Daytona

[Super Dave]

We were discussing this topic last night while working on the bike...From what pat says - in the old days, guys would come off the banking, downshift, and over-rev the pi$$ out of the motors.Sometimes you would put a valve through a piston or something to that nature.....Trying to touch on what you said about what goes in the tank - Pat said that the guys running bigger tanks back in the days - when race bikes didn't start out as street bikes ( Formula 1 I think)  while carrying extra weight, would put more load on the motor then they were used to.And while trying to slowing down for turn one and cause havoc on internal engine parts because of the overrev factor.... Correcet me if I am wrong Dave....

Well, the Formula one bikes...they didn't have valves.  They were two strokes, unless you were on Hondas...they had some wild prototype endurance type four stroke things.

Overrev?  Well, I'm not sure what Pat was talking about, but I know that Dale Quarterley talked about how they used to always build big motors,  big HP, for Daytona, but they'd pop them...so, well, the started to build them to accelerate and last.  

When Fred Merkel returned to the US to race, that was what he wanted the most from a motor...accelerate.  Yeah, more HP means more acceleration, in ways, but you're trying to get the thing to come out of the corner with feel.  And come out hard.  

Riders have still tossed motors because of too much over rev in the recent era.  Slipper clutches help.

[Suzy]

Isn't there races tomorrow morning or is that another rerun?

[Super Dave]

Today was Supercross.  Tomorrow is the big event.  Unless it rains.

[Super_KC124]

Was that Dean Hagemann(sp.) I just seen on pit row at Daytona?

[Scotty Ryan]

I thought I saw Dean as well...I know he was doing some stuff for a Buell team last season - so it would make sense to me....

[Super_KC124]

I'm sure it was. It was the big ear rings. ;D

[racerhall]

thanks for the concerns everyone, im ok
i had nothing but problems on my trip to daytona, all with the bikes and they forced me to come home early and watch the races on tv  :-[
but i will be ready for road america

[G 97]

thanks for the concerns everyone, im ok
i had nothing but problems on my trip to daytona, all with the bikes and they forced me to come home early and watch the races on tv  :-[
but i will be ready for road america

Your getting Honda's? ;D

[stumpy]

 Brian just e-mailed me to see if I had any more Honda spares!  That's great news your getting a Honda Brian. You'll finish alot more races!



Stumpy ;)

[PJ]

Hey Garth,

How did your first Daytona experience work out? When I last saw you, you were still waiting for your bike to show up...   :-/

[G 97]

Once i got my bike things went better.  ONly got about 10 laps in the TC Solo.  In the end I could never seam to get any left side grip or drive in the infield and missed qualifying by 1.2 seconds or something. I needed another session to make some changes.  It was my first time there, and still fun so hopefully things will go better next year.

On a side note got invited to Marc Palmerez HD party at the Hilton.  It was on the 9th floor suite and had a balacany that was 60 feet by about 40 feet tha over looked all of downtown plus the beach.  Good PArty.