Cockpit view
just a short early video taken from the cockpit to show the view, this time still being towed. dramatic sky, it was windy!
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RACETOTHESALT
Building a land speed record turbo 2 stroke streamliner motorcycle
Having my 15 minutes of fame
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racetothesalt
- Sep 3, 2020
- 1 min
Its a drag
So the weather was too windy last week to run with the bodywork on or to allow me to fire the parachute for the first time, so today we...
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racetothesalt
- Sep 3, 2020
- 1 min
All on her own
Just a short video clip of the bike moving under her own engine power and the car chasing after. i was supposed to just stick in first to...
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racetothesalt
- Aug 27, 2020
- 2 min
Best day so far
I can make all the excuses you like, but after over a year i finally took the bike back to the runway for testing and boy did i have a...
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racetothesalt
- Aug 12, 2020
- 1 min
Back on the bus
Ok, so it's the week of Speedweek in Utah, and I'm confined to the UK, but I've got the project underway again. Visited my chassis...
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racetothesalt
- May 12, 2020
- 1 min
Only in lockdown
Some of you will remember that i took the quick route to constructing the bodywork, using a bamboo cane and chicken wire frame, covered...
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racetothesalt
- Apr 18, 2020
- 1 min
Just love it
For some time i have been working on how to activate the parachute release from the tilt switch, and finally, all the parts came...
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racetothesalt
- Apr 18, 2020
- 1 min
Not been totally idle
Trying to find somewhere that will accept an 18 foot long 2 stroke motorcycle to put on their dyno is a bit of an issue, car dynos could...
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racetothesalt
- Mar 15, 2020
- 1 min
Ouch!
On Wednesday last week i went to the runway to test the Monet sidecar to see if it ran straight and true, should have been running the...
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racetothesalt
- Feb 27, 2020
- 1 min
Hooker
We have a schedule of testing to do on the 11th which includes towing the streamliner down a local runway to check i can still keep it...
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racetothesalt
- Feb 27, 2020
- 1 min
Press here
Have finally got round properly installing the master kill switch for the battery, and always wanted it to be discreet and not disrupting...
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racetothesalt
- Feb 14, 2020
- 1 min
Free to use, but might build my own
Whist talking with one of my sponsors, Langham Engineering, the lovely Alice piped up with, "You know we have a rolling road down at the...
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racetothesalt
- Feb 14, 2020
- 1 min
Making ends meet
I finally collected the modified exhaust pipe from favourite tuner Mick Abbey, i gave him the old pipe and a bent piece of plumbers...
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racetothesalt
- Jan 31, 2020
- 1 min
Splashing the cash brings deep joy.
Having spent many many hours, soldering on nipples, routing cables, refining gear levers and foot controls, the gearchange was at best...
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racetothesalt
- Jan 31, 2020
- 1 min
Just cut it off and be damned!
One of the aspects of the engine development that i have never been happy about is that the engine has a redundant kickstart...
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racetothesalt
- Jan 23, 2020
- 2 min
Too much friction
Been working on the gear change for the last few days and decided on cable as it was simple to understand and relatively cheap, and i...
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racetothesalt
- Jan 23, 2020
- 1 min
Great idea but too much pressure
the idea was to find a source of stored gas that would activate the parachute air cylinder when the solenoid was triggered by the tilt...
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racetothesalt
- Jan 17, 2020
- 2 min
Let her breath
The original airbox on the dyno testing was a huge 10 litres in size and an ugly square aluminium box, which might suit a dyno room but...
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racetothesalt
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
Heard it on the Radio
Well i suppose it a snapshot of fame, well a local radio channel really, but interviewed twice on air and hopefully this will lead to...
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racetothesalt
- Jan 9, 2020
- 1 min
Body beautiful
Always thought i would like Dzus fasteners but in fact they are just fiddly, so am progressing with the mounting of the bodywork using...
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