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RACETOTHESALT
Building a land speed record turbo 2 stroke streamliner motorcycle
Having my 15 minutes of fame
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Got to start lifting
To date all of the runs i have made have used static stabiliser wheels welded to the end of quite wide outrigger arms, which is great for...
racetothesalt
Oct 6, 20202 min read
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Cockpit view
just a short early video taken from the cockpit to show the view, this time still being towed. dramatic sky, it was windy!
racetothesalt
Sep 3, 20201 min read
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Its a drag
So the weather was too windy last week to run with the bodywork on or to allow me to fire the parachute for the first time, so today we...
racetothesalt
Sep 3, 20201 min read
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All on her own
Just a short video clip of the bike moving under her own engine power and the car chasing after. i was supposed to just stick in first to...
racetothesalt
Sep 3, 20201 min read
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Best day so far
I can make all the excuses you like, but after over a year i finally took the bike back to the runway for testing and boy did i have a...
racetothesalt
Aug 27, 20202 min read
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Back on the bus
Ok, so it's the week of Speedweek in Utah, and I'm confined to the UK, but I've got the project underway again. Visited my chassis...
racetothesalt
Aug 12, 20201 min read
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Only in lockdown
Some of you will remember that i took the quick route to constructing the bodywork, using a bamboo cane and chicken wire frame, covered...
racetothesalt
May 12, 20201 min read
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Just love it
For some time i have been working on how to activate the parachute release from the tilt switch, and finally, all the parts came...
racetothesalt
Apr 18, 20201 min read
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Not been totally idle
Trying to find somewhere that will accept an 18 foot long 2 stroke motorcycle to put on their dyno is a bit of an issue, car dynos could...
racetothesalt
Apr 18, 20201 min read
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Ouch!
On Wednesday last week i went to the runway to test the Monet sidecar to see if it ran straight and true, should have been running the...
racetothesalt
Mar 15, 20201 min read
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Hooker
We have a schedule of testing to do on the 11th which includes towing the streamliner down a local runway to check i can still keep it...
racetothesalt
Feb 27, 20201 min read
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Press here
Have finally got round properly installing the master kill switch for the battery, and always wanted it to be discreet and not disrupting...
racetothesalt
Feb 27, 20201 min read
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Free to use, but might build my own
Whist talking with one of my sponsors, Langham Engineering, the lovely Alice piped up with, "You know we have a rolling road down at the...
racetothesalt
Feb 14, 20201 min read
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Making ends meet
I finally collected the modified exhaust pipe from favourite tuner Mick Abbey, i gave him the old pipe and a bent piece of plumbers...
racetothesalt
Feb 14, 20201 min read
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Splashing the cash brings deep joy.
Having spent many many hours, soldering on nipples, routing cables, refining gear levers and foot controls, the gearchange was at best...
racetothesalt
Jan 31, 20201 min read
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Just cut it off and be damned!
One of the aspects of the engine development that i have never been happy about is that the engine has a redundant kickstart...
racetothesalt
Jan 31, 20201 min read
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Too much friction
Been working on the gear change for the last few days and decided on cable as it was simple to understand and relatively cheap, and i...
racetothesalt
Jan 23, 20202 min read
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Great idea but too much pressure
the idea was to find a source of stored gas that would activate the parachute air cylinder when the solenoid was triggered by the tilt...
racetothesalt
Jan 23, 20201 min read
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Let her breath
The original airbox on the dyno testing was a huge 10 litres in size and an ugly square aluminium box, which might suit a dyno room but...
racetothesalt
Jan 17, 20202 min read
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Heard it on the Radio
Well i suppose it a snapshot of fame, well a local radio channel really, but interviewed twice on air and hopefully this will lead to...
racetothesalt
Jan 13, 20201 min read
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