Bonneville Madness,
We hope to have this puppy fired tomorrow. We’re jammin’. The 120 Accurate Pan engine presented some problems mated to the Baker Touring trans, but we overcame and moved on. I want to thanks all our sponsors and the Hamsters who stepped up to help us cover our expenses to Bonneville. You saved our asses.
It takes more coin than you realize to go racing, especially in Bonneville. I can’t imagine what it takes to drag race week after week. Scooter, our photographer in Phoenix, is delivering our rider, Valerie Thompson to the flats. She’s currently second in the V-Rod destroyer class of drag bikes nation wide. She ran 153 mph on the salt last year on a V-Rod. Can the 120-inch Panhead beat that? We’ll see.
WIMMER VELOCITY STACK FOR THE SALT SHAKER–I want to make sure you get good results , so bear with me while I ask youfor some more info. What motor will you be using and will it be a topbreather. As you know when going really fast if you have a velocity stackcoming straight off the motor , you reach a point where the air is actuallysucking out the stack rather then in. We have 60 deg and 90 deg elbows thatwill change this. The 60 deg flows the best.
Along with a super sucker youshould get great results. There is a support bracket required for thisassembly , thus needing to know the motor. By the way we offer more fitmentthan any of our competition. Glad to help!
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BIKERNET INDEPENDENT NOISE STUDY RESPONSE– I agree with you, we should have the right to our pipes however we want them. They let the blacks get away with their loud bump, bump , rap crap and all that. So why shouldn’t we be allowed to be heard before someone pulls out in front of us. At least we have a chance that way. If you are riding on some sewing machine, then they won’t hesitate to pull out in front of you in the least.
I support your effort. I believe “Loud Pipes Saves Lives”…………….
— BiggJack Hunter,
Alexandria, La
BUELL XBRR MODELS COMPETE IN FORMULA XTREME RACE AT VIR–ALTON, Va. (August 21, 2006) – Buell racers Steve Crevier and Mike Hale competed aboard Buell XBRR models on Saturday in the AMA Formula Extreme race during the ninth round of the 2006 Formula Xtreme championship August 18-20 at the Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Va.
The weekend provided many learning opportunities, as it was the first time the XBRR has been to the fast, yet technical track, and Crevier’s first time ever on VIR’s asphalt. With a long, high-speed front straightaway and tight twisties in the back, the unique, 2.2-mile track configuration makes it necessary for competitive teams to excel at both horsepower and handling.
Crevier, riding for Deeley Harley-Davidson/Buell Canada, qualified 13th and crossed the finish line in the final race in 11th place on Saturday. Hale, riding for the Classic H-D/Buell-Millville H-D/Buell-Innovative Motorcycle Research team, qualified 18th and also finished the final in 18th. Their times over the weekend improved as they learned the track and adjusted the gearing and suspension settings.
Crevier raced the XBRR in the season-opening Formula Xtreme race at Daytona 200, as well as those at Road America and Mid-Ohio, while Hale competed aboard an XBRR at the Laguna Seca and Mid-Ohio races.
“With the solid reliability of the XBRR, the teams are able to get some real learning under their belts, and experiment with settings,” said Chairman and Chief Technical Officer Erik Buell. “Since the bike had never been to VIR before, some basic set-up work was needed. They learned a lot toward what is needed to become truly competitive.”
The next Formula Xtreme race for the Buell teams will be Sept. 1-3 at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Ga. It will be the penultimate round of the 11-race series.
KIDS & CHROME RAISED THOUSANDS FOR KIDS AND THE STURGIS MUSEUM–Five hundred of the motorcycle world’s biggest movers and shakers attended the 2nd annual Kids & Chrome fundraiser, sponsored by Bikernet.com, held August 9th during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The event, held at the Black Hills Convention Center in Spearfish, is a benefit for to raise money to build a new children’s facility in Rapid City, SD.
“Kids & Chrome raised thousands of dollars for children with special needs,” says Bob Illingworth, Director of Fund Raising. “Final figures are not available as we are waiting for accounts receivable/payable to balance, but needless to say, we raised a significant amount of money for these kids. We are very grateful to our sponsors and all others who worked so hard to make this event successful.”
Highlights included:
Dave Nichols, Editor-in-Chief of V-Twin Magazine, presented the Teresi V-Twin Prize to Pegasus Fuel Injection, in recognition of their new, outstanding product introduced at the V-Twin Expo in Cincinnati and Daytona Bike Week. Pegasus will receive $100,000 in advertising in Paisano Publication magazines during the current year.
Hamsters USA raised over $45,000 for Kids and Chrome at an auction held at their annual Monday night banquet.
When Master Builder Billy Lane invites you to breakfast, you show up. Over 30 of the world’s top custom builders attended Billy’s 1st Annual Builders’ Breakfast on August 8th at his Sturgis Rally headquarters, the Broken Spoke Saloon. Billy raised over $12,000 for Kids and Chrome.
Over 20 of the world’s top builders signed the gas tank on Desperado Motorcycles’ “Good Times Bobber.” The bobber sold at the Kids & Chrome live auction for $29,000.
The event featured a five-course dinner, silent auction, live auction, and raffle of two donated motorcycles-an $80,000 custom by Jerry Covington of Covington’s Cycle City in Woodward, OK, won by Al B. of Sun City West, AZ. The other bike was a $45,000 “Frontier” custom bagger from Todd & Shelly Erdman of Thunder Mountain Customs in Ft. Collins, CO, won by Steven B. of St. Charles, IL.
HINES EARNS SECOND CONSECUTIVE VICTORY AT MEMPHIS MOTORSPORTS PARK; TAKES BACK POINTS LEAD–MEMPHIS (Aug. 21, 2006) – Andrew Hines learned a lot this weekend. He learned how his body and his Screamin’ Eagle/Vance & Hines V-Rod work together to produce good or poor reaction times. He learned how important momentum is going into the final handful of races in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. He also learned how valuable a good pair of dry shoes is when the rain clears.
Hines rode his Screamin’ Eagle V-Rod to victory Monday after rain caused a one-day delay in final eliminations for the 19th annual O’Reilly Mid-South NHRA Nationals at Memphis Motorsports Park.
The victory propelled Hines back into the No. 1 spot in the POWERade point standings. It was also his second consecutive win in Memphis – a career first.
“I’ve never won at the same track twice and this was even more important because there was so much on the line,” Hines, a 23-year-old Indianapolis resident, said. “To come back here and win another big race in extreme weather conditions is a testament to what this team can do. We won in Denver in the intense heat and then we come here and deal with the worst heat we’ve seen all year, tons of rain and lots of delays. And through all of it, the team did such a great job figuring out what we needed to do to get down the track.”
Hines beat Antron Brown in the final for his second victory of the season and seventh career win in 15 career final round appearances. Brown had a 15-point lead going into the event and now trails by three points. Hines earned the victory quickly, as Brown left early on his U.S. Army Suzuki, fouling at the starting line. As soon as Hines saw the win-light come on in his lane, he lifted and cruised to the win and the points lead.
It was the fifth time the riders have faced each other this season including two final round matchups. Brown won the first final round face-off (Atlanta) but Hines has the 3-2 lead in the season series.
“It was such a big win because it gives us the positive push we need to make sure we don’t end the season like we did last year,” Hines said. “Last year we won Memphis and had a good lead in the championship points chase, but we didn’t perform well at the track in the last few events of the season. We need to make sure we change that this year. We don’t have the same points cushion and if we had not won four rounds today, the points would look a lot different.”
Not only did the team have to battle a competitive field of entrants, but massive heat waves, rain storms and race delays as well. Each professional team had just three opportunities to qualify instead of the usual four chances. Then, with the first round of eliminations nearly completed Sunday, the rain came and didn’t stop. The teams had to wait until Monday to see which competitors would rise to the top.
The Screamin’ Eagle team may have been prepared to face the competition on the track, but they weren’t faring nearly as well in the pits. Once the rains had cleared on Friday, the pit was soaked, the schedule was a mess and the crew’s feet were, well, a distraction.
“We were in the staging lanes, getting ready to race when the clouds erupted with a torrent of rain,” Harley-Davidson Racing Manager Anne Paluso said. “There wasn’t anything we could do. The guys had to walk the bikes back to the pits through a major rain pour. Once the guys started to get back to work on the bikes, I went and bought everyone a pair of shoes. It was a little thing, but it made everyone a lot more comfortable and able to deal with the big issues of racing. Today they said those were our lucky shoes and if it means buying a new pair for the team every rain storm and delay, I just might do that.”
Paluso said that above all else, she’s proud of the way the Screamin’ Eagle crew managed to be the last team standing after a long weekend.
“The rain is one thing, the heat is another thing, the humidity was outrageous and it just zaps the energy out of everyone,” Paluso said. “This team was hot, they were miserable because of all of the schedule changes and delays and yet they kept making changes to the bikes to make sure they got down the track with competitive numbers. They were all superstars this weekend in the pits and they made winning this difficult race look easy.”
Hines qualified in the No. 4 position with a 7.091-second pass at 188.02 mph while teammate GT Tonglet qualified in the No. 7 position with a 7.138 pass at 186.79. It was the first time both riders had qualified in the top half of the field in the same event since the Columbus event in May.
“It felt so good to get back out to the track and make a good, clean, fast pass,” Tonglet said. “We didn’t qualify for the event in Brainerd last weekend and the entire team was consumed with making sure both V-Rods got down the track this time. We knew we had rain in the forecast, which meant we didn’t know how many opportunities we would have to qualify. We did it early and left the DNQ behind us for good.”
Tonglet lost to Ryan Schnitz and the Team Muzzy Buell in the first round of competition Sunday. Tonglet rode his V-Rod to a 7.241 run at 183.89, falling just short of Schnitz’ winning run of 7.237 at 182.45. While Tonglet’s .019 reaction time was quick in itself, Schnitz threw down the weekend’s best reaction time with a .003 to aid the round win.
Hines beat Geno Scali and the Performance Machine Suzuki team. Hines turned in a 7.196 at 185.10 to top Scali’s 7.262 at 183.54. In Round Two, Hines beat Chip Ellis and the G Squared Motorsports Buell team with a 7.081 at 186.95 over Ellis’ 7.172 at 183.02. Michael Phillips fouled at the starting line against Hines in the semifinals.
“There were so many tuning challenges thrown at our team this weekend,” Hines said. “When the conditions changed, we made great adjustments. When I short-shifted my gears in the first round, my dad went over a few things with me to make sure I corrected that. I also learned that the way I sit on the bike makes a big difference in my reaction times. It was so hot and so miserable all weekend and the team just sat at that computer and crunched the numbers and made all the right calls.”
Hines said one of the biggest accomplishments was beating Ellis in the second round.
“If we had lost to Chip, he would have passed me in the points and he’s with one of the best teams out here and we didn’t want to get behind him,” Hines said. “That was a tough field to get through this weekend and it seemed like the Screamin’ Eagle crew just got better as the day went on.”
With just four events remaining in the POWERade season, the two-time defending Pro Stock Motorcycle champion is determined not to repeat last season’s ending.
“This V-Rod is running so well,” Hines said. “The bike feels like it is running on a rail and that gives me confidence as a rider. The weekend was so rough on the team between the weather, delays and competition and yet we came out on top. Now we need that to carry over to the rest of the season no matter what the conditions are.”
The next NHRA event is the 52nd annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park in Indianapolis, Aug. 31 – Sept. 4.
QUICK STURGIS REPORT AND CHECK CALIFORNIA HELMET LAW–Had a great ride to Sturgis and the Kids & Chrome event on Wednesday. Two back to back 13 hour days in the saddle used to be more fun, as my memory tells me. I guess my back isn’t what it used to be. Anyway, sorry I missed you out there.
I wanted to let you know that Quigley won in court again, and the judge found the helmet law unconstitutional as it is enforced in Santa Cruz County. The Order and Fact of Law can be found at –Pan –Vicki Roberts-Sanfelipo, RN/EMT DEAL OF THE WEEK ON EBAY–Not sure if you know anyone who is interested in a new ride, but the “Mr. Horsepower” bike built by Todd’s Cycle is up for auction on eBay. Opening bid is 10 grand and there is no reserve. Could be a really smoking deal for someone looking for a cool new ride. LONE STAR CHOPPERS DYNO’D FEATURE BIKE– It was good to see you in Sturgis, what about Jack? I am still thirsty ! I ended up running Mil on the DynoDrag , El Loco went 10.74 @ 126 , love that PFI ! –Larry HARLEY-DAVIDSON EVENTS FOR 2006 RALLY IN LOVELAND, COLO. ANNOUNCED–MILWAUKEE (Aug. 23, 2006) – Harley-Davidson events for the Motorcycle Rally in Loveland, Colo. at the Larimer County Fairgrounds (The Ranch) in Loveland from September 1 – 3 will include a variety of activities, including: Demo rides provide the chance to test ride any number of Harley-Davidson or Buell motorcycles. Rides are free, but participants must bring a valid motorcycle license and sign a release form. The Harley-Davidson Traveling Museum featuring unique displays of vintage Harley-Davidson products and memorabilia. The Motorcycle Rally in Loveland is a Harley Owners Group (H.O.G.) pin stop. Be sure to meet Harley-Davidson staff members and executives, including Ed Schmitt, Bruce Dennert and Greg Alley. Additional information on the Motorcycle Rally in Loveland and other events throughout the year is available at www.harley-davidson.com. The Motorcycle Rally in Loveland is located at the Larimer County Fairgrounds (The Ranch) at 5280 Arena Circle, Loveland, CO, 80538. Continued On Page 2
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