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RACETOTHESALT
Building a land speed record turbo 2 stroke streamliner motorcycle
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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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racetothesalt
- Sep 26, 2019
- 1 min
i can see clearly now
moment of truth, having profile the bent acrylic to the desired shape it was time to see if the angle was too shallow, if i had built in...
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racetothesalt
- Sep 24, 2019
- 1 min
Seaweed forecast has me worried
Flying off to Bonneville this Saturday to take the sidecar to World of speed, of of 3 events held by the SCTA (South California Timing...
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racetothesalt
- Sep 18, 2019
- 1 min
Friends in Pie Shops.
having been bold and cut the canopy out of the main body, the next challenge is to make the screen fit. Rules require perspex so it is...
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racetothesalt
- Sep 18, 2019
- 1 min
Parachute popper
One of the safety features required for a streamliner is that if the bike tilts too far from vertical, ie your about to fall over, the...
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racetothesalt
- Sep 16, 2019
- 1 min
shifting time
One of the challenges of the laid back riding position is how you change gear, many use cables but my experience is if they are slightly...
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racetothesalt
- Sep 12, 2019
- 1 min
Stabilizer jacking system
The raising and lowering of the stabilizer skids/wheels is a real challenge, without over complicated levers, bearings, pneumatics or...
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racetothesalt
- Sep 12, 2019
- 1 min
How it works - simple really
When i was looking into how the parachute brake worked, it was hard to find a definitive answer in my laymans language, so heres one for...
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racetothesalt
- Sep 6, 2019
- 1 min
View from inside
Today i've been working on the bodywork and how to mount it, and also the safety aspects of putting in a false floor and sidepanels so...
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racetothesalt
- Sep 5, 2019
- 1 min
Thanks Anders
Whilst on the salt flats this August, i was given a royal tour of my great friend Anders Jonsson, a Swedish rider who build a 2- wheel...
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racetothesalt
- Sep 5, 2019
- 1 min
Chilling stuff
Bought off ebay some lovely Troy Corser aluminium race radiators meant for a Yamaha YZ450, and today got round to fitting them. I plan to...
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racetothesalt
- Sep 5, 2019
- 1 min
Getting cramped in here
Tried to rearrange my garage today so that o could work more easily on the streamliner, need to remove all distractions and just knuckle...
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racetothesalt
- Sep 1, 2019
- 1 min
The first steps to British land speed records
Starting off with some very ropey Aprilia RS50 mopeds i am trying to create the perfect weapon to attempt the 100cc British land speed...
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racetothesalt
- Sep 1, 2019
- 1 min
Engine development work
I have a partial sponsor in the Italian firm TRTeam 2FAST, and Massimo who is the owner has been very supportive in supplying parts at...
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racetothesalt
- Sep 1, 2019
- 2 min
British Records - Test Day No.1
So on a very chilly 26th of February, with an air temperature of just 5oC i went to the runway at Cottesmore/Kendrew to test the Aprilia,...
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