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
Building a land speed record turbo 2 stroke streamliner motorcycle
Having my 15 minutes of fame
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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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racetothesalt
- Jan 9, 2020
- 1 min
Collapsing legs
If you've been following the build you will know i have been trying to use electric linear actuators to operate the stabiliser wheels as...
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racetothesalt
- Dec 27, 2019
- 1 min
Making it slippery
I am sure most of you readers realise that 80% of all my engine power will be used to overcome drag, and therefore i need to make the...
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racetothesalt
- Dec 12, 2019
- 1 min
Back in action
So the cast is off, and the wrist is stiff and sore but very usable, so now back in the garage on light duties, which is getting the...
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racetothesalt
- Nov 6, 2019
- 1 min
Old man, playing at young mans sport
Well i'm afraid its all on hold for a bit. Whilst having fun motocross racing this weekend i was wiped out and now have a broken wrist to...
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racetothesalt
- Oct 19, 2019
- 1 min
Life savers
Sometimes you wonder what the technical committee was thinking when they wrote certain rules, however on the subject of this post it was...
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racetothesalt
- Oct 5, 2019
- 1 min
Worst fears realized.
yesterday my sidecar packed back into its shipping crate was due to be collected from Buckshots/Shipping depot in Wendover. Now my...
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racetothesalt
- Sep 29, 2019
- 1 min
Rain stops play
It was always a 50:50 probability world finals would be rained off, but this year its spectacularly wet. SCTA website declared cancelled...
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racetothesalt
- Sep 26, 2019
- 1 min
Gone but never forgotten
It's a cruel world and the building of the streamliner cant be done with shirt buttons, so the British land speed Aprilia 70cc bike has...
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