Getting your blazingly fast Suzuki powerplant to perform even better!
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Suzukidave
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Suzuki 2-Strokes: GT750 x2 97 -1200 Bandit 86 GSXR1100
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by Suzukidave » Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:39 pm
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Suzukidave on Sat Apr 18, 2009 3:53 am, edited 2 times in total.
the older i get the faster i was
tz375
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by tz375 » Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:10 pm
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?
Suzukidave
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by Suzukidave » Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:57 pm
the older i get the faster i was
jaybob
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by jaybob » Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:16 pm
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.
chainsaw
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by chainsaw » Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:44 pm
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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chainsaw
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by chainsaw » Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:46 pm
in action whil living in Alaska
my first dragger
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chainsaw
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by chainsaw » Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:48 pm
Dont believe in God ? Eternity is a long time to be wrong !!!!
Suzukidave
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Suzuki 2-Strokes: GT750 x2 97 -1200 Bandit 86 GSXR1100
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by Suzukidave » Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:49 pm
I bet those Kawasaki's needed the wheelee bars as they want to stand up just in street trim
the older i get the faster i was
chainsaw
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by chainsaw » Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:55 pm
LOL / not with my fat arse on them !!!!!
they are great bikes. pretty scary. I hope my suzy will get me a thrill or two when I get it back together.
Dont believe in God ? Eternity is a long time to be wrong !!!!
chainsaw
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by chainsaw » Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:20 pm
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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water cooled
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by water cooled » Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:03 am
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?
water cooled
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by water cooled » Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:20 am
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..
Kevin
Suzukidave
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by Suzukidave » Sat Apr 18, 2009 3:04 pm
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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water cooled
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by water cooled » Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:24 pm
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.
Suzukidave
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by Suzukidave » Thu Aug 29, 2013 6:34 pm
I think there are new bike pictures to be added here
the older i get the faster i was