Top Fuel Bike Looking For New Rider.

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29 Mar 2020 23:29 - 29 Mar 2020 23:45 #822172 by Dr. Gamma
Top Fuel Bike Looking For New Rider. was created by Dr. Gamma
The designer and owner of a Next Generation Top Fuel Bike is looking for someone to pilot his latest creation!!!!

His last rider chickened out!!!!

Boy, and people think road racers are crazy!!!!!!!


1972 H2 750 Cafe Racer built in 1974.
1976 KH400 Production Road Racer.
1979 Kz1000 MK. II Old AMA/WERA Superbike.
1986 RG500G 2 stroke terror.
1986 GSXR750RG The one with the clutch that rattles!

Up in the hills near Prescott, Az.
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30 Mar 2020 05:04 #822178 by hardrockminer
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He could save weight by tossing the helmet. Won't need it in a crash anyway.

I have several restored bikes along with a 2006 Goldwing with a sidecar. My wife has a 2019 Suzuki DR 650 for on and off road.
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30 Mar 2020 06:56 #822182 by Greybeard
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I don't think it's that much crazier than sitting on top of a nitro blown engine. Those things blow up frequently sending shrapnel everywhere. The riders have to wear flack jackets. No BS. My cousin ran a top fuel Harley. He finally got smart and started spending all that money on stuff that lasts longer than one run. They rebuild the motor between every run.

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30 Mar 2020 07:02 #822184 by bluej58
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78 KZ1000 A2A
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30 Mar 2020 14:56 #822221 by Dr. Gamma
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Wow!!!! Can't believe this contraption has been around since back in '85!!!!

Great find on digging up the video bluej58!!!!

1972 H2 750 Cafe Racer built in 1974.
1976 KH400 Production Road Racer.
1979 Kz1000 MK. II Old AMA/WERA Superbike.
1986 RG500G 2 stroke terror.
1986 GSXR750RG The one with the clutch that rattles!

Up in the hills near Prescott, Az.

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30 Mar 2020 15:20 - 30 Mar 2020 15:26 #822224 by zed1015
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If that's his latest creation he hasn't been doing anything for the last 35 years.
UK builder 400 + HP , Supercharged Ford Cosworth.
Seen that run years ago.
Used to bounce and flex in the middle a bit.
Bloody horrible death trap IMO .

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07 Apr 2020 18:57 - 07 Apr 2020 18:57 #822837 by riturbo
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Sad day .A copy and paste from the storm dragbike site

With great sadness, I must inform you that Angus MacPhail passed away last night as a result of diabetes and coronavirus. Our sincere condolences go to his wife, Carol, his family and friends.
Angus, I am sure, will be remembered by many people for many things. For me, growing up around 1970s drag racing, Angus was the softly spoken boffin with the Scottish name but the London accent. The mad professor who didn't know what day it was, who would turn up at a race meeting at 4pm on the Sunday, hoping to get some runs in with "just a bit of nut and bolt work to do".

I remember the McCoy 3-wheeler (that got banned for being too fast). Jade Warrior, of course, possibly his zenith in motorsport, and one that now appears on any number of websites under the tagline "Look at this crazy Brit!", or something similar.

I remember him introducing exhaust-driven ground effect into drag racing, conceived with his brother Nick, and tried first on my father's bike, where it proceeded to pebble dash any unfortunate marshals standing behind with grit from the track surface.

But, most of all, I will remember listening intently to Angus rambling about the comparative strengths and attributes of various materials, for which he had an infectious and unending enthusiasm.

Feel free share your own memories and stories of Angus here. I know there are many to be told. I know there is one about a drum of nitro and a Dutch customs officer...

We will miss you, Angus. Like your bikes, you were one of a kind.

Keith L

Gpz 750 turbo The one I ride
Gpz 750 turbo Not finished
Gpz 750 turbo Not started
Gpz 550 1981
Gpz 550 1983
Bunch of other junk
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