Saturday 6 October 2012

LONGSUE

Long awaited parcel finally made it to my door and was unwrapped in double quick time.



Here it is: Longsue's back end! A David Bird +4-1 hardtail

Couldn't resist putting it together with the front loop.









A HAPPY DAY!!
      
Once again thank you to Joe at Chopped Triumphs for helping to make it all happen.






241 +

Made me chuckel!

I REALLY LIKE THESE!


Posted by Mojomick on the JJ. Thanks for letting me repost some of his pics from the Ramsey Sprint.
An 1/8th mile sprint on the sea front on the Isle of Man.
Two 750's built and run by Simon Rees, one blown and one not.Both very nice to look at.

THE GRENADE



MIGHTY MOUSE

 
Once again extra information is provided by Keith Lee
It took a little while to catch up with Simon Rees to answer your questions.
So far the blown 750 Triumph number 136 has run 11.5s on methanol as he still gets used to running it. Simon is looking to beef the gearbox up to allow better starts, which will improve times.
The answer regarding the long tube used on his unblown 750 Triumph, is that it is a forced air cooler into the clutch area. Simon has a belt drive under the cover and wanted to help keep the temperature down.
A washing machine tube is used - and Simon reckons it runs on the sprint cycle! (Blame him, not me, for that one)
Interestingly, best times for both bikes currently are within about a couple of hundredths of a second.

A bit more info from the man himself here