My old Top Fuel Drag Bike. (not R/C, but just as cool!!)
This was our Top Fuel dragbike we used to race back around 1999-2000, It was built mostly by my Father and I. It took about a year and a half to complete. We also built a prostock bike at the same time, I will post pictures of that later, It was rather unique as it used a Honda CB1100F powerplant instead of the typical Suzuki or Kawasaki motors in todays Pro Stock bikes, anyways, more on that bike later.
The T/F bike was built based on a Kawaskai Z1R block, it had a 1573cc displacement, Nissan pistons, MRE clutch, Falicon Crank, JE Rods, Megacycle cams, A Detroit 530 Blower, 1/4 Hilborn Nitro injection unit, Maxlite Ignition, I-jet fuel pump, and lots of other cool stuff that I cant remember.... It sounded like a Blown Pro-Mod Car, an unbelievable amount of noise from such a relatively small package. The bike gave us a lot of trouble in the tuning department, mainly in the fuel system. We never really it to 100%, but pretty close. Best pass was 6.40 E.T. It got a lot of respect when pulling to the line, no matter what was next to it, and it was an absolute blast to Ride, but it was also expensive. We sold the bike to a gentleman in Florida, and never looked back.
T/F Bike Pictures, we called it "ALCOHOL ABUSE"
The is a nice view of the right side, good look at the injector plates mounted on top of the blower. It also shows the belt driven Fuel pump.
This is a picture of the pneumatic electric-over-air front Line lock system we designed. It worked great and made a burnout a breeze.
Another view of the Fuel pump and Magneto ignition, both were belt driven off of the Crankshaft. Note the exhaust pipe coming from the front.... not much there, four of those things = noise.
Nice side shot of the whole bike with wheelie bar, this thing was huge! There is a hint of the other bike in this picture also (in the open garage door) We used a 28 foot enclosed trailer to haul both bikes to the track and they filled it up!
Left side shot of the Blower Drive Belt system, airshifter, fuel cell, jack shaft and enormous chain.
A good shot of the business end of the bike. Not your average rear motorcycle tire!
The T/F bike was built based on a Kawaskai Z1R block, it had a 1573cc displacement, Nissan pistons, MRE clutch, Falicon Crank, JE Rods, Megacycle cams, A Detroit 530 Blower, 1/4 Hilborn Nitro injection unit, Maxlite Ignition, I-jet fuel pump, and lots of other cool stuff that I cant remember.... It sounded like a Blown Pro-Mod Car, an unbelievable amount of noise from such a relatively small package. The bike gave us a lot of trouble in the tuning department, mainly in the fuel system. We never really it to 100%, but pretty close. Best pass was 6.40 E.T. It got a lot of respect when pulling to the line, no matter what was next to it, and it was an absolute blast to Ride, but it was also expensive. We sold the bike to a gentleman in Florida, and never looked back.
T/F Bike Pictures, we called it "ALCOHOL ABUSE"
The is a nice view of the right side, good look at the injector plates mounted on top of the blower. It also shows the belt driven Fuel pump.
This is a picture of the pneumatic electric-over-air front Line lock system we designed. It worked great and made a burnout a breeze.
Another view of the Fuel pump and Magneto ignition, both were belt driven off of the Crankshaft. Note the exhaust pipe coming from the front.... not much there, four of those things = noise.
Nice side shot of the whole bike with wheelie bar, this thing was huge! There is a hint of the other bike in this picture also (in the open garage door) We used a 28 foot enclosed trailer to haul both bikes to the track and they filled it up!
Left side shot of the Blower Drive Belt system, airshifter, fuel cell, jack shaft and enormous chain.
A good shot of the business end of the bike. Not your average rear motorcycle tire!
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