Papi
Mmmmm...Faster
OK Barf wizards, let's see who knows what happened here.
Hint: It's not the chain.
Before I rip this apart and shoot a bunch of pix; I'd like to see who can figure out what the issue is and why it happened. Successful and most - thought out thorough answer articulated well - will get a Mojave Magnum T-Shirt from the event we ran in.
arty
You get 1 pic, that's it. Now here's what happened-
In the 4th round I was at the line attempting my 200MPH pass. In my previous pass at 199MPH, I felt my 1/2 mile speed was to slow, so I was going to load the bike up more to a drag start to gain about 10MPH at the 1/2 which should have put me at about 205 in the 1.5 mile.
I ran the motor up to 6k for a drag styled launch, leaned up over the front bars and slipped the clutch to go. At about 25' in, the bike juddered heavily like clutch chatter (new clutch with only 3 passes on it, and ran perfect before) and it began to surge the bike. I tried to power through it, thinking I was spinning the tire a bit when a huge bang came from the rear. Now remember that this Prod Bike is 240HP and 140ft.lbs of torque. The chain/sprockets were in excellent condition, well lubricated and tightened accordingly. Axle alignment before start was squared within +/- .5mm
Study the Pic, and win the Mojave Magnum Participant Shirt if you are right!
GO!
Hint: It's not the chain.
Before I rip this apart and shoot a bunch of pix; I'd like to see who can figure out what the issue is and why it happened. Successful and most - thought out thorough answer articulated well - will get a Mojave Magnum T-Shirt from the event we ran in.
artyYou get 1 pic, that's it. Now here's what happened-
In the 4th round I was at the line attempting my 200MPH pass. In my previous pass at 199MPH, I felt my 1/2 mile speed was to slow, so I was going to load the bike up more to a drag start to gain about 10MPH at the 1/2 which should have put me at about 205 in the 1.5 mile.
I ran the motor up to 6k for a drag styled launch, leaned up over the front bars and slipped the clutch to go. At about 25' in, the bike juddered heavily like clutch chatter (new clutch with only 3 passes on it, and ran perfect before) and it began to surge the bike. I tried to power through it, thinking I was spinning the tire a bit when a huge bang came from the rear. Now remember that this Prod Bike is 240HP and 140ft.lbs of torque. The chain/sprockets were in excellent condition, well lubricated and tightened accordingly. Axle alignment before start was squared within +/- .5mm
Study the Pic, and win the Mojave Magnum Participant Shirt if you are right!
GO!
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