Hey Guys
Just got through viewing and sorting the pics from this weekend and here's a few bike pics from Sat. I'll have some four wheel pics posted here tomorrow after I get home from my "real" job. I tried a couple of different tune ups on the camera and it looks like I will have to do a little extra editing this time before I can post them on my site. I guess I went the wrong way. LOL I'll have them all up in a couple of days. Thanks to all the ECTA folks and all the racers that sweated it out all weekend to make a very good showing regardless of the high temps.
Thanks
DW
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HERE'S A COUPLE OF THE NOW FAMOUS MAXTON MINI WHEELIE
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DW,
Thanks for the photos..Always love the bikes, not too sure about the wheelies at those speeds!!!
Buzz
interesting, the two wheelies are kaws...
the first one, wonder if the front suspension is compressed,
such as after a bump....nice how the ram air snorkel is up against the fender....
and how tall is the second wheelie guy....he makes that zx 14 look small....
Fast Dean looks good on the yellow naked bike....but unless that pizza party
was ginormous....im wondering how much air his leathers are taking in.......
busa back tire of 5112 looks so different than the blue busa.....all hp..or
the profile/size that much different..?
interesting, the two wheelies are kaws...
the first one, wonder if the front suspension is compressed,
such as after a bump....nice how the ram air snorkel is up against the fender....good eye..
and how tall is the second wheelie guy....he makes that zx 14 look small....That is Jon Wennerberg..On the one naked ZX12 the rider appears to be wearing an aerodynamic speed hump in his leathers..?
Is that legal at Maxton..or is that just the "mandatory back protector sticking up "
Fast Dean looks good on the yellow naked bike....but unless that pizza party
was ginormous....im wondering how much air his leathers are taking in.......Looks like a lot of air coming in..hope they don't open like mine did.. :-o
busa back tire of 5112 looks so different than the blue busa.....all hp..or
the profile/size that much different..? 5112 is Bill with a 240 tire and a big azz turbo.. :wink:
Great pictures Mr Whealon, thanks :cheers:
And wow, I do look like the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man, yikes. I don't think that's helping me.
Quote from: John Noonan on June 28, 2009, 11:02:43 PM
busa back tire of 5112 looks so different than the blue busa.....all hp..or
the profile/size that much different..? 5112 is Bill with a 240 tire and a big azz turbo.. :wink:
Bike is still leaning to the right. Never got to put the fairies on. Got to figure out why the darn bike is doing this.
Bill
Quote from: John Noonan on June 28, 2009, 11:02:43 PM
On the one naked ZX12 the rider appears to be wearing an aerodynamic speed hump in his leathers..?
Is that legal at Maxton..or is that just the "mandatory back protector sticking up "
It's legal at Maxton. We go with the no streamlining forward of the rider rule. I think it's a hump, I'm not positive, doesn't really matter as it's legal either way.
Quote from: WildBro on June 29, 2009, 06:22:09 AM
Bike is still leaning to the right. Never got to put the fairies on. Got to figure out why the darn bike is doing this.
Bill
I thought I saw you with the fairings on in tech or did the heat just get to me? So you didn't make any faired passes then?
Debbie
Thanks Deb, I was not sure and I remember that most of the rules follow SCTA's..
John
Quote from: DahMurf on June 29, 2009, 06:52:56 AM
Quote from: John Noonan on June 28, 2009, 11:02:43 PM
On the one naked ZX12 the rider appears to be wearing an aerodynamic speed hump in his leathers..?
Is that legal at Maxton..or is that just the "mandatory back protector sticking up "
It's legal at Maxton. We go with the no streamlining forward of the rider rule. I think it's a hump, I'm not positive, doesn't really matter as it's legal either way.
Quote from: WildBro on June 29, 2009, 06:22:09 AM
Bike is still leaning to the right. Never got to put the fairies on. Got to figure out why the darn bike is doing this.
Bill
I thought I saw you with the fairings on in tech or did the heat just get to me? So you didn't make any faired passes then?
Debbie
Correct, teched into my class and then ran naked to test out the bike.
I thought you were taking notes
:-D
Bill
No problem John. Most of the rules are the same but not all. Most of the differences are safety related but I think a few of the new ones will have a one year lapse due to timing issues with the rulebooks being printed. A great effort was made to both allow SCTA racers to be legal at ECTA as they run with SCTA and to also not knock some of our veteran ECTA only racers out of racing in the classes & configurations they've been running over the years. It's a fine line and they're trying to do the best they can to keep everyone racing! :cheers:
Debbie
Quote from: WildBro on June 29, 2009, 07:16:24 AM
Quote from: DahMurf on June 29, 2009, 06:52:56 AM
Quote from: John Noonan on June 28, 2009, 11:02:43 PM
On the one naked ZX12 the rider appears to be wearing an aerodynamic speed hump in his leathers..?
Is that legal at Maxton..or is that just the "mandatory back protector sticking up "
It's legal at Maxton. We go with the no streamlining forward of the rider rule. I think it's a hump, I'm not positive, doesn't really matter as it's legal either way.
Quote from: WildBro on June 29, 2009, 06:22:09 AM
Bike is still leaning to the right. Never got to put the fairies on. Got to figure out why the darn bike is doing this.
Bill
I thought I saw you with the fairings on in tech or did the heat just get to me? So you didn't make any faired passes then?
Debbie
Correct, teched into my class and then ran naked to test out the bike.
I thought you were taking notes
:-D
Bill
Ahh ok. Sorry to hear you had some trouble! Taking notes? Heck no! I can barely keep up with my own team and half the time I don't. I try to observe a lot while I'm running from here to there and every once in a while things don't add up! This one for instance where I swear I saw the fairies & thought cool Bill's running faired again and I'm pretty sure you didn't have the tail on and then the pic turns up naked but after checking you're in faired class so then I just go hmmmmm..... and so I ask for no other reason then to try to figure out if I was suffering a heat mirage or if you just changed up to test it out! Ok, that was way to deep into my thought patterns and y'all are probably as :-o about it as I am after reading it! :-D
Hope you get it figure out for Loring! It should be a blast to have a little elbow room to run and shut down with traction! :cheers:
Debbie
I teched Bill's bike Friday -- and he did have the front fairing on it then, but he said he'd be taking it off later. Q.E.D.
Hey ya'll
Just got home from work and here's a few four wheel pics as promised. Should have all the pics posted on my site later tonite.
Thanks for all the compliments.
DW
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I was taking pics from the tower and the father (Steve DiMartino) of the driver (Andrew) of this car wanted a photo with the chute coming out...
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click this link for full size
Congrats on the new records for both Steve and Andrew DiMartino
interesting, the two wheelies are kaws...
----Haha.
the first one, wonder if the front suspension is compressed,
such as after a bump....nice how the ram air snorkel is up against the fender....
----As you may already know the ZX12 ram air mouthpiece is usually mounted via a metal bracket with 2 screws to the upper cowling...since I wasn't running the cowling I couldn't "mount" it to either the fender or the headlight. In the pits it usually rests somewhere in between the fender and headlight. Wiggling it around it seemed to have some normal flex but nothing that would affect safety. The front forks are not slid through the upper triple like on some lowered bikes, rather, it is internally lowered about 2 inches or so which does have the gap between the ram air and front fender at about 1". No front strap was on the bike during this event. Hope this helps.
the first one, wonder if the front suspension is compressed,
such as after a bump....nice how the ram air snorkel is up against the fender....
---Forks are internally lowed about 2" and not slid up through the triple like some drag/lsr bikes. There was probably some suspension travel but not as much as a stocker given the lowering blocks. Normally there is about 1" of gap between the top of the fender and underneath the ram air tube given my current set-up. I try not to go too low as I'm on my 3rd fender now. As you may know the ZX12 Ram air Snorkel has a metal bracket that consists of 2 screws that clamp onto the inner upper cowl. Since I had no cowling I didn't bolt it nor did I try and make a bracket that would secure it to either the headlight or fender and chose to let it be. Wiggling it around while still it had some flex but nothing to be too worried about. Figured it would bend slightly up or down (naturally) as the speeds picked up. Too low can be a problem ...when I ran at bonneville I had a big chunk out of my stocker and couldn't get a good stock one in time so I had to make do with ductape.
A.
I have completed my June photo gallery. The full gallery can be seen here: http://www.frsengineering.com/MaxtonJune2009.htm
Here are some samples...
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Great photos, thanks for sharing.
Very nice, thanks Rchop :cheers:
Quote from: Rchop on July 01, 2009, 03:00:16 PM
I have completed my June photo gallery. The full gallery can be seen here: http://www.frsengineering.com/MaxtonJune2009.htm
Great pics! :-)
Great photos , Nice to finally meet you DW Mark D.
Uh, Mark -- DW is David Whealon, the photographer that was using a very big off-white colored lens at Maxton. Rchop is Randy such-and-such -- and he's the guy that took and posted these photos.
You're forgiven.
Randy such and such is actually Randy Smith (FRSEngineering.com)
Yeah, Joe, that's it. I knew it was one of those really unusual foreign names. That's why I couldn't rememer, much less spell it.
By the way -- I've ordered a batch of photos from David Whealon. I want to see just how good his work is in person -- not just on this site. I will get the shots in a few days -=- so all I know as of right now is that he's certainly good with the service before the sale, and in confirming my order and even thanking me for the payment. No slacker there. . . I plan to use at least one of his shots in the newspaper article I'll write about last weekend's racing. Don't forget, all the rest of you -- your local newspaper is probably looking for stuff of local interest, so please consider writing about your racing, add a few photos, even give credit to any local firms that support your racing efforts. It's a chance to get your name in the paper and generate some good clippings for the scrapbook (and the grandkids, too).
Jon, I have ordered from DW several times.
The best deal is to call in your order (do not order from the web if you need more than 1 or 2 prints) If you need larger prints or multiples he does a better deal if you just call him.
I had him make me 2 larger prints (11x14 I think may have been 13's) the image quality was great even at the larger sizes.
I am fixing to have a Margarita from my wife's new Margaritaville make machine and order some prints from June.
Charles
I have purchased photos from him a couple of times and they are excellent .... Joe
Jon you probably have seen DW's work-- he donATED A BUNCH OF BIKE nd car photos to the ladies aux. last year to help raise funds.
Randy, I noticed Tom Shaeffer got in front of your photo of that nice blonde lady. Better luck next time.
Here's the album containing all my photos from this past event. It was my first time to Maxton, had a great time! I was helping out the Nelson clan w/ the rusty Stude so didn't get to race myself. Plan to return on two wheels someday...
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v11/problemaddict/Maxton/
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...just a few examples.
feel free to download and use as you wish.
(quote)I noticed Tom Shaeffer got in front of your photo of that nice blonde lady. Better luck next time.(quote)
well since tom blocked her out... hope this link works....
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=84640536&albumID=2534967&imageID=48273091
TC
ECTA 200MPH CLUB @ 20YEARS OLD
Thanks Thomas, She's way prettier than Tom, no matter what he says!