kolb02

Here is a pic of mine in my sig! The frame weighs in at 36lbs, the hole bike with full tank of gas weighs 299lbs! And this thing is a duner, I ride it to all the sand hills which can be 8 miles in and 8 back. You can get them a lot lighter than this if you want to. It also runs constant 4.4's on gas in the 300ft made of all sand.

It only see's the sand drags in Billings, MT and we go to St Anthony's about 2-3 times a year.

I'm 170lbs.

Thanks!

Well, we weighed the banshee last night on a 4 corner scale that they use to weigh sprint cars before races and it came in at 299lbs with a full tank of gas! Yepee! My goal was to get it under 300lbs!

Thanks for the info! Thats what im going to do.

Ya, that would be great to keep up with them if not beat them now. I'm going to up the timing to 8-9 degrees too and I might have to get more paddle now. We will see here in a couple weeks how it runs. You will have to come out and ride with us when we come down.

Yep, we should be back down in a couple weeks! With Meth on my shee! I think I have a shot at the big motors. I talked to RDZ and we had my timing at +5 and it should have been at +6.5 so they said I was leaving power on the table.

Where should I tap into the cylinder for the pulse line for the fuel pump?

Can you get me a pic please! What about taping the reed cage spacer on the top?

Where do I tap the cylinder for the pulse line?

Ok, I do run longer than 300ft! We run up choke cherry in St A's and it's about 700ft and pretty steep! So I guess I should run a pump? I already have bigger bowls too. And where do I tap for the pulse line?

Is it wise to run a fuel pump when running alcohol/methenol? Or is it not needed?

Thanks man, I should pick up some with better paddles and wheelie bar. I counted my gears and I was 15-43 now I changed to 16-43.

Thanks guys, keep the comments coming!

Which carbs do you guys recommend using for alky, a 39pwk or a 39 mikuni? And some info to back up why you like on over the other. Pros and cons would be great. And this is going on my motor in my sig. Thanks

Thanks for the help! What if I went to a 24 tall tire and started to leave in 1st gear with a wheelie bar? Would that help or would the setup your talking about be better and stay leaving in 2nd gear with a wheelie bar? And I'm not really worried about cost. I just want to get that faster time!

What size? And should these be straight paddle or the staggerd style? Someone told me to do 24 tall with a 12 paddle.

Would it be faster to gear it down and start in 2nd or should I just start in 1st with a bigger paddle?

Yea, you won't be in till late! Yes, I will be riding the bike in my sig. Come out saturday night then after 5pm. It's kinda when all the fast bikes come out to race every night. it's a blast. we will keep an eye out for you too. I don't know if I have had Canadian beer before! If we see you we will have to try some. there are 2 other members on the forum that I am going with, Heavymod and 686raptor. They both have 12mils on alky and they are a fun to watch shoot the hill! See you there! Thanks, Brett

Update! We had a another sand drag this last weekend and we put a strut in and it worked pretty well! I was having problems keeping the front end down at about 1/4 to 1/2 track. Ran 4.5's I might have ran faster but I couldn't get the time on some. What can I do to get faster with out running alky? What paddles for and all sand track? and I will run a wheelie bar next time.

Anyone else going to be there? Ruko, we will be at thunder/Crapo friday night from 5pm on. You should come out at that time, that's when all the fast stuff comes out!

i also have a 1-5 override, and I start out in 2nd. I wonder if I can run more paddle and start out in 1st. Or would I be fast starting in 2nd?

I have to guys that I run with that might let me try there's. I think there 12 paddle haulers. I can't remember my gearing. I will have to check. I think it's 14/41

I want to get some 300ft drag paddles. Our track is all sand no dirt mixed. I have a 4 mil cub drag ported by RDZ on gas. The bike weighs less than 300lbs, I weigh 170lbs. I run 22-11-8 10 paddle haulers for St anthony's dunes. +12 swinger, I want to run faster in the 300ft drags so what tires would work best? If I have to run a wheelie bar I will. I just want to get everything out of it as I can. Whats the best setup? I don't want to do anything that I can't switch back for when I go to the dunes.