A picture a day....biker banter (Vol 3)
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podman said:
You mean this one..? RG500 bottom end and Ariel 250cc heads and barrels.
I didnt see it when I got there(around 12ish) but I do now know the owner, Roy, quite well now, he's cracking on a bit in years but he tells me he's building another over the Winter..!
The owner of the cafe has a GT750, hence the large showing of them..and the staff all wearing GT750 T Shirts!
Worth the trip anyway eh.
I got there about 10 and left about 12, told the wife I was only going for a quick blast and to fill up with Petrol as the weather was nice, I was gone just over 5hrs, she was not impressed!!I didnt see it when I got there(around 12ish) but I do now know the owner, Roy, quite well now, he's cracking on a bit in years but he tells me he's building another over the Winter..!
The owner of the cafe has a GT750, hence the large showing of them..and the staff all wearing GT750 T Shirts!
Worth the trip anyway eh.
Well worth the trip anyway.
Hammerhead said:
Some pics from the Brighton Speed Trails on Saturday. Cracking day!
Still on it!
This lot just sounded awesome just waiting to go
Cheeky monkey takes on a 'Busa..
Any of the bikes go fast, proper fast?Still on it!
This lot just sounded awesome just waiting to go
Cheeky monkey takes on a 'Busa..
I watched about 30 or 40 cars go down the strip including F40's, hillclimb specials, V8 monsters etc and only a Caterham managed to crack 12 seconds. They all looked very steady off the line - not sure whether the prom is particularly grippy? They were just lining the bikes up (loads of waiting around and faffing between batches of competitors) when my interest snapped.
IanUAE said:
Biker's Nemesis said:
I have looked at my video and I set off behind what looks like the lad in the picture. (there were a lot of green Kawasaki's there)
moto_traxport said:
Any of the bikes go fast, proper fast?
I watched about 30 or 40 cars go down the strip including F40's, hillclimb specials, V8 monsters etc and only a Caterham managed to crack 12 seconds. They all looked very steady off the line - not sure whether the prom is particularly grippy? They were just lining the bikes up (loads of waiting around and faffing between batches of competitors) when my interest snapped.
Fastest bike did an 8.9(or 8.8)sec/169mph, so yes, bloody fast! May have gone faster/got beaten but we made an exit just after 5pm. LS9 powered TVR was pretty zippy and the Lambo Aventador would have been if the driver had been able to hook it up. Once rolling, it shifted. F40 seemed to be not running properly which was a shame. Quite glad it was dull-ish weather, would have fried otherwise.I watched about 30 or 40 cars go down the strip including F40's, hillclimb specials, V8 monsters etc and only a Caterham managed to crack 12 seconds. They all looked very steady off the line - not sure whether the prom is particularly grippy? They were just lining the bikes up (loads of waiting around and faffing between batches of competitors) when my interest snapped.
podman said:
You mean this one..? RG500 bottom end and Ariel 250cc heads and barrels.
I didnt see it when I got there(around 12ish) but I do now know the owner, Roy, quite well now, he's cracking on a bit in years but he tells me he's building another over the Winter..!
The owner of the cafe has a GT750, hence the large showing of them..and the staff all wearing GT750 T Shirts!
Worth the trip anyway eh.
Wonder how he realised the aerial barrels would fit?I didnt see it when I got there(around 12ish) but I do now know the owner, Roy, quite well now, he's cracking on a bit in years but he tells me he's building another over the Winter..!
The owner of the cafe has a GT750, hence the large showing of them..and the staff all wearing GT750 T Shirts!
Worth the trip anyway eh.
Do you know what displacement it makes? Don't think it's 500
Edited by Yazza54 on Monday 8th September 06:50
Yazza54 said:
Wonder how he realised the aerial barrels would fit?
Do you know what displacement it makes? Don't think it's 500
Not sure on the cc but it has a washing up liquid bottle full of 2t oil wedged in near the speedo and has 3 rear shocks, the normal twin shocks and a monoshock, it is definitely a 'bitsa' bike.Do you know what displacement it makes? Don't think it's 500
Edited by Yazza54 on Monday 8th September 06:50
Edited by evo8 on Monday 8th September 07:12
moto_traxport said:
Any of the bikes go fast, proper fast?
I watched about 30 or 40 cars go down the strip including F40's, hillclimb specials, V8 monsters etc and only a Caterham managed to crack 12 seconds. They all looked very steady off the line - not sure whether the prom is particularly grippy? They were just lining the bikes up (loads of waiting around and faffing between batches of competitors) when my interest snapped.
Full Brighton Speed Trials results are here:I watched about 30 or 40 cars go down the strip including F40's, hillclimb specials, V8 monsters etc and only a Caterham managed to crack 12 seconds. They all looked very steady off the line - not sure whether the prom is particularly grippy? They were just lining the bikes up (loads of waiting around and faffing between batches of competitors) when my interest snapped.
http://www.brightonandhovemotorclub.co.uk/files/sp...
I ran there once back in 2004 in my bike engined (GSXR1100WP) single seater (with a best run of 11.6 @ 121mph). The track is not very grippy (not surprisingly as it gets regularly washed by saltwater spray) and also quite bumpy hence the fairly slow 64ft times of all but the 4wd cars and the hyper drag bikes... I usually got around 2.04-2.15 secs on 10" slicks at hillclimbs but at Brighton it was closer to 2.4-2.6 though part of that was my technique as I used more revs than the surface could cope with so got a lot of wheelspin whereas at a dedicated hillclimb startline like Shelsley Walsh it would just launch off the line like a rocket
I got 2nd in class beaten by a Force using a £25k (as stated in a feature about the car in a programme from another hillclimb event) ex-BSB Suzuki engine (John Reynolds IIRC) and brand new slicks whereas my engine was virtually standard and the slicks were at least 3 years old (my car with two sets of wheels/tyres and some spares cost me under £10k...)peterg1955 said:
moto_traxport said:
Any of the bikes go fast, proper fast?
I watched about 30 or 40 cars go down the strip including F40's, hillclimb specials, V8 monsters etc and only a Caterham managed to crack 12 seconds. They all looked very steady off the line - not sure whether the prom is particularly grippy? They were just lining the bikes up (loads of waiting around and faffing between batches of competitors) when my interest snapped.
Full Brighton Speed Trials results are here:I watched about 30 or 40 cars go down the strip including F40's, hillclimb specials, V8 monsters etc and only a Caterham managed to crack 12 seconds. They all looked very steady off the line - not sure whether the prom is particularly grippy? They were just lining the bikes up (loads of waiting around and faffing between batches of competitors) when my interest snapped.
http://www.brightonandhovemotorclub.co.uk/files/sp...
I ran there once back in 2004 in my bike engined (GSXR1100WP) single seater (with a best run of 11.6 @ 121mph). The track is not very grippy (not surprisingly as it gets regularly washed by saltwater spray) and also quite bumpy hence the fairly slow 64ft times of all but the 4wd cars and the hyper drag bikes... I usually got around 2.04-2.15 secs on 10" slicks at hillclimbs but at Brighton it was closer to 2.4-2.6 though part of that was my technique as I used more revs than the surface could cope with so got a lot of wheelspin whereas at a dedicated hillclimb startline like Shelsley Walsh it would just launch off the line like a rocket
I got 2nd in class beaten by a Force using a £25k (as stated in a feature about the car in a programme from another hillclimb event) ex-BSB Suzuki engine (John Reynolds IIRC) and brand new slicks whereas my engine was virtually standard and the slicks were at least 3 years old (my car with two sets of wheels/tyres and some spares cost me under £10k...)moto_traxport said:
peterg1955 said:
moto_traxport said:
Any of the bikes go fast, proper fast?
I watched about 30 or 40 cars go down the strip including F40's, hillclimb specials, V8 monsters etc and only a Caterham managed to crack 12 seconds. They all looked very steady off the line - not sure whether the prom is particularly grippy? They were just lining the bikes up (loads of waiting around and faffing between batches of competitors) when my interest snapped.
Full Brighton Speed Trials results are here:I watched about 30 or 40 cars go down the strip including F40's, hillclimb specials, V8 monsters etc and only a Caterham managed to crack 12 seconds. They all looked very steady off the line - not sure whether the prom is particularly grippy? They were just lining the bikes up (loads of waiting around and faffing between batches of competitors) when my interest snapped.
http://www.brightonandhovemotorclub.co.uk/files/sp...
I ran there once back in 2004 in my bike engined (GSXR1100WP) single seater (with a best run of 11.6 @ 121mph). The track is not very grippy (not surprisingly as it gets regularly washed by saltwater spray) and also quite bumpy hence the fairly slow 64ft times of all but the 4wd cars and the hyper drag bikes... I usually got around 2.04-2.15 secs on 10" slicks at hillclimbs but at Brighton it was closer to 2.4-2.6 though part of that was my technique as I used more revs than the surface could cope with so got a lot of wheelspin whereas at a dedicated hillclimb startline like Shelsley Walsh it would just launch off the line like a rocket
I got 2nd in class beaten by a Force using a £25k (as stated in a feature about the car in a programme from another hillclimb event) ex-BSB Suzuki engine (John Reynolds IIRC) and brand new slicks whereas my engine was virtually standard and the slicks were at least 3 years old (my car with two sets of wheels/tyres and some spares cost me under £10k...)Road tyres as well.
Must be a trick to it.
Prof Prolapse said:
My mate appears to have done a 1.89. With a time of 9.69 @ 158mph on his Busa.
Road tyres as well.
Must be a trick to it.
It was the cars I was watching at the time. I should have stayed around for the quick bikes but when you've seen 30+ cars not manage to break 12's the missus (and me, to be fair) got bored. I've done mid 11's on a RWYB event on the actual bike I trundled down there on.Road tyres as well.
Must be a trick to it.
There's definitely a trick to it, but a it's one of those things that's more interesting doing it than watching it.
moto_traxport said:
It was the cars I was watching at the time. I should have stayed around for the quick bikes but when you've seen 30+ cars not manage to break 12's the missus (and me, to be fair) got bored. I've done mid 11's on a RWYB event on the actual bike I trundled down there on.
There's definitely a trick to it, but a it's one of those things that's more interesting doing it than watching it.
I watched it for an hour or so from 3 and enjoyed what I saw (mostly bikes), but I agree that they were hardly doing crazy fast times.There's definitely a trick to it, but a it's one of those things that's more interesting doing it than watching it.
Deranged Granny said:
moto_traxport said:
It was the cars I was watching at the time. I should have stayed around for the quick bikes but when you've seen 30+ cars not manage to break 12's the missus (and me, to be fair) got bored. I've done mid 11's on a RWYB event on the actual bike I trundled down there on.
There's definitely a trick to it, but a it's one of those things that's more interesting doing it than watching it.
I watched it for an hour or so from 3 and enjoyed what I saw (mostly bikes), but I agree that they were hardly doing crazy fast times.There's definitely a trick to it, but a it's one of those things that's more interesting doing it than watching it.
d one. If it's the latter he must have struggled as IIRC he's in the 8's. Agree, there's a lot of skill involved I think but you don't get to see much of it as a spectator.
He f
king loves it like. Prof Prolapse said:
Deranged Granny said:
moto_traxport said:
It was the cars I was watching at the time. I should have stayed around for the quick bikes but when you've seen 30+ cars not manage to break 12's the missus (and me, to be fair) got bored. I've done mid 11's on a RWYB event on the actual bike I trundled down there on.
There's definitely a trick to it, but a it's one of those things that's more interesting doing it than watching it.
I watched it for an hour or so from 3 and enjoyed what I saw (mostly bikes), but I agree that they were hardly doing crazy fast times.There's definitely a trick to it, but a it's one of those things that's more interesting doing it than watching it.
d one. If it's the latter he must have struggled as IIRC he's in the 8's. Agree, there's a lot of skill involved I think but you don't get to see much of it as a spectator.
He f
king loves it like. 
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