lets go fast in a straight line

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Nice one Dave.
I think the first three are Bob Prior who sold his bike to Steve Barnett who holed pistons at around 146 on the salt.

The late Bill Calcutt from the UK - more than 100hp on a zero dollar budget.

The last bike I don't recognize but it looks purdy.

All we need now is a good picture of Brett at speed and Kevin (Watercooled) smoking the H2s.

What about Echo - Steve Hamilton from the UK's neat GT750. Anyone got any recent pictures of that bike?
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Richard

That black and rainbow bike was on ebay a while back. I can't remember if it sold or not but the price was around 2-2500.
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STOP posting these pics !!!!! you are really making me want to race again!! this was one of my triples I had fun with and sadly has departed from my possesion. I cannot afford to do this with my suzy right now so what you are doing is pure torture :( :(

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the first triples I ever owned

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I bet those Kawasaki's needed the wheelee bars as they want to stand up just in street trim :shock:
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LOL / not with my fat arse on them !!!!! :lol:

they are great bikes. pretty scary. I hope my suzy will get me a thrill or two when I get it back together.
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suzukidave,

can anyone post some numbers those suzukies were posting? what were some times and what did it take on motor work to get them?

I am really curious!!!
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Great post Dave...yes, the first few are Bob Prior and it looks like his ET target was 9.95 on the Kettleution. I'm not sure if he broke into the 9's but I can ask him.

The Plasti Dip bike is Gary Tonglett's but I dont know how fast the bike went.

I've never seen the orange bike (the one next to Bob Priors). Dave or Richard, do you know who owns that?
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Chainsaw,

Are you planning on racing this season...there are 3 AMA races this year for the 2-stroke guys. First is in mid June at Martin, MI, then Aug at Indy and Oct at Norwalk OH.

Dust one of those Kaws off and swap some gears..

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water cooled wrote:Great post Dave...yes, the first few are Bob Prior and it looks like his ET target was 9.95 on the Kettleution. I'm not sure if he broke into the 9's but I can ask him.

The Plasti Dip bike is Gary Tonglett's but I dont know how fast the bike went.

I've never seen the orange bike (the one next to Bob Priors). Dave or Richard, do you know who owns that?
Richard says the orange GT belongs to Bill Calcutt from the UK . http://www.3cyl.com/~mraxl/gt/articles/ ... tleon1.htm
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Thats a great article on Bill Calcutt's bike. It seemed like he set the bike up for drag only but in a street legal class. I'll have to re-read the article but it doesnt seem that it is really streetable to ride, just street legal.
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I think there are new bike pictures to be added here :D :up:
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