The bike was a 2000 GSXR 750 with a Hayabusa motor (opened up to 1400 cc)
shoehorned in. This was a major endeavor -- they don't fit well. Type of gun?
I don't have a clue. The bike was intended as more of a street bike or
roadracer than a straight line bike. 176 HP.
I have high hopes of making it to El Mirage next month. There are some
paperwork hassles that have been presented to us, but we'll deal with them.
Simon
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> From: Joe Amo[SMTP:jkamo@rapidnet.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 9:28 AM
> To: Smith, Simon-Pierre
> Cc: 'land-speed@autox.team.net'
> Subject: Re: Tipover sensor question
>
> Simon, what kind of bike was it (make, mods, etc), and what kind of gun was
>it. Will you guys have your streamliner ready for the next speedweek?
>
> Joe
>
> Smith, Simon-Pierre wrote:
>
> > Two questions really.
> >
> > 1) The motorcycle streamliner rules give 2 different angles for the
>tipover sensor to fire the parachute depending on whether it is an open tail
>or closed tail. Why the difference? It doesn't really matter, I'm just
>wondering.
> >
> > 2) Is the angle a maximum or minimum? Is there a tolerance band? Does it
>just have to look well made and functional and that's good enough? I have a
>simple little pendulum that trips air valves. It works great, but is time
>consuming to adjust for angle, so I'd rather have it set right before I hit
>tech or the track.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Simon Smith
> >
> > O.K. One more question. Anyone ever play with radar guns? We had a
>borrowed state patrol gun that wouldn't go over 184. The bike was doing
>different top speeds depending on launch, rider position etc., but the gun
>always said 184. Any ideas? We're guessing the bike was somewhat over 200
>but who knows?
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