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Originally Posted by mrvette
He being sucked along by a vacuum cleaner....WTH??
anyone stupid enough to buy into that BS is dumm as a box of rox.....
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Originally Posted by MrPeabody
Yeah, since the article said nothing about being sucked along by a vacuum cleaner. More like the vacuum created by drafting a vehicle in front of you. Like just about every car in a NASCAR race.
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Originally Posted by mrvette
but in Nascar, they want to go first, that bike can NOT do that speed without that special car/setup in front.....so it's just bullshit....of course.....
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Originally Posted by MrPeabody
It's not bullshit, it's just a different kind of record. Lots of Bonneville cars have to be push started at a relatively high speed because of their gearing. Early NHRA dragsters were all push started. Even today they need external equipment to start their engines. Nobody is claiming this is a bicycle you can roll out of your garage and go for a ride on.
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On a side note, no way I'd being moving that fast on two wheels motor or not. My best was 165 in my Z on the 505 (Mr Pea knows this stretch) and that was enough for me, I wanted more and it was pulling hard but my mind was fighting me "this could go really bad, really fast"
