132mph off

[Pete.]

Well today didn't exactly go as planned. I got up to the runway and all was well, got scrutineered, filled with the most expensive fuel you can imagine (£95 for 5 US gallons).

Set off from the start-line, spu the wheel up instantly, same in 2nd, and 3rd. No-where near full throttle. Got into 4th seemed to be holding-back, turbo comes in and lights up the rear again, same for 5th and it's holding back more then spinning. Christ knows what's going on so 6th gear I hold it steady and drive to the line, but it start to spin up again so I shut it down, ease on the brakes and bang I'm down before I know it. Went through the traps at just over 130mph, start to tumble, got my arms in and waited for the world to stop spinning. I'm up on my feet in a flash and waving to the finish-line crew to say I'm all right.

Gets over to the bike and I pick it up. No fluids leaking which is a blessing coz they won't have to close the course. Bike won't roll, I think the engine has seized so I leave it on the stand and wait for the recovery.

Turns out the front brakes are seized on solid. These were freshly stripped and rebuilt calipers, fully bled with new oil and working perfectly. Only thing I didn't strip was the emaster-cylinder (why would you) but now the whole system is pressurised and the lever is solid. 5 of us pick the bike up and carry it into the van. 15 minutes later the lever has lost all it's pressure and the brakes are working normally, as if nothing is happened. Looks like I have a fault in the Master cylinder, but there's no way of knowing it until the bike's ridden in anger. Anyway it's going straight in the bin and I need new fairings, leathers , lid and exhaust pipe for my turboi bike, oh and I have suspected busted scaphoid in my wrist.

On the up-side the bike still runs well, turbo system looks to be undamaged apart from the dump pipe and I'm still alive
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Pete.]

In hindsight what I thought was a loss of power turned out to be the brake binding, holding it back causing a big load on the engine, making the turbo spool hard and over-power the brakes. Something had to give eventually I suppose
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a.k.a 'Geri'

132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[firefox]

nice to hear your ok ish, bad news about the bike hope its cheap to repair
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*officer* what caused the crash ? *firefox* you see that wall up there sir ?
*officer* yes what about it *firefox* i tooted my horn but it refused to move i had to teach it a lesson.

[Jamie S]

Ouch , and your not even hurt ?

[Pete.]

[JakeyR]

Jesus, glad you're ok

[Pete.]

double-post
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a.k.a 'Geri'

132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Mister James]

The joys of not having to contend with street furniture and other vehicles!

Glad you are ok, looks like the bike is in a slightly sorrier state.
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[numpty]

Jesus Fuck thats lucky! Glad to hear you are ok
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[st3v3]

ouch. Good luck with the injury
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[mark83]

You psycho!



Glad to hear you're ok.
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[Jamie S]

[Spudgun]

[Silver]

Glad you're (relatively) okay

[Jack_Cheese]

jammy git did you put the brakes back together wrong?

TBH, i would have abandoned the run when it lit the rear up, but i guess you're used to that hapening. Good luck next time, you reckon you can get it over 230mph?

Jack
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[Ariel Badger]

Is it on youtube yet?
Glad you survived.
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[matthab]

Glad to hear your ok, how much is it gonna cost to repair?
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[Skudd]

Glad your ok without too much hurt.
I see a paddock stand on your bike. I think you need to put more practise in with it .
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[Pete.]

[Pete.]

[quacker_boy]

Shitter mate, to get your best finally finished being built and to chuck it down a drag strip is just pure crap luck.

Hope you get the bike repaired soonish and for less money than you hope! Good luck rebuilding the front brakes
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[st3v3]

[Kickstart]

Hi

Here is a pic just shortly before Geris manual ABS failed .

https://www.alfa-pages.co.uk/TempPicture/Geri.jpg

And his lid following the accident.

https://www.alfa-pages.co.uk/TempPicture/GeriLid.jpg

All the best

Keith
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[Paddy Blake]

Hell that is some speed to go sliding down the track.
It's good to hear you walked away alright and you didn't bend the crank
or anything.
Do you think the brakes might have heated up to fast and caused the
presure to build up and then lock up.

Paddy.

[divuk83]

Gutted for you mate, just as you have got the bike sorted out. Glad to hear you came off alright though.

Dave