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GENERAL => MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE => Topic started by: Ken 12r on August 06, 2015, 06:50:59 PM
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This month August will see the World Wheelie and Top Speed Event at Elvington near York on Saturday 15th August and Sunday 16th.
The wheelie record could go over 200 mph for the first time ever and the top speed track record of Becci Ellis the worlds fastest lady on two wheels could see speeds over 265 mph in a standing start mile mile.
Lots of other interesting machinery to see including the worlds fastest Turbine Streetfighter and a V10 Dodge motor in a two wheeler.
We have competitors from many countries for both wheelies and top speed all we need now is some good weather :mrgreen:
Pay on the gate each day or camping available by arrangement with Straightliners.
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Good luck to all and be safe!
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...and don't forget to post up the results and some pics,or we'll send big HOS a callin'. :lol: :thumb:
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GO Becci!!! :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
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Good luck all :tu:
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I hope you all have a safe and successfull weekend at Elvington.
Last time I went there was with with two Busa riders BK and Billywhizz.
That was when Busa-to-the-Max was THE Hayabusa site.
Long time ago.
Billywhizz is still around but riding a zzr14 now.
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Good luck and be safe to everyone. Hope you get some favorable conditions. :tu:
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Becci could get the #3 spot on the list this weekend with a clean pass. Even the #2 spot could be at risk if they have stepped up their performance. But 5 MPH is a significant gain at those speeds. Can't wait. :ppcrn: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
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Weather is looking good for the weekend. 19°C and only 20% risc of rain. :tu:
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Looks like we will get some rain later today followed by more rain tomorrow so the track will get a good wash but Saturday should dawn dry with a 20mph tailwind forecast to drop into single figures in the afternoon and drop further on Sunday.
I'll settle for that :thumb:
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TWENTY MILE TAILWIND!!!! :sprz: Woo Hoo!!! Good Luck! :thumb:
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DAMN! Bring all of your sprockets folks! :bike:
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I would like to update you from the track but the cell signal is very bad so it might be a bit "hit and miss"tried before and failed
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Kick some AZZ Ghost! :vl: :tu:
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Raining today and probably into the night but giving dry conditions for the weekend with a 10mph tailwind gusting to 18mph for Saturday.
The Sunday forecast is giving 6 to 9 mph tailwinds and dry.
Bring it on. :bike:
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Sounds good Ken :tu:
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I hope the conditions are ideal today for Elvington.
Looking forward to hearing some news later. :D
Can I just add........ GO BECCI ! !!!!!!!!!!!
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From 2014.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2789118/fastest-woman-world-revealed-british-mother-two-scunthorpe-smashed-land-speed-record-going-264mph-motorbike-husband-built-garage.html
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From the facebook chatter that I'm seeing, it looks like Becci might have crashed today. :td:
Hope all is well and you are up and moving again soon.
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Yes, it was Becci. Fingers crossed :thumb:
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Yes, it was Becci. Fingers crossed :thumb:
I'm very sorry to hear this. Does anyone know her status? I am not on Facebook. Dean
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best i can tell is shes hurt but "ok"
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Thanks Scott, that makes my day.
Ok then, who went fast? Any new naked 2 clubbers?
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Great to see Becci is not hurt really bad!! :thumb:
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Good to hear! Any word on what went wrong?
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Sorry. double post !
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Good news :tu: Just a broken ankle :bike:
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OK Well it was brilliant weekend spoiled only by a major off By Becci Ellis and a number of mechanical breakages but thankfully Becci (fastest lawnmower in the world) came away with a broken ankle some bruised ribs and bumps.
After going through the timing gear we think she had lost her footing on the bike resulting in her going onto the grass verge about 300 yards further down the course for about quarter of a mile then hit a molehill or soft patch resulting in her sliding one way and the bike cartwheeling the other way stopping about 35/40 yards further down the track.
She was immediately attended by the paramedics who contacted the air ambulance as a precaution and they air lifted her to hospital nearby.
After having a cast fitted to her broken ankle and being assessed for anything else she was released to her husband and home as she had been fully concious all the time......one very lucky lady :tu:
With that out of the way we now return to normal reporting :mrgreen:
Overnight rain had cleared away on Saturday morning leaving a clean and dry track for us to share with the World Wheelie Competition.Wind was mostly behind us and fluctuated from single figures up to the occasional gust of around 16/18 mph but these gusts reduced during the day until the track closed early due to the above incident.Sunday was much the same with almost still conditions to a very slight headwind/slight crosswind/slight tailwind but always in single figures 3 to 9 mph.
With an even larger mix of machinery than normal we saw the first outing of Zef Eisenbergs V8 motorcycle based on two bored out Busa cylinders topped with modified Busa heads and the rest of it home built to a very high standard and finished only hours before the event,unfaired again in Streetfighter style running several times over 200 with a best of 206.228 mph.
Just as unusual was the Dodge Viper motored bike of Alan Millyard again without any significant fairings running a best of 182.511 mph but I an sure would have been faster over a longer course.
Back to the normal runners and we Had Becci Ellis fastest for Saturday before her "off" with a best of 259.542 mph,closely followed by Jack Frost with a best of 254.457 mph,Les Marsh 245.622 and myself at 234.977 mph.Mika Syren (speeduck on here) managed a sighting run of 234 523mph in the morning but next run exploded the clutch splitting the crankcase and other things after travelling to the event for three days so sad for himbut was able to take the motor to John Warrington in Malton who worked long into the night with Mika to have it back on site nearly ready to go in the morning,sadly it did not last out Sunday due to another issue.
Dave Taylor husband of Joanne (Tinkerbell 1710) formally our fastest lady rider had an outing on their turbo Busa road bike with a best of 217.737 Paul Brookes (busapaul) again on his turbo Busa 213.476.Neil Raynor a new entry at 211.441 mph again turbo Busa Darren Schaeffer on a Turbo B king 202.808 mph
A special mention to Andy Slade who has only one arm due to a crane collapsing on him at work and was finding it hard to crack 200mph as he cant launch the turbo Busa hard,he was given special permission to start a little further back than the mile mark and promptly ran a 205.127 mph and was as happy as I have ever seen a rider to gain his goal after 8 long years of effort even to get back on a bike.
While we are on special riders our 72 year old Pete Williams won the nitrous class with a 202.199 mph and our other new Finnish rider Petri Hakkinen who arrived with Mika on his 1622cc normally aspirated Busa won the N/a modified class with a storming 215.910 mph from Terry Smith 204.634 mph and (Bazz) Barry Millar 202.763 mph who sadly "rodded" his motor on Sunday after thousands of road miles and many 200mph runs.
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Now at this event we always have a few "refugees" from the Wheelie riders who abort the wheelies and go on to complete the mile on two wheels like us normal people :mrgreen: Their target is to get the front wheel up after about half of a kilometre then keep it up for a full kilometre (1100yds approx) and they have spotters at various points to confirm the wheel does not touch the ground before the finish line.
One of the visiting riders Cecil "Bubba"Myers from the USA was enjoying the ride on one of Jack Frosts Holeshot ZX10r turbo bikes so much he did some full on mile rides to a best of 229.201 mph so I guess he is a new entry Last years Wheelie class winner Egbert Van Popta now on a naked turbo busa nearly made a full wheelie at 209.919 so that puts him on two more lists,Jason King on a borrowed faired turbo busa 209.548 mph as he lost the head gasket on his own gixxer thousand on Saturday and R1 Lee on a gixxer thousand turbo not his normal R1 203.9 mph so another new entry.
All the above are standing start measured miles with the exception of one armed Andy Slade who was one and a bit but I feel he should be on the list due to his disabilty which makes it twice as difficult in my eyes.
Finally our timing partnership of Helen and Martyn Greathead who provide all these times for me to pass on to you have now registered with the site so if you ask them nicely I am sure they will keep you up to date with the next event in September which sadly I will miss.A bit longer than normal report but it was an exceptional weekend and here's a few pictures to give you a flavour of our event expertly provided by Straightliners.
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Post was a little large :evil:
Link to photo https://www.dropbox.com/s/lqj731xpa4zuc0y/2015-08-16%2009.25.43.jpg?dl=0
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If that works I will post some more otherwise I need to shrink the pictures .
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best i can tell is shes hurt but "ok"
Thank you for posting that. Huge relief after reading on FB she had a 250+MPH off yesterday.
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As always, great reporting Ken. Thank you for taking the time to post the results. I'm glad everybody, for the most part, is ok.
Fabulous achievement to go 200+MPH with one arm. Big congratulations to him. I don't think I will be trying that stunt myself anytime soon...
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Thanks Ken :tu:
Hope to see you next time :beechug:
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I'm happy to hear Becci is relativly ok. Could have been much worse. Bikes can be rebuilt/replaced.
Ken, as always thank you for the great report! The pictures also look great. Looks like with a few exceptions you guys had a great weekend. I will try to look through your post and get the list updated tonight or tomorrow morning.
Congrats to everyone that established a personal best! :thumb:
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If that link works for people here's a few more.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3c0x2ffvyaj30t9/2015-08-16%2009.30.53.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x88df6g9o76luf8/2015-08-16%2009.39.01.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ttxni1hxn2xlsa5/2015-08-16%2009.45.22.jpg?dl=0
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/femeb88a6d7dm1s/2015-08-16%2017.04.54.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fcrrsdgudcnfdnn/2015-08-16%2010.03.34.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/50lipadaczvm3zy/2015-08-16%2009.45.28.jpg?dl=0
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/vj1j3sjf3lsjvlr/2015-08-16%2009.46.50.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/p212x5t7w4sicf3/2015-08-16%2009.41.02.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dyiqgir4pa4syc1/2015-08-16%2009.41.24.jpg?dl=0
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Thanks for the great reporting and pics Ken, the naked list is updated. :tu: Dean
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Thanks for the info and pics Ken! :thumb: