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East Coast Timing Association

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For those of you more interested in pure high speed as opposed to racing around a track, there is a venue on the east coast where racers can get their fix. ECTA, formerly the East Coast Timing Association runs several meets during the year at the Laurinburg/Maxton Airport in North Carolina. Their first meet is coming soon on April 2nd and 3rd. Nowhere near the length of the … [Read more...]

Daytona’s new riders

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The racing yesterday was interesting. Changing the 200 to Formula Xtreme from the Superbike class puts a lot of lesser known racers in the racing news. The Superbike riders get a lot more publicity than the AMA's other classes and I knew most of the riders in that race but in the 200, after you get past the first 5 or 6, at least for me, they became mostly unfamiliar. If you … [Read more...]

Daytona coverage today

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SpeedTV race coverage begins at 11:00am Eastern and runs till 4:30. SuperBike runs at 11:15am. The Daytona 200 is scheduled for 2:00pm. Be watching or set the VCR or digital recorder. … [Read more...]

Ford Flathead motorcycle

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If you've been around a while you may remember the Honest Charley ads in Hot Rod magazine and other car mags back in the sixties. Back then, they were one of the premier speed parts suppliers. These days, "Honest Charley hisself" as they used to say has passed on but the name and trademark was purchased by Coker Tire and they continue the tradition of old time speed. They … [Read more...]

700 Horsepower Hayabusa

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Getting huge horsepower from a motorcycle engine is always an interesting blend of good old engine building, forced induction and a little black magic. The DynoJet Horsepower Challenge has just produced some totally insane results. Hank Booth of Great Falls, Montana put his 1999 Suzuki Hayabusa on the dyno and turned out 701.32 horsepower! There were others in the 400 and 500hp … [Read more...]

TomTom Rider

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TomTom has come out with a new GPS, the TomTom Rider, which they say is designed specifically for motorcycles. It has all of the usual feature of their car units but is weatherproof as well. It has a lithium ion battery for about 5 hours of self powered use or it can run from the bike's battery. A Bluetooth headset can be used for spoken instructions. It looks like a nice … [Read more...]