Hi Bones. I am staying with the bike. It takes a lot of beach to slow the warhorse down and get turned. Hitting mushy wet sand and at 80+ and patches of deep dry sand on the decel is tough. The Trusty Triumph carried me through.
All runs standing kilo sand. Only one track was running.
Run 1 at 56 mph while I cruised through and figured out the track layout and marking.
Run 2 at 99 mph. A weave is limiting my speed. I back off on the throttle when it starts.
Run 3 at 101mph. I try powering through the weave and this does not work. It just gets worse. I run over a huge jellyfish on the shutdown.
Run 4 at 110.984. British National record run, 1000cc Modified Partial Streamliner, Modified Engine, Gasoline. My arse is back in the saddle to get traction on the loose sand for runs 1 through 3. My CG is too far back in comparison the the CP. That causes the weave, I figure. This run I sit far forward where I am humping the back of the tank. It works. No weave. The only thing limiting speed is wheel spin.
Run 5 at 107 mph. The course has a big wallow in it about 2/3 way down that kicks the back of the bike up in the air. The sand is getting loose and traction is dropping. That's all for yesterday.
Today the tide will be going out and racing will start in the afternoon on the long course. I will not be down on the beach. This afternoon the carbs will be pulled off and the main jets switched and needles reset for fuel. The fuel blend needs to be used within a few hours after it is blended. The plan for tomorrow is to have the bike rejetted and ready to go in the morning, then to pour the nitropropane and toluene mix into the gas, shake it up, and race.
The fiasco will be shown on Canada's discovery channel. They are interviewing me and taking all sorts of movie shots.
Cheers from Pendine - WW