Prince George Vintage Motorcycle Club
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: MaximX on July 11, 2011, 11:23:38 AM
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Hi. I met some of you at the show & shine, found your website and got signed on. I took a lot of shots at the drags and see some of you are interested in that event. Here is a link to some of my pictures. I really like drag bikes and the smell of Nitro.....Mike
http://s242.photobucket.com/albums/ff186/Pentax007/PG%20CMDRA%20Drags%202011/
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Great set of Photos
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Welcome to the forum Mike. ;D
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Anyone know why PG isn't holding the CMDRA Races here this year..? Noticed that the 2012 schedule doesn't include PG.... ???
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Crappy weather with a poor turnout maybe. ????
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Maybe it is because they are going "National" and the east is replacing some of the west. Last year they had a "National " which was the west, as well as an eastern division. Here is their schedule as I found it.
2012 CMDRA Race Schedule
1. Napierville Quebec, Rendezvous Nationals May 26 - 27
2. Cayuga Ontario, Eastern Nationals June 1 - 2 (Friday Saturday)
3. Edmonton Alberta, Spring Nationals June 9 - 10
4. Ashcroft, British Columbia, Sturgis North Nitro Nationals July21 - 22
5. Medicine Hat Alberta, Badland Nationals August 3 - 5
6. Mission British Columbia, Summer Nationals August 18 - 19
7. Edmonton Alberta, Season Finals September 8 -9
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As long as they still have the Friday night drags, I'll be happy. I didn't spend a year building my drag bike just to practice my welding skills.
It was great to see the CMDRA here last summer after so many years of a hiatus. Back when they were an annual event, I came up from 100 Mile House just for the weekend festivities. Of course, in those days that included hanging out at the Columbus Hotel. I even stayed there once and partied with the strippers. Them were the days...
Peace & Grease, Dennis
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I was talking to Morris Bruce tonight, and he was talking to Len at the Harley dealer today, and reports that Len said the track needs rehabilitation before the really fast bikes (200 mph) will run here again - when they had the Pro-Mod cars here a few years ago, there were some similar-sounding problems above 190 mph. Little bumps are big ones above 150 mph. Anyway, this is the reason Len gave Morris that the CMDRA wasn't happening here...
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I heard much the same thing. The dip in the tower side lane was what made them leave in the first place. Like Dennis I also partook in the good old days of raucous revelry and nekkid girls. Damn we had some good times!! One year Todd came on his ironhead Sportster. Had mine then too and another fellow from out west named Kevin who also had an ironhead(evos weren't invented yet). On our way in from the track Kevin and I ended up side by side in front at tenth and the bypass. The race was on!! Never saw him. Turned out he took it to about 4 grand and dumped the clutch, breaking his chain. Bunched up in the cover, destroying it then up to his electric starter(lucky bastard) which effectively turned it into a parts bike. Put my front wheel against his back one and "nudged "him back to my house where he made arrangements for that number one Harley accessory, a truck.
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I think I have pictures (of the drags, not the girls...lol) to prove it, too. If I can find them. They are the old fashioned, hard copy type.
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Couple Vids of some FAST bikes....
http://racevisionsreborn.com/Home_Page.php
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Drags are in Ashcroft this weekend.... 8) NITRO .........
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New guy here... Do you guys meet at the drag strip on Fridays usually?
Haven't been there yet but would enjoy meeting and chatting with club members. Please let me know if it's a regular thing and if they sell hot dogs and fries there!
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I have taken lots of photos in the past and have been out 2 times this year, did not notice others from this site there, but I do not know everyone here. I have heard some talk of members going out, definately a good way to spend a Friday evening. They definately have burgers, did not see any hot dogs the last time I was there. Drinks are cheap at a buck each. The track is at the turnoff with the drivein theater sign, and that is getting harder to spot with the vegitation growth around it....
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Last time a bunch of club members went to the Friday night digs was a couple of years back - Hans, Fritz, Fast1, and I took our air-cooled dinosaurs out to get waxed by a kid on a modern GSXR750. Hans' FJ1200 was the only one of our bikes to run in the 11's that night - though it did this after accumulating almost 100,000 km... it was a fun night.
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I got the AS3 running today, wonder what she would do....
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We could run it off against Leanne's Sportster (hamstrung, at least when I am riding it, by shifting on the right) or the 850 Guzzi I bought (hampered by being another molto-crappo bim-bam Italian washing machine): with Dennis having come through the frantic part of his build schedule, I imagine another drag night isn't too far off. I imagine the AS3 would be up to the challenge of the Hiya-SR185 that Fast1's daughter is riding for the moment...
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About the same as a B.S.A. Firebird Scrambler... Just kidding, It's probably faster, HA HA. When Dennis finishes his drag bike we should make a club event of the first time at the track. Call me Dennis and we'll get some extra jets to fine tune it. Come to run or just to hang out. Always interesting things to see at the track. Maybe Dennis will let me try a run on his little rocket. Cheers.
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Oh, and there is a set of wheelie-bars at my place which would be awesome on the AS3 or SR185 - they need to have struts fabbed to replace the shocks, which is where they mount. Pull the tubes up through the triples, make the struts 3" shorter than the shocks, flat handlebars - instant Pro Stock SR 185. I think they'd lend just the right air to pocket bikes, semi-automatic small-fry Honda's, and extravagantly slowish street bikes. They came off of Toby Haiste's GS1100, where they projected a slightly different image.
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A few of us went to the Ness Lake Golf Course for a beer on ride night. It turns out they have a special on steak dinners on Friday Nights. We were thinking of combining a dinner at the Golf Course followed by checking out the Friday Night Drags. This would be a great event to bring spouses along. Anyone interested in picking a Friday in advance to start planning?
I am still hoping to race my IT400 based drag bike at least once this summer. I have it back on the lift for final tear down and painting. How about mid-August? I think Fritz wants to go drag racing also.
Peace & Grease, Dennis
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I'd say do it soon before the daylight starts going away and they have to shut down before 9pm. They are still sorting things out a bit and there can be delays. Last time I was there I noticed the 1/8th timer lights tumbling after some cars went by..they need to tie them down a bit better by the looks of it......let me know when you all plan to be there, I'd like to see you run your bikes and can perhaps get pictures as well....the lighting does get bad sometimes however....
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Mmmm... Steak and drag racing with beer at the end. Sounds like a blast! I am definitely in. Maybe Allwynn's chopper will get in the 12s with a second gear launch. Cheers.
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If you have never raced before here is a little tutorial. The older photo shows previous lights and basic instructions. The newer shot is what is there now. Pre-staged means you are close, keep moving forward to light the staged light then stop. If the top light goes out you are still OK but that is what would be called 'deep staged'. Any forward movement from that possition will get a quicker reaction time. One thing a lot of people do not realize is that your reaction time does not affect your E.T. at all. The timer starts only when the staged beam is re-connected by the tire movement. You can sit there for 5 seconds if you like before moving and it will not change your E.T.
The lights come down at .500 sec. increments, thus if you get a .500 reaction time that is a perfect light. .499 (or -.001 or more) is a red light. Some strips use a .400 increment, I am quite sure they still use .500 here. Not looking like an idiot at the starting line makes it more fun..(seriously I have seen people do it all, drive right through the beams front and rear tires then stop.....2 cars both staged with their rear tires once)....Go out there and have fun.
PS Watch the starter persons and wait for their indications when to do your burnout and when to stage. I suggest for most of you to just avoid the water completely and do a little burn to clean any debris off your tires...that is all I do, a street tire does not benefit at all from a burnout IMO.
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Just got back from the Ashcroft Drags....not as big this year as in previous years....Great weather though... ;D
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