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Originally Posted by BFBarraWGN
Hey S.G i know your a Yank and all and love your H.D's but 'Party Time' over here in O.Z used to blow off all the H.Ds off the Calder and Heathcote strips.
From memory it was GSXR1100 or maybe Kwaka ZZR1100 powered plus bored out to 'WHO Knows wot'?
PLUS.................... Nitro!!!!  |
I wouldn't be surprised BF. Bikes are often in a different realm.
That was a Nitro Harley. Helped him with a valve timing issue. Nitro motors take some reverse thinking compared to petrol motors. Add a blower and there is even more reverse thinking. NHRA didn't allow blowers on Nitro Harleys.
Somewhere on AFF I once posted a pic of a Pro-Mod/Pro Extreme Suzuki. It is a 1640 based on the old GS case. As far as brute, rugged bottom end strength they are like the old 426 Mopar Hemis. Both the Star racing and Ward Vortex Pro Stock head are made for that case.
What is interesting about both bikes, the camera shots with the front wheels in the air is pretty much how the bikes run down the full length of the track. The Pro Mod, even with the air shifter the front wheel touches down for a fraction of a second on each shift.
First bike I rode was an H1 Mach III 2 stroke 500cc Kaw, last bike I rode was a ZX10. The ZX10 was immensely quicker and fast and at the same time incredibly civilized. Roll in the throttle in 3rd gear and you become a star gazer.