Motorcycle Riders?

[BigRed]

Caught a fun little show today...

"White knuckle the story of the motorcycle cannonball"

It's the story of the endurance race across the country involving bikes from mid 19 teens and earlier.

It's kind of like shooting black powder wheel guns from the mid 1800s Very cool and gives appreciation for how far engineering has come...as well as how much those early guys did with what they had.

 

[BigRed]

Story related to the event.

I recall seeing some press on this guy in the Wall Street Journal last year

MSN

 

[paddling_man]

A coworker did last Fall and the one a couple of years before. Helluva thing.

 

[BigRed]

A coworker did last Fall and the one a couple of years before. Helluva thing.

Looks like it...on top of everything else, the guys doing it seem to be top notch mechanics and machinist.

Any idea of what your coworker was riding?

 

[Creedmoor]

Found out it can trip some car alarms.

How much were the air horns?

 

[paddling_man]

An old Indian Scout. We’re not close but worked together in the same corp and talked bikes before. I know a lot of the parts had to be machined new. Hobbyist mechanic whom had rebuilt an old Lotus and Nash Metropolitan.

 

[Hoosier8]

Wondering if anyone rides? I’m on the northside of Indy, and am a newer rider.

Hope to see some of you guys out on the road when the weather gets nicer!

I ride less and lees these days because of crazy drivers who seem to be twice as bad after Covid.

 

[Indyhd]

I was thinking about putting together a mid morning breakfast meet up when the weather breaks. Thought about Monticello so we could get the guys from Indy area and the guys from the Region.
Any interest ?

 

[JCSR]

Daytona Bike Week..... my first time.

I did not see Main Street. I did not see the beach. Spent 4 days at the track for the MotoAmerica races and the Daytona 200. I traveled with Hayden Gullim's ( 2023 King of the Baggers and Stock 1000 champion.) grandfather and other long time riding buddies.

Day 1 Thursday. Practice and qualifying
Hayden's GSXR750 Daytona 200 bike between sessions.


Hayden's Vance & Hines Bagger


Third Place Daytona 200!


After the 200 Dunlop asked Hayden and 2 others if they would do a tire test on Sunday. Hell yes was the answer! He rode several sessions on the 750 then was turned loose on his new 2024 CBR1000. We got the first look of it Sunday morning and I must say it is impressive. The CBR still had OEM body work, lights and Hayden rode it with the key fob tied to it. Some suspension work, tune and a pipe. Made 207hp at the rear wheel.



Look closely and you can see the OEM headlights.

Our seats for the tire test were right on Daytona's pit wall.


The CBR at 190+ across the finish line. Best mph of the test was 194.

 

[JCSR]

Crashing practice........

 

[BigRed]

Daytona Bike Week..... my first time.

I did not see Main Street. I did not see the beach. Spent 4 days at the track for the MotoAmerica races and the Daytona 200. I traveled with Hayden Gullim's ( 2023 King of the Baggers and Stock 1000 champion.) grandfather and other long time riding buddies.

Day 1 Thursday. Practice and qualifying
Hayden's GSXR750 Daytona 200 bike between sessions.

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Hayden's Vance & Hines Bagger
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Third Place Daytona 200!
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After the 200 Dunlop asked Hayden and 2 others if they would do a tire test on Sunday. Hell yes was the answer! He rode several sessions on the 750 then was turned loose on his new 2024 CBR1000. We got the first look of it Sunday morning and I must say it is impressive. The CBR still had OEM body work, lights and Hayden rode it with the key fob tied to it. Some suspension work, tune and a pipe. Made 207hp at the rear wheel.


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Look closely and you can see the OEM headlights.
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Our seats for the tire test were right on Daytona's pit wall.
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The CBR at 190+ across the finish line. Best mph of the test was 194.

Used to do this stuff... just appreciate a little cruiser most of all these days.

I was nowhere near a speed like that though... 157 was my A.

Got me a C+

LOL!

 

[JCSR]

More from Daytona.
When Hayden went to pick up the CBR1000RR at a dealership near Nashville he was told he would need something to ride for training. They loaded up 2 CRF450R's ....... must be nice.

 

[JCSR]

And some more!

The Dunlop rear on the CBR was good for about 6 laps. Hayden did 7 once and the tire came apart. Remember 190mph +. Dunlop engineers barely let the bike stop in the pits before they snatched the tire up and off they went. For Hayden's work during the tire test he was gifted all the tires he had used for the weekend and a fresh set for the bikes he was riding.

Here is Hayden's crew picking chunks of the rear fender and tail light.

 

[Creedmoor]

Them 40 plus year old, XR 750's with those long pushrods did pretty well down there in Daytona the last few weeks.

 

[JCSR]

Them 40 plus year old, XR 750's with those long pushrods did pretty well down there in Daytona the last few weeks.

We didn't go to the dirt track but them old dinosaurs were tearing it up.

 

[Creedmoor]

We didn't go to the dirt track but them old dinosaurs were tearing it up.

Absolutely ****ing amazing.
My older brother was there for a few races, he would call me and my response would be AWESOME.

 

[JCSR]

Absolutely ****ing amazing.
My older brother was there for a few races, he would call me and my response would be AWESOME.

We were supposed to have tickets from Vance & Hines waiting for us at the track but after an hour of getting the run around we decided to go drink beer.
Our tickets for the 200 were easy to pick up along with our P1 parking passes. The dirt track people were just useless.

 

[Creedmoor]

We were supposed to have tickets from Vance & Hines waiting for us at the track but after an hour of getting the run around we decided to go drink beer.
Our tickets for the 200 were easy to pick up along with our P1 parking passes. The dirt track people were just useless.

That's a shame, V&H's have been doing some really stupid stuff the last year or so.
We're you trying to catch some of the bagger races lol.

 

[JCSR]

That's a shame, V&H's have been doing some really stupid stuff the last year or so.
We're you trying to catch some of the bagger races lol.

Hayden has rode for V&H for a while now. He did some dirt track and has been on their bagger from the start. The V&H PR guy swears the tickets were there but they couldn't find them

 

[Creedmoor]

Hayden has rode for V&H for a while now. He did some dirt track and has been on their bagger from the start. The V&H PR guy swears the tickets were there but they couldn't find them

My brother loves watching the baggers run. Thats a shame your tickets couldn't be found.
Hayden? Is he in the middle of the engine building bs going on?

Speaking of Harleys, I put an offer on a 53 Pan that needs loads of love. I'll post a few pics later when I'm inside.