vtr1000 dragbike project

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muppet
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Thanks for that marty, just got to think of some way of fixing it nice maybe some 16mm rawl plugs then i can get it plastered to look nice :wave:
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i'm fairly good at rendering if you wanna go down that route m8........ :lol:
i've been rendering my old spanish farmhouse for a few years now, on and off............ :thumbup:
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Muppet, I know it's been a few years, but just curious if anything ever happened with the bike? Best E.T.? Mph?
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CruxGNZ wrote:Muppet, I know it's been a few years, but just curious if anything ever happened with the bike? Best E.T.? Mph?
Unfortunately Muppet last logged on to the site in may 2012, so I doubt you'll get an answer buddy, I like to think his bike was so fast it turned into a time machine.... :wink:
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agentpineapple wrote:
CruxGNZ wrote:Muppet, I know it's been a few years, but just curious if anything ever happened with the bike? Best E.T.? Mph?
Unfortunately Muppet last logged on to the site in may 2012, so I doubt you'll get an answer buddy, I like to think his bike was so fast it turned into a time machine.... :wink:
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It's been a few years, but it was worth a shot.

I think that 2x4 he used as the kickstand was hollowed out and had a flux capacitor inside.
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I met him at the Bulldog Bash a few years back and watched him race- the bugger beat my tuned one with his fairly standard one, fitted with a 6" over SA, and lock-up rear shock strut.
It goes to show, the clutch lock-up grab problem isn't a problem if you stretch the SA so that you can dump the clutch and it won't pop up and try to throw you off the back. It just spun up a bit, gripped and went.

But I want mine to be rideable round corners as well, so that's not an option.
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I own this bike now. Will be rebuilding it over the winter and running it at sprints next year. :D
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lowside wrote:I own this bike now. Will be rebuilding it over the winter and running it at sprints next year. :D

Any update or pics?

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This is what it looked like when i got it.
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Still a work in progress, but it now looks like this.

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Paints not fully finished in the last two pics, it now has sone red in the centre of the fairing.
Has it's first run out 9th-10th May.
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looks good. post up some photos from the maiden runs
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Looks great .
Good luck on your first run .


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Fantastic .. would love to hear how you get on with this .. and how effective the nitrous system is
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Nitrous?
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muppet wrote:No turbo for me may put a 25 bhp wet nitrous on a bit later, and in answer to bsm im running an airbox with no filter, still using a lightly modded snorkle with extra air inlet on top of airbox as the petrol tank is just a dummy shell so i have a lot of space above the airbox. may work may not :roll:
It was four years back right enough but just wondered hiw this would work on the storm. ....
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