This was fun and (a little too much) exciting. My first test ride had to be my first pass....there was no place to try it out at home. It felt good running up to the 1 mile, so I tried working it up a bit. I got into some odd handling and backed down some, resulting in a 136 pass and in to impound. The return run felt good, so I ran up around 3/4 throttle and went easy at 145. Wishing to make a more respectable record, I qualified on my own record with a difficult run that I thought was problems with the course. The next morning I ran the edge and the bike felt perfect until about 10,500 RPM (still not full throttle). About 1/8th mile from the 3, it felt like something kicked the front tire to the right. I caught it and shoved back, but it did it all the way to the 3 and a little beyond. My return at 147.846 gave me 144.360 for the record.
After the fact, I discovered rubber marks inside the front fender, left forward. I didn't do any stiffening on the front fender, and I think it's folding sideways at speed (10,500 is about 152-155). I'll do something different, and buy some higher gearing so I can use full throttle...this was all I had after the twin-engine project bombed and I'd had tiny sprockets made!
It all worked out ok, as the runs required exactly matched the available days off from work!
Here's a pic of Dan Wagner and I, after our records.
Regards, JimL