New Pro Stock Record

The new Pro Stock ET record is now 6.811 seconds. The new Miles-Per-Hour record is 197.36....We are now a little over 2.5 mph, away from the 200 mph mark. What will next season bring? Will the two cylinder bikes, be the first into the 200mph record book?

Who cares? NHRA ProStock is a joke these days....

Tonglet taking it to the V&H team on shoestring budget and a bike they borrowed a cylinder head for is bigger news in my book.

M357.5 wrote:

Tonglet taking it to the V&H team on shoestring budget and a bike they borrowed a cylinder head for is bigger news in my book.

I love it!

larrycavan wrote:

Who cares? NHRA ProStock is a joke these days....

Yeah let's see how the Hardly's would if the other guys had the same size motors.

Mark

Mark Wing wrote:

larrycavan wrote:

Who cares? NHRA ProStock is a joke these days....

Yeah let's see how the Hardly's would if the other guys had the same size motors.

Mark

It would be different if the V Rod had the same weight, as the other bikes. The V Rods carry a lot more weight.

M357.5 wrote:

Tonglet taking it to the V&H team on shoestring budget and a bike they borrowed a cylinder head for is bigger news in my book.

I could see why Tonglet would want to win, I would if I was canned by VHR.

I lost interest as soon as the Harleys took over. Before that there was still a few Kawasakis. Last I read the Harley was allowed 2600cc at 615 pounds where Suzuki was allowed 1500cc at 595 pounds. So near double the displacement on the Harley is evened out by making them carry 20lb more. Actually they don't make them do anything as I'm pretty sure it would be close to impossible to build a huge engine like that at less weight anyway. It is impressive though any way you look at it whether it the Suzuki or Harley as they are running faster than top fuel bikes ran 30 years ago. I'll still fondly remember when Terry Vance ran a 9 flat to claim the record, then Dave Shultz ran a 1972 H2 to a 8.7 run if I remember right. Neat bikes back then you could dream of your own street bike becoming. Does anyone buy a Vrod and dream of making it a pro stock drag bike even in their wildest dreams now? Ha, no I don't think, but cars are a different story. I look at a new Chinese Chevy Cobalt and dream of running pro stock.:laugh:
No fun any more. Even when Bob Glidden ran a Ford Pinto or a Fairmont later on, the car could still be kind of compared to a real street car. Not now.

kzz1p wrote:

M357.5 wrote:

Tonglet taking it to the V&H team on shoestring budget and a bike they borrowed a cylinder head for is bigger news in my book.

I could see why Tonglet would want to win, I would if I was canned by VHR.

Getting beat by an inferior Suzuki has to leave a bad taste in the V&H teams mouths....being beat by said inferior bike riden by a rider THEY canned must really taste like SHIT :laugh: And he has done it campaigning a whole season on what V&H spend in a weekend....

it was L.E's brother G.T that used to ride for v&H and the tonglets still get theie motors from vance and hines so i guess you could say they got beat by their own motors.

I haven't really ever followed the pro stock scene but If I'm correct the suzuki's are the GS1000 motors right?? Hemispherical chambers with 2 valve heads right??

I guess I just can't understand any appeal to race pro-stock. Especially since one manufacturer has such a huge advantage.

I think the whole thing is good for motorcycle racing. They are now running 3 sec. faster then when the Kawasaki's, ruled the strip. The goal is to improve performance every year. The goal is to improve technology every year. Have you noticed that the V Rod has had three different sets of exhaust pipes, over the last couple of years.

I believe credit should be given, where it is due. I never waste a minute hating on VHR, so much can be learned from them. They have done very well through their hard work, no one gave them anything. They are the king's of marketing, they know how to sell themseleves.

They have set records with Kaw, Suz, Yam, Honda, Harley, whats left, Vespa or Moped? How do they do it? Money, yes! We all know it takes a lot of money to run Pro Stock, thats a given fact.

How do they really do it? Any guess?