Pulled the Head Off My Green Race Bike

Finally had some time to work on my bike since getting back from Bonneville a week ago. Pulled the head off to take a look, as I know I bent the right hand exhaust valve when preparing to do a back-up record run. Piston crowns look fine, cylinder walls look great, no issues there. But I can tell that my right exhaust valve was having an affair with the piston, it just slightly kissed it. What a harlot.


No real damage though, head is boxed up and already shipped off to Wes at Four Aces Cycle to go through, also sent him my Chronometric Tachometer to be rebuilt. I am having him put together an identical spare head for me too, it is a chunk of change to have sitting around, but it could save the heartache of being at Bonneville but not being able to run because of an issue like I already had.

Tyler

The Lowbrow Holeshot - Party and Dirt Track Racing in Salem, Ohio Sept. 18th & 19th 2010

Just a reminder! The Lowbrow Holeshot is coming up soon, September 18th and 19th, 2010. Free admittance, Dirt track racing, beer, food, camping, it doesn't get much better! Thanks to our fine sponsors who helped us make it happen. For more info keep an eye on the Lowbrow Holeshot page.

New Toy!!

I just picked up my shiny new English wheel at the freight depot! You know anything that shows up in a crate is going to be a good time!

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"Chicken Salad"

We are back from Bonneville and still settling back into the work grove and catching up on business but we will be throwing up a bunch of photos and videos from our experience there as soon as things calm down a bit. In the meantime here are some shots of "Chicken Salad". Jeremy and his crew over at LC Fabrications put this awesome little XS together. We had the pleasure of seeing it at the Smoke Out and the pictures don't do it justice!

My Green Triumph Going Off The Starting Line, Bonneville Speed Week 2010

Here is a video that Mark Williams from Baltimore took of me going off the line at Bonneville Speed Week 2010.

Tyler

Ohio or Bust!!

We're cruising along in the middle of Wyoming and due to the miracle of modern technology we can post this blog from the RV! Today was the last day of Bonneville Speed Week 2010 and qualifying runs ended at noon so we packed up the pit and hit the road, headed home for Ohio. I (Kyle) got a few runs in today, all over 100 and worked on dialing my bike in and making adjustments and enjoying the much shorter lines at the course. Wes got 2 runs in on the Salt Ghost both around 119, not quite as high as Tyler's earlier run of 121 but pretty amazing for such an old race bike. We have a ton of photos and a couple photographers who will be sending uis a bunch more, so keep your eyes peeled for those!




We want to thank everyone who came and supported us as well as all the great people from all over the world we met there also! And a special thanks goes out to the SCTA, the BNI, and all the volunteers who make this massive event happen! Here's a picture of the motorcycle tech crew, just a few of the people who helped us out through the week. See you guys soon, we are making plans to go back as I type! Cheers, Kyle

I broke the Ton on the salt!

We had some drizzles and high winds on the salt this morning and a lot of delays up until 11am but finally the weather cleared up and racing resumed. I had a solid run good shifts through all gears and tried to keep tucked in as possible and ran 105. 762 at the 2 mile!!! I lost a mile at the 2 1/4 mile biut it looks as though I was running rich, so I went over everything on the bike and prepped it for a run I am already staged in line for tomorrow morning. I can't wait to see what she'll do on the last day of Speed Week! Cheers, Kyle

My Green Bike Is Done For This Year

Bent a valve, worked all day to fix it best I could here and just tried running it down the Salt on one cylinder but it barely pulled. I had to give it a go I would rather beat it up and blow it up then give it the easy way out. I am bummed but it ran great until it didn't but that's racing.

Tyler

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Little Bugger

In line to back up my record run and one of my rocker arm buttons decided he wanted to be different and move out. I thought I bent a pushrod but the button just pressed out. It is a goodbye to that record run but I guess my official welcome to Bonneville. In the pits fixing it now, replacing the one lightened rocker arm with a stock spare then back to racing.

Tyler

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Early Morning Impound at Bonneville

Waiting in impound now, light rain, lightning, lots of wind. Hope the sun comes up soon and it moves on so we can get down to business. We are supposed to all pull out and get in line at seven for record runs.

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