Bandit Alley
GENERAL MOTORCYCLE FORUMS => GENERAL MOTORCYCLE => Topic started by: land_shark on August 15, 2005, 03:44:12 PM
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jwalters and I spent saturday at an NHRA drag strip about an hour from town. $10 to get in and watch the fun; rail cars, old muscle cars, a grocery-getter, an F-150, a Chrystler 300, a wenkel-powered coke machine :wink:, and a good handfull of bikes. Some were actual drag bikes, and others were not far from stock crotch rockets.
Here's the fun part, for $25 you can race what'choo got. I'm not sure of all the restrictions, but they seem much less strict than at a track-day. Basically, you just need a helmet and a leather jacket. Again, I'm probably simplifying a bit.... I've been thinking in spans of quarter miles ever since, wondering how my slightly tweaked G1 would fare.
Does anyone have any experience with this kind of stuff? Sure looks like a blast, and relatively safe (start at your own pace, etc.).
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Here is a link to a picture of a friend who races supersport GSXR1100s.
http://tarzan.eng.uiowa.edu:8080/cgi-bin/ids/index.cgi?mode=image&album=%2Fearlville&image=08.14.05+025.jpg&maxDimension=800
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I have a lot of experiance dragracing motorcycles, if you get the chance, try it. My Bandit's best pass was 9.78 at 139 mph and it is still a good street bike.
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Terrebandit & I went to a local dragstrip and it looks like a lot of fun....15 dollars got you plenty of runs and I just might have to try it sometime. Got to be a great feeling to wick it out with no fear of a ticket!! :banana:
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Got to be a great feeling to wick it out with no fear of a ticket!
Got to be a great feeling, going from zero to a hundred and somethin' in a quarter mile!
:beers: :winner:
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Drag racing can be lots of fun. I spent all last summer beatin up the bandit at the strip. My buddy bought a 600 soon to be a 750 just to race. This year I decided am going to buy another 1200 and turn it onto a track bike. Unfortunately I have that mental deficiency, You know the one, the part of your brain thats says thats good enough? Yep, lost it, all I can think about is going faster or maybe alittle faster than that. I plan on being in the 8`s next year thats my goal and it will be done aboard a bandit.
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Unfortunately I have that mental deficiency, You know the one, the part of your brain thats says thats good enough? Yep, lost it.
You have that as well?
It's a horrible wasting sickness that leaves your wallet empty and wrinkled, truely a tradegy!
Unfortnatly, the only known cure for this decimating illness is to marry into a rich family who can support you. So far, I'm not having much luck with that. :sad:
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Hey, Land Shark, was that Earlville? That's a nice track. I go there once in a while. You should also check out Cedar Falls and Cordova, IL.
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Ya, it is Earlville he is talking about. What bike do you take there? I have been by the Cedar Falls track, that is only a 1/8th mile correct? I here Cordova is awsome!
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Hey, Land Shark, was that Earlville? That's a nice track. I go there once in a while. You should also check out Cedar Falls and Cordova, IL.
Yup, Earlville. Just south of Highway 20. Do you race the SV there?
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I take my SV650 to Earlville and Cedar Falls sometimes. All three tracks are quarter mile. Cordova is a big track, lots of pit area and they usually get some of the bigger races. I'm going to the World Series of Drag Racing there August 25-28. I try to make it to that race every year to see the top fuel dragsters. It's a fun race. Something for everyone. If you've never gone to it, you should try to make it this year.
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That sounds great! Thanks for the info :motorsmile: I'll gather my posse and hopefully check it out on that saturday.