The old iron horse is still going strong.

[Pete.]

Those of you who remember my home-built turbo bike might be interested in this. I sold it a few years ago but never having reached it's potential on the runway. It was a tempermental beast not least because when I was campaigning it on the runway it was not a road bike so there was no potential for testing - it either worked on the day (2 days a year) or it didn't - and more often it didn't. One year a bad misfire, another year a blown clutch.
Last time I rode it was at the Pod and again it had a roasted clutch and (as Ilater discovered) a blown-off vac signal pipe meaning no extra fuel for boost.

It's since changed hands a couple of times and the new owner has done it proud - to the tune of an official 238mph!

It's from last year but I only found out about it today. It has new bodywork (and very smart it is too) but it's definitely my old copper bike:

https://www.demondesignsracing.com/post/jay-joins-the-200mph-club

Wish I could have ben the one in the saddle but it's intensely gratifying nonetheless. 14 years of turbocharged running on the same engine is no mean feat.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Pigeon]

Mega result! Looks good.

Swingarm doesn't look standard + loads of adjustment, but isn't anyway near as long as some fitted to drag bikes.
Is that anything to do with the 1300 weight over the front, or its just a more stable setup or?

[Pete.]

[AL-]

Well done. I am glad you get to see your hard work pay off

[mentalboy]

[Hong Kong Phooey]

Good base bike for it, aerodynamics comes into play at those speeds for sure.

I often wonder what the limit of stock internals is on these, it's torque rather than horsepower that bends the rods, or cylinder pressure lifting the heads. So mapping can overcome some of it with a smooth ramp up, but there must be a bottleneck in there somewhere.
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[B5234FT]

Congratulations! Is there a build thread for it anywhere?

[Pete.]

[Pete.]

[chickenstrip]

How much extra does shot peening of rods allow them to take? And how does that work?
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[Pete.]

[P.]

I regret never trying this bike.

Glad it is still doing the rounds though!