Well, speed week is over, and we're leaving amazed, defeated and with many lessons learned.
This stuff is no cakewalk, as we discovered and as you all already knew!
We never got to grips with fuel supply and had much trouble with carb vibration.
Some makeshift rubber mounting of said carbs saw our best run on tuesday of 111mph. We typically ran out of power halfway up the first measured mile which indicates fuel starvation despite enough fuel line capacity to run a big-block. Should have had a pump.
The bike itself proved to handle well and went straight.
Pretty sure we'll be back. Probably not next year but in 2014.
I'm kind of through trying to re-invent the wheel with this drivetrain and will be selling it on in favour of something with better parts & knowledge base, maybe a Buell XB9 lump or similar. The Weslake is a strong engine but its going to take a lot of time and testing to get the best from it. And this is not easy when you live on a different continent from the salt!
The bike goes to the shippers in Los Angeles on Monday.
Anyone in the US who might want to make an offer on the drivetrain would need to act quick!!!!!