Henry welcome to the List... Now that is Cool...
Mid 9's on an Electric Bike.... Bud that is a Hot Rodder... Glad you joined
in...
Feel free to comment on the Purple Fire Suit.. Blue Hair... Rocks.. shoot
you pick....
We have another Electric guy hiding out there somewhere.... or did have...
Keith
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> From: Henry Deaton <hdeaton@verio.com>
> To: List Land Speed <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Occupations
> Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 4:44 PM
>
> I've mostly been lurking on this list, trying to learn a few things about
> land speed racing and running at the Salt Flats. Let's see, my list of
> occupations since college include: bread baker, computer programmer,
> technical writer (mainly telecommunications user docs), white water river
> guide, motorcycle courier, massage therapist, and facilities manager for
an
> apartment building. Right now I'm doing some contract technical writing
and
> looking for full-time employment as a technical writer.
>
> My motor sports resume is a lot shorter. I raced a Honda CB160-based road
> racer in the vintage class back in the mid-80s, and for the last three
> years I've been involved with the National Electric Drag Racing
Association
> (NEDRA). This year I built an electric dragbike that holds the 120-volt
> motorcycle record of 14.25 seconds and 92.5 mph. That was set on it's
third
> and last trip to a dragstrip in September, because right after that run I
> had a little problem with the electrical controls on the return road and
> ended up planting the bike in a fence and planting my face on the
asphalt.
> I'm okay but the bike's frame is a twisted mess which means I get to
build
> a new bike this winter, which I was planning to do anyway. The new bike
> should be capable of running the quarter mile in the mid-nines, and it's
a
> bike I'd like to run at the Salt Flats next summer.
>
> I know lots of you guys are into land speed racing because you like
> internal combustion engines. I don't have anything against them, my car
has
> one and so does my scooter, and I'll be showing up at Bonneville with a
> gasoline-powered generator, but I don't like working on them that much.
The
> cool thing about electric vehicles is that I still get to spin wrenches
and
> have lots of fun going too fast on bikes and the whole process is a lot
> cleaner and quieter than when I was fooling with gasoline-powered
machines.
>
> Henry Deaton
> San Francisco, CA
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