Straightliners

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  1. Richard H

    Richard H Noble Member

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    Had an interesting day out today at Elvington race track (runway) near York where a straighliners meet was being held. This is basically where you go as fast as you can both ways over a measured mile.

    Was helping out a pal Paul Sinclair try to break his own record for the fastest motorcycle sidecar hearse. At the end of the day he had taken the record to just under 125mph with his Hyabusa powered creation. Amazing seeing some of the solo turbo Hyabusa's hitting nearly 240MPH! Some of the best wheelie boys were there many doing a 1 mile wheelie at around 150MPH.

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  2. Screwball

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    Did you have a go?
     
  3. chrispy

    chrispy Well-Known Member

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    That is one fast hearse,sounds like a good day out :upyeah:
     
  4. Screwball

    Screwball Active Member

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    They say riding a bike is the fastest way to get to a funeral....
     
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  5. brybrem

    brybrem Senior Member

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    Think you'll find it's spelt 'fat-arse'
     
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  6. Richard H

    Richard H Noble Member

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    No don't think he trusted me, anyway my bulk on the bike it's only going to go slower :redface: two small women were about the fastest across the day, both over 230mph

    Made me smile as we towed the hearse back down the motorway virtually every other bike that passed us crossed themselves as they went by.:smile:
     
  7. SpankyHam

    SpankyHam Member

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    That sounds like my kind of day out!! Do they hold it regularly?
     
  8. Richard H

    Richard H Noble Member

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  9. SpankyHam

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    Looks a good day, anything that can burn that much fuel in such a short space of time sounds good to me!
     
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  10. Richard H

    Richard H Noble Member

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    Here is the run shot with my GoPro camera and my small Lumix camera at the side of the runway
     
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  11. Screwball

    Screwball Active Member

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    Just how many go pros do you have..... Great film
     
  12. Richard H

    Richard H Noble Member

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    Just one :smile: he did the run about 8 times and they took the average of the two fastest either way up the track.
     
  13. Screwball

    Screwball Active Member

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    Nice bit of editing Richard anyway... Your a bit of a pro at this
     
  14. SpankyHam

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    Nice vid Rich!!
     

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