.

 

I`ll fucking rephrase that then,,,,,,,Auto-scooter drag racing...as in
variator driven as not in geared ie.Lamby/Vespa.

There...happy now ****?
--

Petel
Buell 02 M2
C90 ZZR
Gilera sprinter "Blue Dwarf"
Piaggio sprinter "Red Dwarf"

 

Petel wrote

Fair do's. Different animal entirely then.

Any fucking reason I should be?

 

That`s bollox anyway The record has been 12.7 seconds @ 102 mph for years
now on a Lamby (geared)and has just been unofficially broken by a time of
12.3 seconds by Joe Elliot on PSN`s sprinter (auto).

--

Petel
Buell 02 M2
C90 ZZR
Gilera sprinter "Blue Dwarf"
Piaggio sprinter "Red Dwarf"

 

Petel wrote

Is that all? Can't be right. A new series 4 would do 70+ out of the
box, once, as would as would a 200 of the other manufacturer. Or are we
talking about chain saw sized engines here?

Seems awfully slow.

 

21st Oct 2004 - Well, that's it! Until next year! The 2004 season ended with
some -amazing- times being achieved at Elvington on 10th Oct, a NEW BRITISH
RECORD has been set (unofficially though I might add) with Joe Elliott
running a 12.30 @ 98mph on PM Tuning's 'Pro-Sprint' 172cc sprinter. This is
an incredible time for an automatic scooter and beats the previous record
set by Keith Terry in 1993 of 12.70 (one-way time) for the quarter mile. A
big thanks to everyone who has particpated or supported X-Race during the
2004 season. The next event on the calendar is the X-Race Awards Bash which
is being held at the Renaissance Hotel, South Normanton, Derbyshire on 22nd
January, 2005.

Pasted from the news page of www.x-races-uk.com

Keith was riding a 200cc Lamby stripped for sprinting.
Joe (who I know personally) is 5ft4in tall and weighs in at around 9stone.PM
(owned and run by Paul Melici) have spent over three grand on their sprinter
and it runs at about 13.3sec with a normal sized bloke on it.
I`ve spent about three hundred quid on mine and with a £180 quid 172cc
Malossi kit and a dwarf riding it will run in the 13sec bracket.Difference
is I`m doing it for fun, not to promote a scooter tuning business.
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Petel
Buell 02 M2
C90 ZZR
Gilera sprinter "Blue Dwarf"
Piaggio sprinter "Red Dwarf"