Subject: RE: Deep Forest Campout
Author: joe jump
Date: Jul 19, 2005, 11:47 AM
Post ID: 1719175661
Hi Greg,
That was a great report - felt like I was there with
you...well maybe in my dreams! Can't say I'm skilled to the point of
being comfortable drifting my tires, especially on a loop! Sounds like
you had a great weekend, perhaps better than those who attended the Duck
gathering...I mean VMD. (just kidding guys)
I gotta ask...how do you get your Eldorado to go 140+ mph?
That is probably above terminal speed on my bike if I dropped it out of
an airplane at 30,000 ft. I did the math, figuring a 120/90 x 18 rear
tire, and standard Eldo gearing (4.284 overall, from Guzziology), and at
8000rpm the formula yields 130.49 mph. I did it again using a Convert
rear drive (3.778)at 7000 rpm and got 139.8 mph - that might be it. But
even with the gears, you need some serious horsepower/torque to push
these barn doors that fast, more than I would think is possible through
a pair of 29mm VHBs & small valve round barrel heads, and 1 3/8" header
pipes. You got a blower on that thang?
Joe in St Louis
850T-Powered Ambo
"Junkyard"
Greg Field wrote:
| documented 141.7-mph speed, |