First time I ever rode my turbo bike

[Pete.]

This is the very first time I rode my turbo hayabusa. I built the whole turbo setup myself, in the vid it's making 230HP @ 6psi of boost (later made 300). This is on "flyer" gearing which is higher-geared than stock - god know what would have happened on stock gearing There's two white dots on the runway in the foreground, keep an eye on the bike as I pass the first one it made the crowd gasp and had the paramedics running for the ambulance
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Welshd1k]

looks scarry. but why??? lol you'll kill your self on the main road...
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[Pete.]

[Jack_Cheese]

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[Johnny GSX-R]

Awesome , do you have any pics of it.
I looked into the Supercharger but was scared off by reports on 200mph.com

[Pete.]

I'll dig some photos out later Johnny.

There was a big hoo-harr about the supercharger kit. It was early in development at the time. I don't know how much it has changed but I know that Mark Fisher of Greenhill Racing has done a lot of work on Rotrex charger setups and overcome many of the issues that plagued early bikes. If you are still considering it then he's the man I'd reccomend you approach. I saw one of his bikes on the dyno making a healthy 230HP, with a torque-curve to die for
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Johnny GSX-R]

Thanks Geri,
My bike is up for sale at the mo but only until the end of March, if it hasn't gone i shall keep it and maybe give ya man a call. I heard about issues regarding fuel octane, it would run very well over 8k revs on pump gas, dunno what percentage was fact or fiction.

Thanks

Johnny

[Pete.]

Hmm I think the bike in question was fitted with the larger model charger, rated for 300hp. It's true, that couldn't be run over 7000ish rpm without race fuel. I still think that with some development, and a reasonable intercooler rather than the pants thing that came with the kit, it could be made to run to the redline. I don't think the standard road kits suffer that problem nowadays.

The big issue with these supercharger kits is development, specifically (in my opinion) findng the optimum gearing for the charger and sorting-out the fuelling and intercooling. They will never stack-up to turbo size-for-size for outright power but they do make a fantastic road-tool. I very nearly bought the kits at the heart of the debate but cred-off at the last minute purely becaus eI learned from the seller than my mate has expressed an interest. He bought it, and it cost him lots of money in damages and work to get it working well. If I had the chance again I would certainly buy one just to see what I could make it do. I definately wouldn't buy anything that couldn't be used to it's potential without race fuel, it's around £20 a gallon
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Pete.]

By the way Johnny what year is your bike and what's the asking price?
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Silver]

I assume that's you wheelying!

Not quite in the same league, but here's me taking my 750 up RAF Woodbridge runway.

[Ariel Badger]

I am sort of involved in the building of a pre war iron head 1000cc Square Four that is going for its class record of 133mph.
How long is that runway and how do you get to run on it?
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[Pete.]

[Pete.]

[Ariel Badger]

Thanks! May is a little soon though as the bike is still in the concept stage.
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[Pete.]

No problem there's another in September - or next year. We've been holding events there for 4 years now.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Ariel Badger]

Top Bloke, as the designated idiot that will be riding the bloody thing may I as how far the hospital is from the air field?
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[Silver]

[Pete.]

[Pete.]

[Kickstart]

Hi

Few videos here.

Bandit top speed run

https://www.alfa-pages.co.uk/TempPicture/Videos/BanditTopSpeedFull.mpg

And a long video from by the timing lights of various people passing.

https://www.alfa-pages.co.uk/TempPicture/Videos/JD_Small.mpg

All the best

Keith
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[Jack_Cheese]

Keith, those vids don't seem to want to work. Are the links ok, or is it my computer having a bit of an off day?
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[Kickstart]

[TOM M]

[Jack_Cheese]

the second one works, but not the first
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