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Thought I would bore you a bit with a brief  history of my bike , where the bits come from etc. The engine came from a tired gsx1100et I got from Birmingham on Eblag for £400 in 2011 ish, he had a Kat too so may be on here? I 1170`d it , got a flowed head from Eblag for £200 , long swinger from Eblag , won kit from...........   the theme is Eblag here. and managed 9.91 which I was happy with, 

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14 hours ago, et1170 said:

Thought I would bore you a bit with a brief  history of my bike , where the bits come from etc. The engine came from a tired gsx1100et I got from Birmingham on Eblag for £400 in 2011 ish, he had a Kat too so may be on here? I 1170`d it , got a flowed head from Eblag for £200 , long swinger from Eblag , won kit from...........   the theme is Eblag here. and managed 9.91 which I was happy with, 

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I followed your progress on the original site. I remember this bike in all of it's previous forms. It's great that it will be flying he winged hammer next season and only fitting.

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Yes , I sold the et chassis to loopie , thats what skint does to you. Transplanted the engine into the Kat and carried on sprinting for a while.

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Had a few runs with eblag slick , 2 step and lock up clutch , bars were from a reputable old skooler , thanks clive. managed 9.8 at 145 and will go back to this set up , maybe next year. Fancy a turbo over next winter!  Them bits all removed now so I can do some consistent slower times in the et bike championship.  Daughter and as was junior sprinter son in the background.

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My first real go at proper drag racing last year in the et bike series. 4 rounds at scr and 4 at the Pod. A great variety of bikes and a nice bunch of people and got hammered at every event. My times were around the 10.7 mark which I could hit fairly consistently. The entries were the highest out of all the bike classes at most events . I managed to sneak my way into the final at a couple of events at the Pod but finished runner up twice. My consistency gave me 2nd overall in the SPRC . I only lost out in the final of the final round to Wayne Bradley on his bmw due to a dodgy red light, I know I never rolled back! A win in that final would have given me the championship. Not bad for my first year. 

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Well , my bikes still in bits but im entered in the festival of power and big bang at the pod. sold some bits to pay for entry fees , looking like a 1 man team so grabbing help at each round where I can. Bike has had the crankshaft refreshed by sep, my cams were worn badly but got a decent looking set from kevin marshal for nowt. thanks Kev . Engine back in tomorrow so hopefully get it running this weekend.

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On 02/04/2017 at 5:42 AM, et1170 said:

whats the problem with them?

They don't filter that well, they don't flow that well, you get all sorts of funky behaviour with the pulses reflecting off the chrome end cap, and if they don't have an internal bellmouth, they just don't meter very well.

I used to run the Vance and Hines K&N style filters, which at least have an internal bellmouth. When I fitted the Mikuni Bellmouths and Ram Air socks over the top, the difference was night and day.

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Festival of Power looking like a great event if the weather holds , 15 bikes entered in et bike , bmw, suzuki, kawasaki , triumph , yamaha, harley and Buell. oh , and a nitro nourish .

T Bike / NAST (15)
1 Wayne Bradley UK BMW 1000RR   1000cc Wayne Bradley Wayne_Bradley_NF15_EDs.jpg UKs.jpg
2 Gary Hester UK Suzuki Katana   1170cc Gary Hester Gary_Hester_FOP16_Eurodragsters.jpg UKs.jpg
16 Steve Moor UK Buell Team Elysion 1125cc Steve Moor Steve_Moor_SN14_Mark_Skinners.jpg UKs.jpg
17 Fiona Moor UK Yamaha TRX Team Elysion 850cc Fiona Moor Fiona_Moor_nf13_Ivans.jpg UKs.jpg
71 Joseph Elliott UK BMW 1000RR Little But Quick 1000cc Joseph Elliott Joseph_Elliott_SN14_Ivan_Sansoms.jpg UKs.jpg
112 Siobhan Moor UK Kawasaki ZX9R Team Elysion 900cc Siobhan Moor 1pws.jpg UKs.jpg
201 Chris Neary UK Suzuki Hayabusa HoBo Racing 1300cc Chris Neary fop16dj-8151s.jpg UKs.jpg
333 Craig Lee Boulton UK Nourish   900cc Craig Lee Boulton craig_boulton_FBs.jpg UKs.jpg
421 Paul Adams UK Suzuki GSXR1000   1000cc Paul Adams 1pws.jpg UKs.jpg
463 Michael Gooding UK Suzuki TL1000R HoBo Racing 1000cc Michael Gooding Michael_Gooding_FBs.jpg UKs.jpg
491 Louis Davies UK Yamaha FJ Shark Attack Pro Stock 1200cc Louis Davies Louis_Daviess.jpg UKs.jpg
558 Dave Grundy UK Triumph Tiger Exp   1215cc Dave Grundy Dave_Grundy_fop16dj-8129s.jpg UKs.jpg
587 Phil Pratt UK Suzuki GSXR Satan's Lady 988cc Phil Pratt fop14dj-4398s.jpg UKs.jpg
605 Jasmine Cordelle UK Suzuki GSXR Hysteria Racing 750cc Jasmine Cordelle 1pws.jpg UKs.jpg
610 Alfie Udall UK Harley Sportster Flash 1450cc Alfie Udall Alfie_Udall_FB2s.jpg
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17991370_10155206184565948_6609261151471Had a great weekend at the Pod. In Friday qualifying I was a bit rusty and ended the day in 9th place after an 11 second first run and a 10.8 breakout . The weather improved Saturday and with the headwind now a sidewind I ran a 10.6 to breakout again! Last chance to move up I dialled in 10.65 and ran 10.74 which was a relief. I ended qualifying 8th in a 15 bike field. in round 1 of eliminations on sunday I was up against Chris Neary on his busa turbo. He had been having issues and did again as I ran 10.71 on a 10.69, happy with that. Round 2 was against Dave Grundy on his very consistent Triumph . A couple of wheelies for him and a 10.66 on a 10.65 and I was into the semis. Alfie Udall on his Harley dragster was up next. I lowered my index to 10.62 and ran 10.68 with Alfie having some problems I found myself in the Final against Phil Pratt on the lovely Satans Lady Suzuki 1000. I left the 10.62 dial in but the wind was slightly up and I ran a 10.72 giving Phil a fairly close run , but the better man won on the day, with 3 9.04 runs on the trot with a 9.03 dial in he was almost un beatable. Got a trophy for the winged hammers thoughand had a good weekend of beers and racing so cant be bad.

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