GT750 Drag Bike

water cooled · Post by **water cooled** » Thu May 13, 2010 6:38 am

Tom,

Lets meet tonight at about 8pm. Hope to see you if you can make it.

water cooled · Post by **water cooled** » Thu May 13, 2010 10:51 am

A few pictures before it goes into the trailer for the trip to Martin, MI - US 131 for the first of 3 AMA Super Eliminator Races...

tz375 · Post by **tz375** » Thu May 13, 2010 4:05 pm

Kevin,

Looking mean and lean for 2010. Now we need to organize a hydraulic lift to hold the bike up at a suitable height. I wonder if Spiderman has a spare one he doesn't need.

That would psych out the competition. What am I saying? Like there is any competition now.

Good luck at the weekend. Hope the weather holds up and call if you need anything. You know the number.

Suzukidave · Post by **Suzukidave** » Fri May 14, 2010 3:49 am

Looking mean ....Ready to do battle ... Kevin "The Hatchet"

djfisher22 · Post by **djfisher22** » Fri May 14, 2010 5:25 am

Kick some ass Kevin. I just thought up a good name for your Suzuki (or maybe a sign in the trailer). "The different Drummer" Being surrounded by H2's at the track you certainly fit the bill. As much as I love the H2's I'd love to see you get that heap cookin.

water cooled · Post by **water cooled** » Sat May 15, 2010 1:56 pm

Qualifying:

ET. 10.914 sec
MPH. 119.78

Eliminations start tomorrow.

Tom, your care package made the difference. I tried the 280 MJ's and it dropped me into the 10's. Tom, I owe you big time....

Tom Garcia · Post by **Tom Garcia** » Sat May 15, 2010 2:00 pm

water cooled wrote:Qualifying:

ET. 10.914 sec
MPH. 119.78

Eliminations start tomorrow.

Tom, your care package made the difference. I tried the 280 MJ's and it dropped me into the 10's. Tom, I owe you big time....

You owe me nothing Kevin! I see you found the box...I stuck it in the trailer when I stopped by... Sorry I missed you...see you when you return...

What time tomorrow can we see you guys run on dragbikelive?

water cooled · Post by **water cooled** » Sat May 15, 2010 2:21 pm

Super Eliminator should go off at 10am. There is a link to the live video on the Kaw board posted by JaMoo.

Suzukidave · Post by **Suzukidave** » Sat May 15, 2010 4:44 pm

So Kevin how does the new engine feel compared to the old engine ?

tz375 · Post by **tz375** » Sat May 15, 2010 7:40 pm

That is a huge improvement in ET and MPH from last season.

Well done so far and good luck with the elims.

water cooled · Post by **water cooled** » Sat May 15, 2010 8:39 pm

Thanks Richard....

its almost 6 tenths faster than my best time last year. I slipped the tire just a bit on that pass so I think there is still more there to be had but I need to learn how to ride the bike the way IT wants.

I made jetting changes and could still go a little further down on the MJ and reset the shift point to 8000 rpm. That helped get more MPH on the top end.

The bike is definitely getting quicker. It went 120 mph yesterday on one pass. There's more there.

Suzukidave · Post by **Suzukidave** » Sat May 15, 2010 8:43 pm

water cooled wrote:Super Eliminator should go off at 10am. There is a link to the live video on the Kaw board posted by JaMoo.

http://www.livestream.com/dragbikelive

water cooled · Post by **water cooled** » Mon May 17, 2010 6:34 am

Great weekend up in Martin MI at the AMA Spring Nationals. We had a 16 bike field in Super Eliminator (multi-cylinder 2-stroke bikes): 14 Kawasaki H-2's, 1 Polaris twin, and 1 Suzuki GT750.

Here are two of the best passes made on the GT750

2nd Round Qualifying

60 ft: 1.5460
1/4 ET: 10.9144 sec
MPH: 119.78

2nd Round Eliminations

60 ft: 1.7783
1/4 ET: 11.1823 sec
MPH: 121.07

Made the Semi-Finals losing to Brian Pretzel/Larry Smith - Redline Motorsports. Brian went on to win Super Eliminator.

djfisher22 · Post by **djfisher22** » Mon May 17, 2010 6:42 am

I saw your 2nd run yesterday on dragbikelive Kevin. Lookin good. I'm looking forward to Norwalk.

Tom Garcia · Post by **Tom Garcia** » Mon May 17, 2010 6:42 am

Great job Kevin!

You got a buff into the 10's.....

I'll have to meet/buy you a beer and hear all the sordid details of the weekend!

Tom