non-Ducati salt racer

Privateer · September 03, 2013, 06:33:03 AM

as much of a fan of Team Unorthodux I am, this one is pretty cool too.
sorry if it's a dupe, I searched and didn't see it.

the precious...

Introducing the Castrol Rocket

official site: www.castrolrocket.com

Duck-Stew · September 03, 2013, 11:47:11 AM

I missed seeing that one on the salt this year.

Gorgeous build! (Just glad it's not in my class!)

Dirty Duc · September 03, 2013, 01:10:11 PM

LSR isn't like NASCAR... you don't have to pick just one!

I didn't see it either. What's the deal with the outrigger wheel?

ducpainter · September 03, 2013, 01:14:45 PM

Quote from: Dirty Duc on September 03, 2013, 01:10:11 PM
<snip> What's the deal with the outrigger wheel?

Looks like a dolly arrangement to move the thing around.

Dirty Duc · September 03, 2013, 01:29:57 PM

Quote from: Privateer on September 03, 2013, 06:33:03 AM

Ah yes... Now I see it. My first thought was that these two were taken under power.... I was looking at the bike, not the salt.

Privateer · September 03, 2013, 01:32:11 PM

Quote from: ducpainter on September 03, 2013, 01:14:45 PM
Looks like a dolly arrangement to move the thing around.

I believe those pics were from a shakedown run. I read somewhere else they had stability problems and didn't actually go for a record. just what I heard, can't confirm.

Dirty Duc · September 03, 2013, 01:38:25 PM

Was this WoS, BUB, or SCTA?

roggie · September 03, 2013, 02:59:52 PM

isnt the record around 324 mph?

Speeddog · September 03, 2013, 03:27:29 PM

Current record is 376.363mph.
http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/499/8040/Motorcycle-Article/Ack-Attack-Again-Worlds-Fastest-Motorcycle.aspx

IIRC, that triumph was at BUB.

Stability problems are par for the course on new streamliners, usually exacerbated by the pilot never having been in one before.

The folks that are the big hitters usually have been driving them for decades.

ducpainter · September 03, 2013, 04:15:12 PM

Quote from: Speeddog on September 03, 2013, 03:27:29 PM
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Stability problems are par for the course on new streamliners, usually exacerbated by the pilot never having been in one before.

The folks that are the big hitters usually have been driving them for decades.

Rider input?

Speeddog · September 03, 2013, 04:35:04 PM

Super low, quite heavy, very long wheelbase, and the pilot is strapped tight into a tiny cockpit with absurd visibility and awkward controls.

Totally outside the behavior envelope of a conventional motorcycle.

ducpainter · September 03, 2013, 04:39:34 PM

Quote from: Speeddog on September 03, 2013, 04:35:04 PM
Super low, quite heavy, very long wheelbase, and the pilot is strapped tight into a tiny cockpit with absurd visibility and awkward controls.

Totally outside the behavior envelope of a conventional motorcycle.

Understood...

Why does a new driver/rider cause instability issues?

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