Kid Kearsley Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 (edited) Ever wake up and think I'm going to do 200mph today? Tuesday was one of those days. The Top Speed Tuesday put on by Straightliners at Elvington marked the last event of the year for myself, and what a year. With numerous top speed days for tuning the bike for the Wheelie Comp, seeing a failed 194mph kilometre wheelie for dropping it a few metres short of the required distance. A trip to Pendine sands in South Wales where I set two land speed records reaching 174mph on sand. Hundreds of miles on the road two up A track day at Oulton Park in the soaking wet, 300bhp on summer race tyres in the wet is not advisable Kid. A few static displays at various motorcycle shows to fly the OSS banner including Donnington where my alter ego Rene took the old girl for a few laps of the track. Many visits to RTR motorcycles for dyno runs, one off which was for the OSS dyno day where the bike made 300bhp. So all in all a good year! Just think of the stress that engine has had doing all that, the only fault I got all year really was a leaky block so I'd say quite a reliable one. Lets go out with a bang! I had that shit or bust attitude on. It had been raining all Monday night making it look like the event would be cancelled, that gut wrenching feeling driving to the track in the rain for 2 hours thinking this ain't gunna happen today. The rain stopped thankfully and after waiting a few hours to allow the track to dry we were given the all clear to attack the track. The bike is, as a few of you know, made for wheelies, this means a short 55" wheel base and big horsepower, not an ideal combo for Land Speed Racing. Time to do the job. I was waved off by the starting Marshall after sat staring down a 3km runway. Short shifting 1st, 2nd, 3rd into 4th with a little wheel spin as the track was cold and still damp, into top gear and the bike is now naturally wanting to wheelie up in the air, feathering the throttle on and off to try keep the front wheel planted was an impossible task. I felt gravity some what take over just shy of the line and I managed to pin the the throttle open all tucked in with my chin on the tank as I had no fairing to hide behind. Made it. Still alive. Slowly throttle off as not to upset the bike, heart beating, did it do 200?? That drive back to the pits and the timing office seems to take forever. 203.8mph! On an unfaired 30 year old motorcycle with a well and truly abused engine. Thank you to all involved over the past year for parts, advise and food. Use the link below to view the onboard action. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0QcmiqJi-rISzdsMzdYTkJscU0/view Edited October 23, 2016 by Kid Kearsley 29 Quote Link to comment
Jaydee Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Fair play! Great to see an oldskooler kicking arse on the strip (especially when it's got the aerodynamics of a caravan!). 4 Quote Link to comment
Paulm Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Good effort Kev,engine didn't come out of it too badly at the end of the year really. It's great to see one of the younger lads using an Oldskool bike to do this sort of thing on instead of a new piece of plastic so keep it up mate,well done. 1 Quote Link to comment
teltwosheds Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Eccellent ! Nice one, let's hope they run the 1.5 mile on the sand again Quote Link to comment
Rene EFE Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 13 hours ago, Kid Kearsley said: ... fly the OSS banner including Donnington where my alter ego Rene took the old girl for a few laps of the track. I do all his stunts 4 Quote Link to comment
spiderpig Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 On that wheelbase! You mad cunt Congrats 1 Quote Link to comment
SiBag Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 ....... You mono wheeling loon.. Quote Link to comment
minx Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Super. Going out with a bang good and proper. Quote Link to comment
Sam-Jaffa Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 seems to have been a good year for Kid Kearsley, can't wait to see what next year brings!! Quote Link to comment
kitkatman Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Bloody brilliant Quote Link to comment
Sheep Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Fantastic job.......refreshing to see an old bike do so well.You must have some big cahonies too lol Quote Link to comment
minty Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Wow, amazing. And to think some duffers say you need a fairing above 90 lol. Quote Link to comment
gsx Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 2 hours ago, minty said: Wow, amazing. And to think some duffers say you need a fairing above 90 lol. It's true Quote Link to comment
Bubba1135 Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Well done mate. . . . . You is mental 1 Quote Link to comment
doppelganger Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Very impressive, and quite inspirational. You make it all sound quite easy but after reading about the bike build it sounds like you've put a huge amount of time and effort (and cash!) into getting there. Well done! Love the video too - front wheel lifting at a genuine 200mph... Quote Link to comment
strima Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Words have escaped me, fucking awesome!!! Quote Link to comment
KATANAMANGLER Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 The pleasure has been all ours Kev. Thanks for letting all us feel part of it. You might just be a kid but you d' man 2 Quote Link to comment
MeanBean49 Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Awesome effort mate. Impressive to see. Shame rain stopped play for me too. Disapointing 184 was not what I wanted 2 Quote Link to comment
treephoenix Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 On 23/10/2016 at 8:21 PM, Kid Kearsley said: Ever wake up and think I'm going to do 200mph today? Tuesday was one of those days. The Top Speed Tuesday put on by Straightliners at Elvington marked the last event of the year for myself, and what a year. With numerous top speed days for tuning the bike for the Wheelie Comp, seeing a failed 194mph kilometre wheelie for dropping it a few metres short of the required distance. A trip to Pendine sands in South Wales where I set two land speed records reaching 174mph on sand. Hundreds of miles on the road two up A track day at Oulton Park in the soaking wet, 300bhp on summer race tyres in the wet is not advisable Kid. A few static displays at various motorcycle shows to fly the OSS banner including Donnington where my alter ego Rene took the old girl for a few laps of the track. Many visits to RTR motorcycles for dyno runs, one off which was for the OSS dyno day where the bike made 300bhp. So all in all a good year! Just think of the stress that engine has had doing all that, the only fault I got all year really was a leaky block so I'd say quite a reliable one. Lets go out with a bang! I had that shit or bust attitude on. It had been raining all Monday night making it look like the event would be cancelled, that gut wrenching feeling driving to the track in the rain for 2 hours thinking this ain't gunna happen today. The rain stopped thankfully and after waiting a few hours to allow the track to dry we were given the all clear to attack the track. The bike is, as a few of you know, made for wheelies, this means a short 55" wheel base and big horsepower, not an ideal combo for Land Speed Racing. Time to do the job. I was waved off by the starting Marshall after sat staring down a 3km runway. Short shifting 1st, 2nd, 3rd into 4th with a little wheel spin as the track was cold and still damp, into top gear and the bike is now naturally wanting to wheelie up in the air, feathering the throttle on and off to try keep the front wheel planted was an impossible task. I felt gravity some what take over just shy of the line and I managed to pin the the throttle open all tucked in with my chin on the tank as I had no fairing to hide behind. Made it. Still alive. Slowly throttle off as not to upset the bike, heart beating, did it do 200?? That drive back to the pits and the timing office seems to take forever. 203.8mph! On an unfaired 30 year old motorcycle with a well and truly abused engine. Thank you to all involved over the past year for parts, advise and food. Use the link below to view the onboard action. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0QcmiqJi-rISzdsMzdYTkJscU0/view Just catching up with your exploits. Good man. By fuck dude.....virtually 204 with no plaggie! Legend 1 Quote Link to comment
mick-ne Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Just watched the vid, if it was ever in doubt I can certify your LUNATIC status, big respect mate proper job !! Quote Link to comment
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