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BACK IN THE DAY BY STREET FIGHTER LTD 01 Jun 2020 18:29 #827101

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A short clip of real racing , Back In The Day

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Mr Turbo Race Kit, MTC 1075 Turbo pistons by PitStop Performance , Falicon Ultra Lite Super Crank, APE everything. Les Holt @ PDM's Billet Goodies . Frame by Chuck Kurzawa @ Logghe Chassis . Deep sump 5qt oil pan. RIP Bill Hahn
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BACK IN THE DAY BY STREET FIGHTER LTD 02 Jun 2020 10:44 #827133

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Street Fighter LTD wrote:

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Street Fighter LTD wrote: Both sides of bike at Milan I think....
We fit everything and 3 or 4 people in the chevy van
Also shows paint match on pit bike


Yeah, a matching paint job on the pit bike, and I also notice a matching set of leathers and helmet for the rider in some other pics - that's the way to do it! Looks professional. All part of the psychological aspect of racing. When a team shows up with a buttoned up operation, it can be intimidating to the other racers - a good thing. At the other end of the spectrum is the hardcore streetracer with a bike that looks as though it was dug out of the dumpster behind the bike shop, yet still runs in the 8's. Seen that more than once back in the day.

Thanks again, Dave, for the great pics!


I was rereading Mikes comments and then realized I had a little story to share that goes along with the psychological warfare part of racing .
snip " What kind of Voodoo are these PROs doing ????? LMAO
So, Some red lighted, Some were slow at the lights, ALL Lost
Thanks Bill RIP

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Having taken part in a similar scheme, there is more than 1 race team who have stamped "inaccurate" tooth counts onto sprockets. When asked by another party, "what gears are you using?" the response was always "look for your self. We have nothing to hide!"
Don't be ridiculous! It's only a flesh wound!

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Wife's BIG bike...... 1981 GPZ 1100 Kerker and factory FI Mikuni RS34s W/ K&N pods

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BACK IN THE DAY BY STREET FIGHTER LTD 02 Jun 2020 19:43 #827179

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That video is fun to watch, those TF bike guys had to have HUGE testicles! I was just going through a pile of old bike magazines and found an issue of BigBike?, in which Russ Collins describes crashing his dual engine, supercharged Honda the Sorcerer at 170MPH.

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BACK IN THE DAY BY STREET FIGHTER LTD 04 Jun 2020 12:07 #827299

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New pics of BITDay

Original owner 78 1000 LTD
Mr Turbo Race Kit, MTC 1075 Turbo pistons by PitStop Performance , Falicon Ultra Lite Super Crank, APE everything. Les Holt @ PDM's Billet Goodies . Frame by Chuck Kurzawa @ Logghe Chassis . Deep sump 5qt oil pan. RIP Bill Hahn
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BACK IN THE DAY BY STREET FIGHTER LTD 07 Jun 2020 07:47 #827515

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PeeWee Jay Gleason was man you wanted to make your motorcycle go fast.
He was the go to guy for all the manufacturers when they wanted a great 1/4 mile ET and Speed

Nobody flew like Elmer Trett back in the day (Other than Slo Bo )

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BACK IN THE DAY BY STREET FIGHTER LTD 08 Jun 2020 11:22 #827595

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Found a picture of our bike the BIG DIGGER going down the strip with Kevin Piloting it

And 2nd picture is of MTC Engineerings Bike in the pits

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BACK IN THE DAY BY STREET FIGHTER LTD 08 Jun 2020 11:29 #827596

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Normal Chaos at the staging area LOL
Kevin getting ready among a sea of people and pitbikes
Have a Great Day
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BACK IN THE DAY BY STREET FIGHTER LTD 27 Jun 2020 05:18 #829073

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Street Fighter LTD wrote: New pics of BITDay


Thanks (again!) Dave, for posting all of those great pics. Just a side note for everybody to consider - not only were the bikes crazy to ride, the dragstrips that they were ridden on weren't the safest places, either. Look at the steel guardrails in those pics with the vertical posts. If you were to go down on the track and slide into one of those it would be bad news. Marty Blades lost his life back in 1987 at an IDBA race when just that exact same thing happened. RIP Marty....

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BACK IN THE DAY BY STREET FIGHTER LTD 29 Jul 2020 20:55 #831847

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I was reading some Kawasaki Z1 history and found the name Henk Vink. He was a kawasaki importer in Holland and rode a twin engine Kawasaki called the Big Spender. I found these cool pictures searching his name.

www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=...&NewHash=NHRA-SUMMIT

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krazee1 wrote: I was reading some Kawasaki Z1 history and found the name Henk Vink. He was a kawasaki importer in Holland and rode a twin engine Kawasaki called the Big Spender. I found these cool pictures searching his name.

www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=...&NewHash=NHRA-SUMMIT

Mike


A great link with some nice pics. Thanks, Mike, for sharing!

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BACK IN THE DAY BY STREET FIGHTER LTD 31 Jul 2020 09:27 #831941

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Great drag racing pictures of back in the day! Thank you all for sharing.
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