Motorcycle "Records" - Really??

[octane]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeasy now Bill...calm down...mmmm, what can I do to wind you down..
...let me see.. AHH , now I know:
Come with me right this way...come sit on a REAL bike for a change:



See ?! That's much better...you smiling and all

.-)

In the spirit of kicking a sleeping dog, we would all be interested to hear of Dean's efforts to cherry-pick an open bike record a few years back.

That's just absolutely brilliant ; another member.
Dean. I need your size, and your address.
A free T-shirt is coming your way.

.

[Plmkrze]

Hold on there!!!

Dean lives on the Left Coast.  Waldo has told me that there has been no application for a chapter west of Wilmington.

Sooo, without a chapter NO T-shirt!!

You have to earn your spurs in this club damn it!!!

No buying your way in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  AND THAT IS THAT!!

You have to profess your love of cherry's and then go pop one!

I am surprised at you Octane , you of all people know how hard we try to keep this club exclusive!!

[Dakin Engineering]

I'd like to charter the Heart of America Cherry Pickers Assn.
Or HoACPA.
Ya gotta do something with the stones....

Pickin cherries since 2001,
Sam
#6062

[Dean Los Angeles]

Hey Dean !... please come along and answer my post, will ya' ?!
Look at me at the last pic. I can't bloody hold that silly position for much longer....getting cramps, man

Sorry for the long delay. Lengthy hospital stay to get the stitches out of my side. As in laughing so hard I'm in stitches.

[Dynoroom]

Dean,

Do I hear the sound of a fishing reel letting out line at high speed....... 

[generatorshovel]

Wow Lars,
Permission request is in the post

What will the NECPA do once all the cherries have been picked ?
Tiny
PS, I guess the cat is outa the bag now, here's some test footage of some testing
http://vimeo.com/user14175033/superchargedhondamonkey

[Nortonist 592]

For those who race sidecar I am proposing we band together and form the SCTA.  The Sidecar Cherry Thieving Assoc.

[donpearsall]

I have just returned home from BUB 2013 where I tried to cherry pick and buy an open record. Let's total the price of this purchase:

Used motorcycle purchased for the class record - $2200
Parts and supplies to make it legal for the class - $1500
Entry Fee for BUB (Two riders)                         - $1050
Gas, food, Lodging                                            - $2000+
Seven Days leave from work                              ??
100's of hours of my labor                                  Priceless

We got the record speed. But on teardown for inspection, the inspector declared the bike ineligible for the record because it had 1 mm too much wear and therefore was not a stock bore size anymore. A 30 year old bike with a worn bore. Imagine that...

So no record even after paying huge and unnecessary expenses. Wait? Wasn't I supposed to get the record after I paid for it? I want my money back.

Don

[Plmkrze]

I'd like to charter the Heart of America Cherry Pickers Assn.
Or HoACPA.
Ya gotta do something with the stones....

Pickin cherries since 2001,
Sam
#6062

Your application has been forwarded to Waldo the shop cat for consideration. From all of the other CPA chapters we wish you good luck!

HACKK PA has a nice ring to it!

Remember "You can only pop that cherry once"!

[salt27]

I have just returned home from BUB 2013 where I tried to cherry pick and buy an open record. Let's total the price of this purchase:

Used motorcycle purchased for the class record - $2200
Parts and supplies to make it legal for the class - $1500
Entry Fee for BUB (Two riders)                         - $1050
Gas, food, Lodging                                            - $2000+
Seven Days leave from work                              ??
100's of hours of my labor                                  Priceless

We got the record speed. But on teardown for inspection, the inspector declared the bike ineligible for the record because it had 1 mm too much wear and therefore was not a stock bore size anymore. A 30 year old bike with a worn bore. Imagine that...

So no record even after paying huge and unnecessary expenses. Wait? Wasn't I supposed to get the record after I paid for it? I want my money back.

Don

Don, we had a similar experience with our bike but ended up under the limit. (it had a .10 overbore)

Results = cherries rendered. 

What bike are you running?

 Don

[donpearsall]

My cherry-picked class was 750-P-PB. Only one bike was made that I know of fits the class. Mine was a 1984 Kawasaki GPZ ZX750 E1. Stock bore according to the manual is 66 mm but the inspector said his micrometer measured about 67 mm. Disqualified. No record. Just fond memories of all the effort and money gone.

And now I get to try and put the bike back together. That's not easy or cheap either.

Don

[charlie101]

I think Outback Oz rather would be named Outback Australia Cherry Pickers Assoc. OBACPA ...we'll find new ways to pick'em...

Wow Lars,
Permission request is in the post

What will the NECPA do once all the cherries have been picked ?
Tiny
PS, I guess the cat is outa the bag now, here's some test footage of some testing
http://vimeo.com/user14175033/superchargedhondamonkey

[High Gear]

Don, was your bike production engine, production frame, blown? if so I get it. But elsware in this thread shows Scott Guthrie had a Honda entered in p-ppb 750. I think that's production engine, production frame, pushrod, blown. I did not know Honda made such a beast?

I own a Honda CX650T which i believe would run in p-ppb 650?  Am I wrong?

Gary

[Vinsky]

Gary,
Just google  "1984 Kawasaki GPZ ZX750 E1"

[JimL]

Gary, your 650 is actually a 674cc and must run 750 class for "production".  Some of my M and A class CX engines are destroked to get down into 650 class.  That is not allowed for Production class.

JimL