BACK IN THE DAY BY STREET FIGHTER LTD

A short clip of real racing , Back In The Day

Street Fighter LTD wrote:

Dragbike_Mike wrote:

Street Fighter LTD wrote: Both sides of bike at Milan I think....
We fit everything and 3 or 4 people in the chevy van
Also shows paint match on pit bike

Yeah, a matching paint job on the pit bike, and I also notice a matching set of leathers and helmet for the rider in some other pics - that's the way to do it! Looks professional. All part of the psychological aspect of racing. When a team shows up with a buttoned up operation, it can be intimidating to the other racers - a good thing. At the other end of the spectrum is the hardcore streetracer with a bike that looks as though it was dug out of the dumpster behind the bike shop, yet still runs in the 8's. Seen that more than once back in the day.

Thanks again, Dave, for the great pics!

I was rereading Mikes comments and then realized I had a little story to share that goes along with the psychological warfare part of racing .
snip " What kind of Voodoo are these PROs doing ????? LMAO
So, Some red lighted, Some were slow at the lights, ALL Lost
Thanks Bill RIP

Dave

Having taken part in a similar scheme, there is more than 1 race team who have stamped "inaccurate" tooth counts onto sprockets. When asked by another party, "what gears are you using?" the response was always "look for your self. We have nothing to hide!"

That video is fun to watch, those TF bike guys had to have HUGE testicles! I was just going through a pile of old bike magazines and found an issue of BigBike?, in which Russ Collins describes crashing his dual engine, supercharged Honda the Sorcerer at 170MPH.

Mike

New pics of BITDay

2 more shots

PeeWee Jay Gleason was man you wanted to make your motorcycle go fast.
He was the go to guy for all the manufacturers when they wanted a great 1/4 mile ET and Speed

Nobody flew like Elmer Trett back in the day (Other than Slo Bo )

Found a picture of our bike the BIG DIGGER going down the strip with Kevin Piloting it

And 2nd picture is of MTC Engineerings Bike in the pits

Normal Chaos at the staging area LOL
Kevin getting ready among a sea of people and pitbikes
Have a Great Day
Dave

Street Fighter LTD wrote: New pics of BITDay

Thanks (again!) Dave, for posting all of those great pics. Just a side note for everybody to consider - not only were the bikes crazy to ride, the dragstrips that they were ridden on weren't the safest places, either. Look at the steel guardrails in those pics with the vertical posts. If you were to go down on the track and slide into one of those it would be bad news. Marty Blades lost his life back in 1987 at an IDBA race when just that exact same thing happened. RIP Marty....

Mike

I was reading some Kawasaki Z1 history and found the name Henk Vink. He was a kawasaki importer in Holland and rode a twin engine Kawasaki called the Big Spender. I found these cool pictures searching his name.

www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=...&NewHash=NHRA-SUMMIT

Mike

krazee1 wrote: I was reading some Kawasaki Z1 history and found the name Henk Vink. He was a kawasaki importer in Holland and rode a twin engine Kawasaki called the Big Spender. I found these cool pictures searching his name.

www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=...&NewHash=NHRA-SUMMIT

Mike

A great link with some nice pics. Thanks, Mike, for sharing!

Mike

Great drag racing pictures of back in the day! Thank you all for sharing.