Tubing requirement change for 2-wheel streamliners

[Moxnix]

My January 2013 Sport Rider magazine arrived in the post today.  Very good article on Sam Wheeler and the E-Z Hook liner, and enough pictures to help see what's going on under the skin.

[edweldon]

Monix - I'm not a 2 wheel guy so could you answer a question for me? ..... Is Sport Rider a magazine I can find on a well stocked newstand?  I'd like to get a copy of that issue/article to study.
Ed Weldon

[bvillercr]

Just google e-z hook streamliner, plenty of info out there.

[Moxnix]

Ed, I think so. 

[edweldon]

Bvilleercr and Moxnix -- Thanks guys. The two videos on the e-z hook website are real interesting.  The CNC machined rear frame structure is really interesting.  Fills me full of ideas I can't afford. If I had my oldest son's skills with Solidworks and Cosmos FEA and the experience to produce machine code with the likes of Mach3 and easy access to a 3 axis CNC mill and a year or so to learn it all before I get too old to drive a lakester and .......  or if I were 20 years younger.......
Ed

[Moxnix]

Ed, the rear subframe and belt drive pulley system caught my eye, too.  This is a liner that experienced front tire failure at +/- 300 mph some years back, slowing from a 350 run; the chute kept it from flipping/rolling.  No injury, no major damage.  Real impressive.  Looks like the tubing choice was good.

[nebulous]

Design inovation will soon be gone! We will then only need enough money to buy horsepower!