Yeah -- the story about the Ack bike's lean. Rocky was telling me how they thought it was this or that or the wind, or maybe even the doors on the rear. Then they looked really closely (not as obvious as in Ray's photo -- when there's air in the tire) -- and the front had about a 3/8 shoulder on the right side, making the bike want to go to the left. He said he was trying to steer, trying to lean, trying whatever he could think to try -- couldn't get it straight. Too bad, too -- he said it's got way more power and should be a fun ride once they can go straight.
So on his run earlier today he saw a hunk of metal sticking out of the track. Turns out it was part of the support/anchor for one of the old telephone poles - buried so deep they couldn't dig it out or even winchit out of the surface, so they ended up digging as deep as they could and then using a jaws of life-like tool to cut it off deep underground.
Rocky's sure looking forward to a fast and fun ride in the bike. Oh, yeah -- he also said that on that run one of the engines woudln't start -- so they left with one and were going to "bump" start it once going down the course. That's when they found the object in the course.
They've just switched engines in the bike and are running one now (now it's off again). They could run in about an hour -- if the wind would allow. It's more than 3-5 mph now, and we all know Mike and Rocky won't run in a hurricane like that.
Other -- Spectre has elected to change to the smaller motor, which is about 480". They're wrenching as I type.
Salt is unlocked and we'll be closed for a while. The only vehicle likely to run yet today is one or the other of the Scott Horner (not hornet) bikes. Might be a half-hour, maybe more -- they're waiting for a part from town.