Hello All,
My name is Robert "Smitty" Smith and I live in Costa Mesa, Ca.
Well, I'm new to this forum but not to fast vehicles of all types. I retired a little over a year ago and decided it is time to try the salt flats like I've always wanted to do. I've been a member of the "Gear Grinders" for almost a year now and did a little volunteer duty at El Mirage last year...
I'm working on a Moto Morini 350cc pushrod V-twin as my ride.... Before you ask, it is a little Italian bike nobody ever heard of, with parts availability nobody has a clue about, and was designed about 1970. Mine is one of the last ones made in 1985 before the family owned company went under... They are considered nice commuter bikes and little else.
This project is a real challenge( pain) and I would be done by now if I had just picked a Yamaha or Honda , but It seemed like a good idea at the time...I'm sure this is the very first time this has happened to a LSR.
I have been a pro crew chief and engine builder at times during my long career, and now I want to do it just for me. I've done Reno Air Racing, Boat Racing, and Stock Cars,,, However, my first and everlasting love are motor bikes (ever since my little Cushman scooter I had as a boy growing up in rural Alabama in the '50s)...